Foreign registration · Form FA

Illinois Corporation Foreign Registration in Kansas

To do business in Kansas, a corporation formed in Illinois registers there on Form FA, with $115 in state fees. Kansas needs nothing from Illinois: no Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your Illinois records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

Illinois and Kansas side by side

	Illinois formed here	Kansas registering here
Document	Illinois Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form FA, Foreign Application (LLC, LLP, LP, Corporation)
State fee	$25	$115 at order
How it is handled	Illinois: online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link	Filed on Kansas's paper form
Office	Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Limited Liability Division	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	ilsos.gov	sos.ks.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05), $75, every year	Business Entity Information Report, fee set by the state, every two years
Due	Before the first day of the entity's anniversary month each year	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end
Agent	Your Illinois registered agent	Our Kansas resident agent

How Illinois companies register with Kansas

We prepare and file Form FA
It names us as your Kansas resident agent, with your Illinois name and formation date. No Illinois paperwork holds up the Kansas filing. After approval, your Illinois corporation is registered with Kansas.

Your Illinois name and Kansas's rules

We check your exact Illinois name against Kansas's records before filing.

Your Kansas agent and the Illinois one

Kansas calls it a resident agent; Illinois says registered agent. Kansas papers come to us; Illinois's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Kansas and Illinois

Illinois wants the Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05) every year ($75); Kansas wants the Business Entity Information Report every two years. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Illinois to Kansas

An LLC formed in Illinois files Form FA with Kansas ($115 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Illinois's Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1) ($75) and Kansas's Information Report ($5). See the LLC filing.

Questions Illinois owners ask about Kansas

Does my Illinois company need to register in Kansas?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Kansas registration cost?

$314 at checkout, with nothing to pay Illinois.

Do I need Illinois's certificate of good standing?

No, Kansas takes Form FA without it.

What are the yearly costs for Illinois and Kansas?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), Illinois's report ($75) and Kansas's report (fee set by the state, every two years).

Does Kansas require a registered agent?

Yes: the Illinois registered agent stays, and ours covers Kansas for year one.

Can I form a new Kansas corporation instead?

Yes, but Illinois keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Kansas's Business Entity Information Report, and the original keeps Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05).

How do I withdraw from Kansas later?

Illinois companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business; until then, Kansas's report stays due alongside Illinois's filings.

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