User Guide: Registered Agent Portal – How to register for online access
How to register for online access
To check and change company details online, you need to register for online access.
Visit the ASIC website at www.asic.gov.au.
•	Select 'use our online services' on the right-hand side of the screen. 
Select 'sign up' in the Registered Agents for companies box.
Read the ASIC Electronic Lodgement protocol. It outlines the rules and obligations you must comply with.
•	Select 'yes' to confirm you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the ASIC Electronic Lodgement Protocol. 
•	Select 'as an ASIC registered agent', as the basis on which you are applying.
•	Select 'next' to continue.
Enter your registered agent number.
•	Select whether you are authorised to;
-	enter data only, or
-	enter data and submit documents.
•	Select 'next' to continue.
Enter a user name and password of your choice that meets the criteria listed.
•	Confirm your password.
•	Enter a security question and answer, to help us confirm your identity if you forget your user name or password.
•	Select 'next' to continue.
Enter your user name and password.
•	Select 'OK' to continue.
Enter your personal details in the fields provided. 
•	Ensure you read the note at the bottom of the screen in relation to keeping your information up-to-date. 
•	Select 'next' to continue.
The information regarding issuing of annual statement packages is important. Please read this information carefully.
•	Select 'yes' to acknowledge your understanding.
•	Select 'next' to continue.
To complete your application for online access you must:
•	Print and sign the Participation Agreement.  The Participation Agreement is the form RC99.
•	Select 'yes' to confirm you have acknowledged a copy of this document will be sent/faxed to ASIC. 
•	Select 'next' to continue.
Select 'yes' to declare you agree/comply with the terms outlined.
•	Select 'submit' to lodge the document with ASIC. 
You must then send the signed Participation Agreement to ASIC via email.
ASIC will check and process your application.  We will contact you via the nominated email address on the application confirming your online access has been granted.
The lodgement process is not instantaneous – it may take some time to process.
If the form is accepted by ASIC, it will appear in 'forms submitted'.
If the form is not accepted, it will appear in 'forms in progress'.  You will need to select it and correct the errors, before resubmitting the form.
Your transaction has now been submitted.
•	Select 'next' to continue.
Please note, the system may occasionally present an additional form submission screen at this point.  If this is the case, continue to select 'next' to finalise this transaction.
Published by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Last updated in October 2014