Foreign registration · Form 21

New Jersey Corporation Foreign Registration in Wisconsin

To do business in Wisconsin, a corporation formed in New Jersey registers there on Form 21, with $100 in state fees. Wisconsin also wants New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($25), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services using your New Jersey records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

New Jersey and Wisconsin side by side

	New Jersey formed here	Wisconsin registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Form 21, Application for Certificate of Authority
State fee	$25	$100 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed on Wisconsin's paper form
Paid expedite		next-day $100, 4-hour (in person) $250, 1-hour (in person) $500
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services
Official page	nj.gov	dfi.wi.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Foreign Business Corporation Annual Report, $65, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	March 31 each year after qualification
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Wisconsin registered agent

How New Jersey companies register with Wisconsin

Order the New Jersey certificate
The Standing Certificate ($25) is ordered from New Jersey separately; it is not part of our Wisconsin order. Wisconsin counts 60 days from the day New Jersey issues it, so the order goes in shortly before filing.
We prepare and file Form 21
It lists us as your Wisconsin registered agent, next to your New Jersey name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Once New Jersey's certificate is in hand, Wisconsin's filing goes in. Once Wisconsin approves it, the New Jersey company can do business there.

First-year cost, New Jersey to Wisconsin

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

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

Your New Jersey name and Wisconsin's rules

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

Your Wisconsin agent and the New Jersey one

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

Yearly filings: Wisconsin and New Jersey

Each year your corporation files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Wisconsin's Foreign Business Corporation Annual Report ($65). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Jersey plus Wisconsin comes to $289 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Wisconsin

An LLC formed in New Jersey files Form 521 with Wisconsin ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5) ($80). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Wisconsin into New Jersey

A corporation formed in Wisconsin that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status ($10). See that filing.

Common questions: New Jersey to Wisconsin

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Wisconsin?

Yes, once a New Jersey 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 Jersey corporations once the form is approved.

How much does it cost to register a New Jersey corporation in Wisconsin?

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

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

Yes: Wisconsin wants New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($25), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Wisconsin?

$289 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $65 to Wisconsin for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Wisconsin?

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

Does Wisconsin require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Wisconsin corporation instead?

Yes, but New Jersey 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 Jersey's Annual Report.

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