Foreign registration · no form number

Illinois Corporation Foreign Registration in Idaho

Idaho registers a corporation from Illinois as a foreign corporation on an online registration (no form number), with $103.50 in state fees. Idaho may ask for Illinois's Certificate of Good Standing ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services using your Illinois records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Illinois and Idaho each ask for

	Illinois formed here	Idaho registering here
Document	Illinois Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Registration Statement (Business Corporation) (no form number)
State fee	$25	$103.50 at order (filing fee $100 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Illinois: online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link	Filed online with Idaho
Paid expedite		$40
Office	Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Limited Liability Division	Idaho Secretary of State, Business Services
Official page	ilsos.gov	sos.idaho.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05), $75, every year	Annual Report, no fee, every year
Due	Before the first day of the entity's anniversary month each year	Last day of the entity's anniversary month
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Standard processing: about 3 to 5 days from the date of filing
Agent	Your Illinois registered agent	Our Idaho registered agent

From Illinois to Idaho, step by step

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

Your Illinois name and Idaho's rules

If Idaho's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Illinois company. We check your exact Illinois name against Idaho's records before filing.

Your Idaho agent and the Illinois one

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

Yearly filings: Idaho and Illinois

Each year your corporation files Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05) ($75) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Illinois plus Idaho comes to $224 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Illinois to Idaho

An LLC formed in Illinois files its own registration with Idaho ($103.50 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($25)). After that come Illinois's Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1) ($75) and Idaho's Annual Report (no fee). See the LLC filing.

Common questions: Illinois to Idaho

Does my Illinois company need to register in Idaho?

Yes, once an Illinois business operates there; Idaho registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Idaho calls it registration for Illinois corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does the Idaho registration cost?

$302.50 at checkout; Idaho may also want Illinois's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

How long does the Idaho registration take?

Idaho's standard processing takes about 3 to 5 days from the date of filing, plus time for Illinois's certificate if Idaho asks for it. Paid expedite: $40.

What are the yearly costs for Illinois and Idaho?

$224 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to Illinois and nothing to Idaho for the yearly reports.

Does Idaho require a registered agent?

Yes: the Illinois registered agent stays, and ours covers Idaho for year one, with a street address there.

Will Idaho accept my Illinois name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Illinois name at home.

Can I form a new Idaho corporation instead?

Yes, but Illinois keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Idaho's Annual Report (no fee), and the original keeps Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05).

How do I withdraw from Idaho later?

Illinois companies leave by filing a Withdrawal of Foreign Registration Statement; until then, Idaho's report stays due alongside Illinois's filings.

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