Foreign registration · no form number

Pennsylvania Corporation Foreign Registration in Delaware

Delaware registers a corporation from Pennsylvania as a foreign corporation on a registration (no form number), with $245 in state fees. Delaware may ask for Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate ($40). We file it with the Department of State, Division of Corporations from your Pennsylvania records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Pennsylvania and Delaware each ask for

	Pennsylvania formed here	Delaware registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate	Qualification Certificate of a Foreign Corporation (no form number)
State fee	$40	$245 at order
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed with Delaware
Paid expedite		24-hour $50, same-day $100, 2-hour $500, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	corp.delaware.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Foreign Corporation Annual Report, $125, every year
Due	June 30	June 30
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Delaware registered agent

How Pennsylvania companies register with Delaware

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

Your Pennsylvania name and Delaware's rules

Delaware can hold a name for 120 days for $75 before you file.

Your Delaware agent and the Pennsylvania one

Delaware calls it a registered agent; Pennsylvania says registered office. Your current registered office stays for Pennsylvania; ours takes Delaware's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Pennsylvania and Delaware

Each year your corporation files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Delaware's Foreign Corporation Annual Report ($125). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Pennsylvania plus Delaware comes to $281 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Delaware

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania files its own registration with Delaware ($200 in state fees, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40)). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Delaware's Annual LLC Tax ($300). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Delaware company in Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Delaware that registers with Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees; no Delaware certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Pennsylvania to Delaware

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Delaware?

Yes, once a Pennsylvania business operates there; Delaware registers it as a foreign corporation.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Delaware calls it qualification for Pennsylvania corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

How much does it cost to register a Pennsylvania corporation in Delaware?

$444 at checkout; Delaware may also want Pennsylvania's Subsistence Certificate, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Delaware?

$281 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $7 to Pennsylvania and $125 to Delaware for the yearly reports.

Does Delaware require a registered agent?

Yes: the Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Delaware for year one, with a street address there.

Can I form a new Delaware corporation instead?

Yes, but Pennsylvania keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Delaware's Annual Franchise Tax Report ($50), and the original keeps Pennsylvania's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Delaware later?

Pennsylvania companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal of Foreign Corporation; until then, Delaware's report stays due alongside Pennsylvania's filings.

What does a Delaware company file to register in Pennsylvania?

It files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees.

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