Generally, it takes three to five working days to apply for a business license online, and the longest time is 25 working days. When a party applies for a license for individual industrial and commercial households, it usually takes three working days from the relevant department to accept the application and issue the license. When a party applies for an enterprise business license, it usually takes five to twenty-five working days from the relevant department to accept the application and issue the license.

1. For the first time to handle the whole-process commercial registration business, the applicant should register the user on the portal website of the commercial registration authority through the Internet, fill in the applicant's real basic identity information, and then use the digital certificate to confirm his identity. The whole online registration system will automatically connect with the digital certificate issuing agency to verify the authenticity of personal identity and complete the user identity confirmation.

2. after filling in the user registration and logging in, the applicant selects the business type to be handled, and fills in the corresponding application form articles of association, shareholders' resolutions, appointment and dismissal documents and other electronic materials. After that, the applicant and relevant signers use the digital certificate to electronically sign the electronic application materials, and the applicant and relevant signers can complete the above operations remotely or in different places.

3. After signing and receiving the application submitted by the applicant, the commercial registration authority shall accept it if the materials are complete, and make a decision on whether to approve the registration within the prescribed time limit.

4. The commercial registration authority will notify the applicant by SMS after completing the approval and registration. Applicants can download a copy of the electronic business license or electronic registration notice online, and they can also submit it to the commercial registration authority to apply for a paper business license or paper registration notice.

5. after applying for a business license and completing all the work, the commercial registration authority will keep the electronic files of commercial registration in accordance with the provisions of the file management system, and the electronic files have the same legal effect as the paper files.