Foreign registration · no form number

Massachusetts Corporation Foreign Registration in Wyoming

To do business in Wyoming, a corporation formed in Massachusetts registers there on a registration (no form number), with $150 in state fees. Wyoming may ask for Massachusetts's Certificate of Good Standing ($12). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Division using your Massachusetts records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

Massachusetts and Wyoming side by side

	Massachusetts formed here	Wyoming registering here
Document	Massachusetts Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Profit Corporation Application for Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$12	$150 at order
How it is handled	Massachusetts: online, by mail or in person, delivered by mail or email depending on the certificate	Filed with Wyoming
Office	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division
Official page	sec.state.ma.us	sos.wyo.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $125, every year	Annual Report, $60, every year
Due	Within 2.5 months after the close of the corporation's fiscal year	First day of the foreign corp's anniversary month of WY certificate of authority
Agent	Your Massachusetts resident agent	Our Wyoming registered agent

How Massachusetts companies register with Wyoming

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

Your Massachusetts name and Wyoming's rules

We search Wyoming's records for Massachusetts's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Wyoming and Massachusetts

Wyoming calls it a registered agent; Massachusetts says resident agent. Your current resident agent stays for Massachusetts; ours takes Wyoming's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Wyoming and Massachusetts

Each year your corporation files Massachusetts's Annual Report ($125) and Wyoming's Annual Report ($60). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Massachusetts plus Wyoming comes to $334 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Massachusetts to Wyoming

An LLC formed in Massachusetts files its own registration with Wyoming ($150 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($25)). After that come Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520) and Wyoming's Annual Report ($60). See the LLC filing.

Questions Massachusetts owners ask about Wyoming

Does my Massachusetts company need to register in Wyoming?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Wyoming registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for Massachusetts and Wyoming?

$334 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $125 to Massachusetts and $60 to Wyoming for the yearly reports.

Does Wyoming require a registered agent?

Yes: the Massachusetts resident agent stays, and ours covers Wyoming for year one.

Can I form a new Wyoming corporation instead?

Yes, but Massachusetts keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Wyoming's Annual Report ($60), and the original keeps Massachusetts's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Wyoming later?

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

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