Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Virginia Corporation Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania registers a corporation from Virginia as a foreign corporation on Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania needs nothing from Virginia: no Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations using your Virginia records and act as your registered office there for the first year.

Virginia vs Pennsylvania: the paperwork

	Virginia formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$6	$250 at order
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed online with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due		June 30
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From Virginia to Pennsylvania, step by step

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It lists us as your Pennsylvania registered office, next to your Virginia name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Virginia first, so the Pennsylvania filing can go in right away. Once Pennsylvania approves it, the Virginia company can do business there.

Your Virginia name and Pennsylvania's rules

Pennsylvania accepts your Virginia name if it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state. We check your exact Virginia name against Pennsylvania's records before filing.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Virginia one

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

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Virginia

Each year your corporation files Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Virginia plus Pennsylvania comes to $206 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Virginia to Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Virginia files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the LLC filing.

Questions Virginia owners ask about Pennsylvania

Does my Virginia company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Pennsylvania registration cost?

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Virginia.

Do I need Virginia's certificate of good standing?

No, Pennsylvania takes Form DSCB:15-412 without it.

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and Pennsylvania?

$206 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $50 to Virginia and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

Yes: the Virginia registered agent stays, and ours covers Pennsylvania for year one.

Will Pennsylvania accept my Virginia name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes the word corporation, company, incorporated or limited, an abbreviation, the word association, fund or syndicate, or words of like import used in the home state.

Can I form a new Pennsylvania corporation instead?

Yes, but Virginia keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

Virginia companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal of Foreign Registration; until then, Pennsylvania's report stays due alongside Virginia's filings.

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