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# How to request access

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|||  In order to ensure the credibility of our data only one account can claim ownership of a company. This helps to ensure that company details are securely regulated by one owner at a time and that the company has the correct details submitted to CIPC.

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**Step 1:** Navigate to **Add Company** and search for the relevant/desired company.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/d5b93bf079ae8000/screenshot-2023-04-21-at-09330_1di4o8h.png)

**Step 2:** From the results of the search, you will be given two options. Either the option to add the company to your portfolio or to the option to **Request Access**. The later would mean that another individual has already imported that company as theirs on InfoDocs.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/d5b93bf079ae8000/screenshot-2023-04-21-at-09333_1oixtp5.png)

**Step 3:** An email will be sent to the other party asking permission to give access in the following ways:

* Deny the request
* Grant view-only access
* Grant edit access
* Transfer ownership (retain third party access)
* Transfer ownership (remove access)

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/d5b93bf079ae8000/screenshot-2023-04-21-at-09354_19v2xp2.png)