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Verify British Virgin Islands companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies British Virgin Islands companies live from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission, returning company data, controlling parties, and registry documents, with AML screening and ongoing monitoring. Free sandbox available.
What the API returns for British Virgin Islands
When you create a KYB case for a British Virgin Islands company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission. A single integration returns the company record, the controlling parties and individuals, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the registry documents, with AML screening on the entity and its associated individuals built into the same case.
British Virgin Islands data and document availability
What the API makes available for British Virgin Islands companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Entity Status, Registration Number, Address, Authorized Capital, Registration Date, Previous Names, Other Names |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Name, Role, Address, Phone number, Fax number |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Not available |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Registry Extract Available on demand: Certified/Uncertified copy of a certificate of:, – Incorporation, – Restoration, – Merger, – Consolidation, – Arrangement, – Continuation, – Discontinuance, – Dissolution, Certificate of Goodstanding, Certified/uncertified copy of a memorandum and/or Articles, Duplicate Certificate |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for British Virgin Islands as part of the same case.
How to verify a British Virgin Islands company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the British Virgin Islands registry, create a KYB case, and retrieve company data and the ownership org-chart. All calls go to the sandbox base URL for testing.
The sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is free. Request access to get your client credentials.
# 1. Authenticate (OAuth2 client credentials)
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/connect/token \
-d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
-d "client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
-d "client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" \
-d "scope=PublicApi"
# 2. Search the British Virgin Islands registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Harneys Fiduciary Limited","codeiso31662":"VG"}'
# 3. Create a KYB case
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"rawname":"Harneys Fiduciary Limited","codeiso31662":"VG"}'
# 4. Retrieve company data and status
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
# 5. Get the beneficial ownership org-chart
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID/org-chart \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
Replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID and YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET with your sandbox credentials, and CASE_ID with the caseCommonId returned in step 3.
Frequently asked questions about the British Virgin Islands KYB API
What company data can I verify in British Virgin Islands?
For a British Virgin Islands company, the API returns the company record read live from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission: the entity name, type, status, registration number, address, and registration date, along with the controlling parties, and the available registry documents. See the table above for the full British Virgin Islands availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for British Virgin Islands companies?
For British Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission does not publish shareholder or beneficial-owner data, so the API returns the company record and the controlling parties and officers rather than a shareholder or beneficial-owner list. Where you need ownership for an entity in a jurisdiction that does publish it, the recursive org-chart (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/org-chart) resolves it. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for British Virgin Islands companies?
Yes. The default document set for British Virgin Islands includes Registry Extract, retrieved by default, with additional documents available on demand (Certified/Uncertified copy of a certificate of:, – Incorporation, – Restoration, – Merger, – Consolidation, – Arrangement, and more). List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing British Virgin Islands company verification?
Yes. The Know Your Customer sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is a free, high-fidelity test environment. Request free sandbox access to start testing.
The Know Your Customer Limited API covers 147 jurisdictions worldwide, including British Virgin Islands. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
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