diff --git a/legal-api/src/legal_api/services/filings/validations/continuation_in.py b/legal-api/src/legal_api/services/filings/validations/continuation_in.py
index 3502cc795..59bb1dab4 100644
--- a/legal-api/src/legal_api/services/filings/validations/continuation_in.py
+++ b/legal-api/src/legal_api/services/filings/validations/continuation_in.py
@@ -192,21 +192,8 @@ def validate_business_in_colin(filing_json: dict, filing_type: str) -> list:
         elif legal_name != response_json['business']['legalName']:
             msg.append({'error': 'Legal name does not match with company legal name from Colin.',
                         'path': business_legal_name_path})
-        else:
-            # Check if founding date is None
-            if founding_date is None:
-                msg.append({
-                    'error': 'Founding date is missing in the filing data.',
-                    'path': business_founding_date_path
-                })
-            else:
-                if dt.fromisoformat(founding_date) != dt.fromisoformat(response_json['business']['foundingDate']):
-                    msg.append({
-                        'error': (
-                            f"Founding date does not match with founding date from Colin. "
-                            f"Filing founding_date: {founding_date}, "
-                            f"Colin API founding_date: {response_json['business']['foundingDate']}"
-                        ),
-                    'path': business_founding_date_path
-                    })
+        elif founding_date != response_json['business']['foundingDate']:
+            msg.append({'error': 'Founding date does not match with founding date from Colin.',
+                        'path': business_founding_date_path})
+
     return msg
diff --git a/legal-api/tests/unit/services/filings/validations/test_continuation_in.py b/legal-api/tests/unit/services/filings/validations/test_continuation_in.py
index 2f0e4553b..24192e6b0 100644
--- a/legal-api/tests/unit/services/filings/validations/test_continuation_in.py
+++ b/legal-api/tests/unit/services/filings/validations/test_continuation_in.py
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ def test_validate_business_in_colin_founding_date_mismatch(mocker, app, session)
                 'identifier': 'A0077779',
                 'legalName': 'Test Company Inc.',
                 # Different founding date to trigger validation error
-                'foundingDate': '2010-01-01T18:00:00-00:00'
+                'foundingDate': '2010-01-01T18:21:13-00:00'
             }
         }
     ))
@@ -763,6 +763,35 @@ def test_validate_business_in_colin_founding_date_mismatch(mocker, app, session)
     assert err[0]['path'] == '/filing/continuationIn/business/foundingDate'
 
 
+def test_validate_business_in_colin_founding_date_match(mocker, app, session):
+    """Assert continuation EXPRO business with matching founding date."""
+    filing = {'filing': {}}
+    filing['filing']['header'] = {'name': 'continuationIn', 'date': '2019-04-08',
+                                  'certifiedBy': 'full name', 'email': 'no_one@never.get', 'filingId': 1}
+    filing['filing']['continuationIn'] = copy.deepcopy(CONTINUATION_IN)
+    
+    # Add the EXPRO business data with a matching founding date
+    filing['filing']['continuationIn']['business'] = {
+        'identifier': 'A0077779',
+        'legalName': 'Test Company Inc.',
+        'foundingDate': '2009-07-23T18:31:24-00:00'
+    }
+
+    mocker.patch('legal_api.services.colin.query_business', return_value=mocker.Mock(
+        status_code=HTTPStatus.OK,
+        json=lambda: {
+            'business': {
+                'identifier': 'A0077779',
+                'legalName': 'Test Company Inc.',
+                'foundingDate': '2009-07-23T18:31:24-00:00'
+            }
+        }
+    ))
+
+    err = validate_business_in_colin(filing, 'continuationIn')
+    assert len(err) == 0
+
+
 def test_validate_foreign_jurisdiction_incorporation_date(mocker, app, session):
     """Assert that an error is raised if the incorporation date is set to a future date."""
     # Prepare a filing JSON with a future incorporation date