Foreign registration · no form number

New Jersey Corporation Foreign Registration in Wyoming

To do business in Wyoming, a corporation formed in New Jersey registers there on a registration (no form number), with $150 in state fees. Wyoming may ask for New Jersey's Standing Certificate ($25). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Division using your New Jersey records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What New Jersey and Wyoming each ask for

	New Jersey formed here	Wyoming registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate	Foreign Profit Corporation Application for Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$25	$150 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed with Wyoming
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division
Official page	nj.gov	sos.wyo.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report, $60, every year
Due	Last day of the anniversary month of incorporation	First day of the foreign corp's anniversary month of WY certificate of authority
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Wyoming registered agent

How New Jersey companies register with Wyoming

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Wyoming registered agent, next to your New Jersey name and formation date. If Wyoming wants the New Jersey certificate, it is ordered first. After approval, your New Jersey corporation is registered with Wyoming.

Your New Jersey name and Wyoming's rules

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

Agents: Wyoming and New Jersey

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

Yearly filings: Wyoming and New Jersey

Each year your corporation files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Wyoming's Annual Report ($60). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Jersey plus Wyoming comes to $284 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Wyoming

An LLC formed in New Jersey files its own registration with Wyoming ($150 in state fees, the same, plus the Standing Certificate ($50)). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Wyoming's Annual Report ($60). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Wyoming company in New Jersey

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

Common questions: New Jersey to Wyoming

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Wyoming?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Wyoming registration cost?

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

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Wyoming?

$284 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $60 to Wyoming for the yearly reports.

Does Wyoming require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Wyoming corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Wyoming later?

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

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