Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Wisconsin Corporation Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania registers a corporation from Wisconsin as a foreign corporation on Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania asks nothing of Wisconsin here, not even the Certificate of Status. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations using your Wisconsin records and act as your registered office there for the first year.

Wisconsin and Pennsylvania side by side

	Wisconsin formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Wisconsin Certificate of Status (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$10	$250 at order
How it is handled	Wisconsin: online, emailed as soon as it is requested	Filed online with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	dfi.wi.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Domestic Business Corporation Annual Report, $25, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	End of the calendar quarter containing the anniversary of the articles' effective date	June 30
Agent	Your Wisconsin registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

How Wisconsin companies register with Pennsylvania

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It names us as your Pennsylvania registered office, with your Wisconsin name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Wisconsin first, so the Pennsylvania filing can go in right away. After approval, your Wisconsin corporation is registered with Pennsylvania.

Your Wisconsin name and Pennsylvania's rules

Pennsylvania accepts your Wisconsin 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 search Pennsylvania's records for Wisconsin's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Wisconsin one

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

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

Each year your corporation files Wisconsin's Domestic Business Corporation Annual Report ($25) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Wisconsin plus Pennsylvania comes to $181 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Wisconsin to Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Wisconsin files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5) ($25) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Pennsylvania into Wisconsin

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania that registers with Wisconsin files Form 21 with $100 in state fees, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Wisconsin to Pennsylvania

Does my Wisconsin company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Wisconsin.

Do I need Wisconsin's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Wisconsin and Pennsylvania?

$181 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $25 to Wisconsin and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

Will Pennsylvania accept my Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps Wisconsin's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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