Staff need way to submit NR for federal entity with Letters Patent

[lmcclung]

User story

As a federal entity formed by Letters Patent I want to get a name request number So that I can register, change name or amalgamate my entity in BC

Background

Problem: Some federal companies are created by special legislation and don't have an incorporation number, but instead have "Letters patent". Approximately twice a year, federal entities with "letters patent" want to register/change/amalgamate name in BC. In our current Names App there is no way to make a name request.

• [ ] if a user selects a Federal jurisdiction they are unable to get a name request.
• [ ] If the user tried to select a different jurisdiction (canadian or international), to work around it, the corporation number field will not allow them to enter text, only numbers.
• [ ] If the user selects a different jurisdiction (canadian or international), to work around it, and select "I don't have a corporate number" and add comment to staff to change home jurisdiction, can staff change it in Namex? will it write back to Names? It needs to otherwise it would pull incorrect information into Corporate Online filing. Is it editable in Corporate Online?

Need a solution so that an NR can be created

• [ ] staff can request an NR for federal entity and select "I don't have a corporate number"
• [ ] or we do incorrect one and do datafix?
• [ ] Staff make a name request through NameX (we’ve moved away from building that functionality to reduce duplicated development effort)

[lmcclung]

Advised Cameron/Michael we've opened ticket for this. While I’d love to offer the elegant solution, this isn’t a high enough priority to warrant the effort involved if we have a work around. Asked if any home team BAs have time to test out option 3 and answer the questions I had.

From: Kagis, Michael CITZ:EX Sent: April 19, 2021 9:55 AM To: McClung, Linda CITZ:EX Linda.McClung@gov.bc.ca Cc: Bolinder, Karl CITZ:EX Karl.Bolinder@gov.bc.ca Subject: FW: Names Request question for you regarding Federal companies that follow the standard registration number formatting Importance: High

Hi Linda,

Please see below – both from Darci and Patty on my team, and from Amber in the Corporations Unit. I’m requesting a response from you, please.

The issue, as I understand it, is that there is no quality way to register a Federal EP company in BC that has ben created under Letters Patent. Normally, we expect a Federal company to have an incorporation number, which these companies do not and the business is looking to understand how this situation will be managed in Registries’ modernized applications.

Admittedly, the volume is small (approximately 2 a year, according to Cam) and the home team will need to look at an intermediate workaround in COLIN, but can you please comment on how this scenario will be handled in our need applications? I will go back to the business and ask my own questions as well because now I’m curious. Really, because the business has prompted us, though, I would appreciate understanding this future view of this scenario.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Michael

Michael Kagis Senior Business Analyst – BC Registries and Online Services Service BC Ministry of Citizens’ Services T: 778 698-1263 Web: http://www.servicebc.gov.bc.ca “Access to government services made easy”

[lmcclung]

Ask Debbie/Jenn about priority