Foreign registration · Form 21

New Hampshire Corporation Foreign Registration in Wisconsin

A corporation formed in New Hampshire that wants to do business in Wisconsin files Form 21, with $100 in state fees. Wisconsin also wants New Hampshire's Certificate of Good Standing ($5), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services using your New Hampshire records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

New Hampshire and Wisconsin side by side

	New Hampshire formed here	Wisconsin registering here
Document	New Hampshire Certificate of Good Standing	Form 21, Application for Certificate of Authority
State fee	$5	$100 at order
How it is handled	New Hampshire: online	Filed on Wisconsin's paper form
Paid expedite		next-day $100, 4-hour (in person) $250, 1-hour (in person) $500
Office	New Hampshire Secretary of State, Corporation Division	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services
Official page	quickstart.sos.nh.gov	dfi.wi.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $100, every year	Foreign Business Corporation Annual Report, $65, every year
Due	April 1	March 31 each year after qualification
Late yearly filing	$50 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your New Hampshire registered agent	Our Wisconsin registered agent

How New Hampshire companies register with Wisconsin

Order the New Hampshire certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($5) is ordered from New Hampshire separately; it is not part of our Wisconsin order. It comes as a short form ($5) or a long form ($10). Wisconsin counts 60 days from the day New Hampshire issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form 21
It names us as your Wisconsin registered agent, with your New Hampshire name and formation date and the certificate attached. The New Hampshire certificate comes first; then the Wisconsin filing goes in. After approval, your New Hampshire corporation is registered with Wisconsin.

First-year cost, New Hampshire to Wisconsin

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to New Hampshire	$5
Our service, with a year of Wisconsin registered agent service	$199
First-year total, New Hampshire certificate included	$304

Wisconsin's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Your New Hampshire name and Wisconsin's rules

We check your exact New Hampshire name against Wisconsin's records before filing.

Your Wisconsin agent and the New Hampshire one

New Hampshire and Wisconsin both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for New Hampshire; ours takes Wisconsin's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in New Hampshire and Wisconsin

Each year your corporation files New Hampshire's Annual Report ($100) and Wisconsin's Foreign Business Corporation Annual Report ($65). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Hampshire plus Wisconsin comes to $314 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Hampshire to Wisconsin

An LLC formed in New Hampshire files Form 521 with Wisconsin ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New Hampshire's Annual Report ($102) and Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5) ($80). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Wisconsin into New Hampshire

A corporation formed in Wisconsin that registers with New Hampshire files Form 40 with $102 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: New Hampshire to Wisconsin

Does my New Hampshire company need to register in Wisconsin?

Yes, once a New Hampshire business operates there; Wisconsin does not count a one-off deal finished within 30 days.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Wisconsin issues one to New Hampshire corporations once the form is approved.

How much does the Wisconsin registration cost?

$299 at checkout plus $5 to New Hampshire for the Certificate of Good Standing, $304 in all (checkout is $100 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need New Hampshire's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Wisconsin wants it ($5), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for New Hampshire and Wisconsin?

$314 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $100 to New Hampshire and $65 to Wisconsin for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Wisconsin?

Wisconsin can charge a New Hampshire company up to $65 for each year or part of a year.

Does Wisconsin require a registered agent?

Yes: the New Hampshire registered agent stays, and ours covers Wisconsin for year one.

Can I form a new Wisconsin corporation instead?

Yes, but New Hampshire keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Wisconsin's Domestic Business Corporation Annual Report ($25), and the original keeps New Hampshire's Annual Report.

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