Foreign registration · no form number

Florida Corporation Foreign Registration in Connecticut

To do business in Connecticut, a corporation formed in Florida registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $385 in state fees. Connecticut may ask for Florida's Certificate of Status ($8.75). We file it with the Secretary of the State, Business Services Division from your Florida records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Florida and Connecticut each ask for

	Florida formed here	Connecticut registering here
Document	Florida Certificate of Status	Application for Certificate of Authority (Foreign Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$8.75	$385 at order
How it is handled	Florida: online, emailed as a PDF once payment goes through	Filed online with Connecticut
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Registration Section	Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division
Official page	dos.fl.gov	business.ct.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $150, every year	Annual Report, $435, every year
Due	May 1	Anniversary date of registration in Connecticut
Agent	Your Florida registered agent	Our Connecticut registered agent

From Florida to Connecticut, step by step

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Connecticut registered agent, with your Florida name and formation date. If Connecticut wants the Florida certificate, it is ordered first. Once Connecticut approves it, the Florida company can do business there.

Your Florida name and Connecticut's rules

We search Connecticut's records for Florida's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Connecticut and Florida

Florida and Connecticut both call it a registered agent. Connecticut papers come to us; Florida's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Connecticut and Florida

Each year your corporation files Florida's Annual Report ($150) and Connecticut's Annual Report ($435). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Florida plus Connecticut comes to $734 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Florida to Connecticut

An LLC formed in Florida files its own registration with Connecticut ($120 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status ($5)). After that come Florida's Annual Report ($138.75) and Connecticut's Annual Report ($80). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Connecticut company in Florida

A corporation formed in Connecticut that registers with Florida files Form CR2E007 with $70 in state fees. See that filing.

Questions Florida owners ask about Connecticut

Does my Florida company need to register in Connecticut?

Yes, once a Florida business operates there; Connecticut registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Connecticut issues one to Florida corporations once the filing is approved.

How much does the Connecticut registration cost?

$584 at checkout; Connecticut may also want Florida's Certificate of Status, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Florida and Connecticut?

$734 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $150 to Florida and $435 to Connecticut for the yearly reports.

Does Connecticut require a registered agent?

Yes: the Florida registered agent stays, and ours covers Connecticut for year one.

Can I form a new Connecticut corporation instead?

Yes, but Florida keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Connecticut's Annual Report ($150), and the original keeps Florida's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Connecticut later?

Florida companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal; until then, Connecticut's report stays due alongside Florida's filings.

What does a Connecticut company file to register in Florida?

It files Form CR2E007 with $70 in state fees.

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