---
title: "Start a new EFS submission"
method: POST
path: "/submissions/new"
tags: ["new"]
---

# Start a new EFS submission

`POST /submissions/new`

## Request

- Base URL: `/efs-submissions-api` (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
- URL: `/efs-submissions-api/submissions/new`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/companies-house/apis/emergency-filing-service-api/docs/submissions/new/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Request body

- Presenter: Person making the application
  - `email` string, email, required: email address

## Response `201`

Submission created

- string: Submission ID

## Other responses

- `400`: Incomplete or malformed request
- `401`: Invalid or missing credentials

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/companies-house/apis/emergency-filing-service-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/companies-house/apis/emergency-filing-service-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/companies-house/apis/emergency-filing-service-api/revisions/7dbd2ded46b4?raw)