The registrar's office is located on Peynier Street in Castries. All foreign individuals and companies who intend to conduct business in St. Lucia require a trade license, which issued by the Ministry Of Commerce, Industry and Consumer Affairs. The application which is to be completed in triplicate, is submitted to the Trade License Advisory Board for consideration. The trade license is an annual one which expires on December 31st in the year that it was granted and applications for renewal must be made every year, and may take one or three months. This can obtained from the Labor Department of the Ministry of Legal Affairs, Home Affairs and Labor, John Compton Highway, Castries, St. Lucia.
Employers are responsible for obtaining work permits for their expatriate workers.
If a company is desirous of developing land it must apply for permission to do so from the planning department of the Ministry of Finance, Planning, Information Services and Public Services. Non Nationals desirous of purchasing land for development or residence, must first obtain an Aliens Land holding License from the appropriate authorities. Your real estate agent or your attorney should be able to arrange all the relevant documents. I nvestment Areas Reserved For Nationals of St. The government of St. Lucia has reserved the following areas of investment activity for nationals of St. Lucia.