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Alabama Corporation Foreign Registration in Wyoming

To do business in Wyoming, a corporation formed in Alabama registers there on a registration (no form number), with $150 in state fees. Wyoming may ask for Alabama's Certificate of Existence ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Division using your Alabama records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Alabama and Wyoming each ask for

	Alabama formed here	Wyoming registering here
Document	Alabama Certificate of Existence	Foreign Profit Corporation Application for Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$150 at order
How it is handled	Alabama: online as an instant printable certificate with a seal and authentication number	Filed with Wyoming
Office	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division
Official page	sos.alabama.gov	sos.wyo.gov
Yearly filing	Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT), fee set by the state, every year	Annual Report, $60, every year
Due		First day of the foreign corp's anniversary month of WY certificate of authority
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Standard processing: up to fifteen business days after the date of receipt
Agent	Your Alabama registered agent	Our Wyoming registered agent

How Alabama companies register with Wyoming

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Wyoming registered agent, next to your Alabama name and formation date. If Wyoming wants the Alabama certificate, it is ordered first. Once Wyoming approves it, the Alabama company can do business there.

Will your Alabama name work for Wyoming?

We check your exact Alabama name against Wyoming's records before filing.

Your Wyoming agent and the Alabama one

Alabama and Wyoming both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Alabama; ours takes Wyoming's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Alabama and Wyoming

Alabama wants the Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT) every year; Wyoming wants the Annual Report every year ($60). The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Alabama to Wyoming

An LLC formed in Alabama files its own registration with Wyoming ($150 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25)). After that come Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report and Wyoming's Annual Report ($60). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Wyoming into Alabama

A corporation formed in Wyoming that registers with Alabama files Alabama's registration (no form number) with $184 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Alabama owners ask about Wyoming

Does my Alabama company need to register in Wyoming?

Yes, once an Alabama business operates there; Wyoming registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Wyoming issues one to Alabama corporations once the filing is approved.

How much does it cost to register an Alabama corporation in Wyoming?

$349 at checkout; Wyoming may also want Alabama's Certificate of Existence, at extra cost.

How long does the Wyoming registration take?

Wyoming's standard processing takes up to fifteen business days after the date of receipt, plus time for Alabama's certificate if Wyoming asks for it.

What are the yearly costs for Alabama and Wyoming?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), Alabama's report (fee set by the state) and Wyoming's report ($60).

Does Wyoming require a registered agent?

Yes: the Alabama registered agent stays, and ours covers Wyoming for year one.

Can I form a new Wyoming corporation instead?

Yes, but Alabama keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Wyoming's Annual Report ($60), and the original keeps Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT).

How do I withdraw from Wyoming later?

Alabama companies leave by filing a Foreign Profit Corporation Application for Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Wyoming's report stays due alongside Alabama's filings.

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