Foreign registration · no form number

Washington Corporation Foreign Registration in Wyoming

Wyoming registers a corporation from Washington as a foreign corporation on a registration (no form number), with $150 in state fees. Wyoming may ask for Washington's Certificate of Existence ($20). We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Division using your Washington records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Washington and Wyoming each ask for

	Washington formed here	Wyoming registering here
Document	Washington Certificate of Existence	Foreign Profit Corporation Application for Certificate of Authority (no form number)
State fee	$20	$150 at order
How it is handled	Washington: online as an instant Express download, also emailed	Filed with Wyoming
Office	Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division
Official page	ccfs.sos.wa.gov	sos.wyo.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $70, every year	Annual Report, $60, every year
Due	Last day of the entity's anniversary month	First day of the foreign corp's anniversary month of WY certificate of authority
Turnaround	Certificate issued instantly online	Standard processing: up to fifteen business days after the date of receipt
Agent	Your Washington registered agent	Our Wyoming registered agent

How Washington companies register with Wyoming

We prepare and file the registration
It names us as your Wyoming registered agent, with your Washington name and formation date. If Wyoming wants the Washington certificate, it is ordered first. Once Wyoming approves it, the Washington company can do business there.

Will your Washington name work for Wyoming?

We check your exact Washington name against Wyoming's records before filing.

Your Wyoming agent and the Washington one

Washington and Wyoming both call it a registered agent. Wyoming papers come to us; Washington's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Wyoming and Washington

Each year your corporation files Washington's Annual Report ($70) and Wyoming's Annual Report ($60). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Washington plus Wyoming comes to $279 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Washington to Wyoming

An LLC formed in Washington files its own registration with Wyoming ($150 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Existence ($20)). After that come Washington's Annual Report ($70) and Wyoming's Annual Report ($60). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Wyoming company in Washington

A corporation formed in Wyoming that registers with Washington files Washington's registration (no form number) with $200 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Questions Washington owners ask about Wyoming

Does my Washington company need to register in Wyoming?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Wyoming registration cost?

$349 at checkout; Wyoming may also want Washington's Certificate of Existence, 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 Washington's certificate if Wyoming asks for it.

What are the yearly costs for Washington and Wyoming?

$279 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $70 to Washington and $60 to Wyoming for the yearly reports.

Does Wyoming require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Wyoming corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Wyoming later?

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

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