Foreign registration · no form number

Illinois Corporation Foreign Registration in New Jersey

To do business in New Jersey, a corporation formed in Illinois registers there on an online registration (no form number), with $100 in state fees. New Jersey also wants Illinois's Certificate of Good Standing ($25). We file it with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury from your Illinois records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Illinois and New Jersey side by side

	Illinois formed here	New Jersey registering here
Document	Illinois Certificate of Good Standing	Public Records Filing for New Business Entity (foreign authorization) (no form number)
State fee	$25	$100 at order
How it is handled	Illinois: online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link	Filed online with New Jersey
Office	Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Limited Liability Division	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury
Official page	ilsos.gov	njportal.com
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05), $75, every year	Annual Report, $75, every year
Due	Before the first day of the entity's anniversary month each year	Last day of the anniversary month of authorization to transact business in NJ
Agent	Your Illinois registered agent	Our New Jersey registered agent

From Illinois to New Jersey, step by step

Order the Illinois certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($25) is ordered from Illinois separately; it is not part of our New Jersey order. New Jersey wants the Illinois certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your New Jersey registered agent, with your Illinois name and formation date and the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Illinois delays the New Jersey filing. Once New Jersey approves it, the Illinois company can do business there.

First-year cost, Illinois to New Jersey

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Illinois	$25
Our service, with a year of New Jersey registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Illinois certificate included	$324

Your Illinois name and New Jersey's rules

If another New Jersey company uses the Illinois name, an alternate name is allowed. We search New Jersey's records for Illinois's name on file before anything is filed.

Your New Jersey agent and the Illinois one

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

Yearly filings: New Jersey and Illinois

Each year your corporation files Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05) ($75) and New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Illinois plus New Jersey comes to $299 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Illinois to New Jersey

An LLC formed in Illinois files its own registration with New Jersey ($100 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 New Jersey's Annual Report ($75). See the LLC filing.

Questions Illinois owners ask about New Jersey

Does my Illinois company need to register in New Jersey?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the New Jersey registration cost?

$299 at checkout plus $25 to Illinois for the Certificate of Good Standing, $324 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Illinois's certificate of good standing?

Yes: New Jersey wants it ($25), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Illinois and New Jersey?

$299 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to Illinois and $75 to New Jersey for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with New Jersey?

New Jersey can charge an Illinois company a civil penalty of up to $1,000 and a fine of at least $200.

Does New Jersey require a registered agent?

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

Will New Jersey 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 New Jersey corporation instead?

Yes, but Illinois keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75), and the original keeps Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05).

Official sources

People also search

Corporation into New Jersey, by home state (48)

Illinois into other states (42)

The same move for an LLC