Foreign registration · Form FA

Pennsylvania Corporation Foreign Registration in Kansas

To do business in Kansas, a corporation formed in Pennsylvania registers there on Form FA, with $115 in state fees. Kansas needs nothing from Pennsylvania: no Subsistence Certificate. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division from your Pennsylvania records, then serve as your resident agent there for year one.

What Pennsylvania and Kansas each ask for

	Pennsylvania formed here	Kansas registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate (not needed here)	Form FA, Foreign Application (LLC, LLP, LP, Corporation)
State fee	$40	$115 at order
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed on Kansas's paper form
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	sos.ks.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Business Entity Information Report, fee set by the state, every two years
Due	June 30	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Kansas resident agent

How Pennsylvania companies register with Kansas

We prepare and file Form FA
It names us as your Kansas resident agent, with your Pennsylvania name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Pennsylvania first, so the Kansas filing can go in right away. Once Kansas approves it, the Pennsylvania company can do business there.

Your Pennsylvania name and Kansas's rules

We search Kansas's records for Pennsylvania's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Kansas agent and the Pennsylvania one

Kansas calls it a resident agent; Pennsylvania says registered office. Kansas papers come to us; Pennsylvania's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Kansas and Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania wants the Annual Report every year ($7); Kansas wants the Business Entity Information Report every two years. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Kansas

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania files Form FA with Kansas ($115 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Kansas's Information Report ($5). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Kansas into Pennsylvania

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

Questions Pennsylvania owners ask about Kansas

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Kansas?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

Kansas calls it registration for Pennsylvania corporations; other states say certificate of authority.

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

$314 at checkout, with nothing to pay Pennsylvania.

Do I need Pennsylvania's certificate of good standing?

No, Kansas takes Form FA without it.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Kansas?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), Pennsylvania's report ($7) and Kansas's report (fee set by the state, every two years).

Does Kansas require a registered agent?

Yes: the Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Kansas for year one.

Can I form a new Kansas corporation instead?

Yes, but Pennsylvania keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Kansas's Business Entity Information Report, and the original keeps Pennsylvania's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Kansas later?

Pennsylvania companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business; until then, Kansas's report stays due alongside Pennsylvania's filings.

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