Oceania • ISO WS
Verify Samoa companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies Samoa companies live from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Labour, returning company data, controlling parties, shareholders and beneficial owners, and registry documents, with AML screening and ongoing monitoring. Free sandbox available.
What the API returns for Samoa
When you create a KYB case for a Samoa company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Labour. 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.
Samoa data and document availability
What the API makes available for Samoa companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Entity Status, Registration Number, Address, Registration Date, Activity Type, Previous Names, Trade Names |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Name, Role, Address, Appointed On |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Name, Role, Birth date, Nationality, Sharecount, Appointed On |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Certificate of Incorporation, Registry Extract Available on demand: Notice Of Change Of Shareholder Details Or Transfer In Shares, Registrar Notice Of Change Of Status, Form 12 Annual Return, Form 10 Notice Of Change Of Directors Or Director Details, Form 6 Notice Of Change Of Registered Office Or Postal Address, Form 4 Application To Change Name Of Company, Form 1 Application For Incorporation Of Company |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for Samoa as part of the same case.
How to verify a Samoa company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the Samoa 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 Samoa registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Samoa National Bank","codeiso31662":"WS"}'
# 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":"Samoa National Bank","codeiso31662":"WS"}'
# 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 Samoa KYB API
What company data can I verify in Samoa?
For a Samoa company, the API returns the company record read live from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Labour: the entity name, type, status, registration number, address, and registration date, along with the controlling parties, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the available registry documents. See the table above for the full Samoa availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for Samoa companies?
The API resolves the controlling parties, shareholders, and beneficial owners for Samoa companies and exposes them as a recursive ownership org-chart (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/org-chart), tracing control through holding companies to the individual beneficial owners. The depth available depends on what the Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Labour discloses. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for Samoa companies?
Yes. The default document set for Samoa includes Certificate of Incorporation, Registry Extract, retrieved by default, with additional documents available on demand (Notice Of Change Of Shareholder Details Or Transfer In Shares, Registrar Notice Of Change Of Status, Form 12 Annual Return, Form 10 Notice Of Change Of Directors Or Director Details, Form 6 Notice Of Change Of Registered Office Or Postal Address, Form 4 Application To Change Name Of Company, and more). List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing Samoa 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 Samoa. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
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