Foreign registration · no form number

California Corporation Foreign Registration in Wyoming

Wyoming registers a corporation from California as a foreign corporation on a registration (no form number), with $150 in state fees. Wyoming may ask for California's Certificate of Status ($5). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Division using your California records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

California and Wyoming side by side

	California formed here	Wyoming registering here
Document	California Certificate of Status	Foreign Profit Corporation Application for Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$5	$150 at order
How it is handled	California: online as a PDF within minutes, or on paper by mail or drop-off in Sacramento	Filed with Wyoming
Office	California Secretary of State, Business Entities	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division
Official page	bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov	sos.wyo.gov
Yearly filing	Statement of Information (Form SI-550), $25, every year	Annual Report, $60, every year
Due	Last day of the corporation's registration-anniversary month, annually	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 California agent for service of process	Our Wyoming registered agent

How California companies register with Wyoming

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

Will your California name work for Wyoming?

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

Agents: Wyoming and California

Wyoming calls it a registered agent; California says agent for service of process. Your current agent for service of process stays for California; ours takes Wyoming's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in California and Wyoming

Each year your corporation files California's Statement of Information (Form SI-550) ($25) and Wyoming's Annual Report ($60). With our $149 registered agent renewal, California plus Wyoming comes to $234 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, California to Wyoming

An LLC formed in California files its own registration with Wyoming ($150 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Status ($5)). After that come California's Statement of Information (Form LLC-12) ($20) and Wyoming's Annual Report ($60). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Wyoming company in California

A corporation formed in Wyoming that registers with California files Form S&DC-S/N with $100 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions California owners ask about Wyoming

Does my California company need to register in Wyoming?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Wyoming registration cost?

$349 at checkout; Wyoming may also want California's Certificate of Status, 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 California's certificate if Wyoming asks for it.

What are the yearly costs for California and Wyoming?

$234 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $25 to California and $60 to Wyoming for the yearly reports.

Does Wyoming require a registered agent?

Yes: the California agent for service of process stays, and ours covers Wyoming for year one.

Can I form a new Wyoming corporation instead?

Yes, but California keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Wyoming's Annual Report ($60), and the original keeps California's Statement of Information (Form SI-550).

How do I withdraw from Wyoming later?

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

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