Foreign registration · no form number

Wyoming Corporation Foreign Registration in Delaware

Delaware registers a corporation from Wyoming as a foreign corporation on a registration (no form number), with $245 in state fees. Delaware may ask for Wyoming's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Department of State, Division of Corporations using your Wyoming records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Wyoming and Delaware each ask for

	Wyoming formed here	Delaware registering here
Document	Wyoming Certificate of Good Standing	Qualification Certificate of a Foreign Corporation (no form number)
State fee	No fee	$245 at order
How it is handled	Wyoming: online as an instant PDF with a certificate ID anyone can validate	Filed with Delaware
Paid expedite		24-hour $50, same-day $100, 2-hour $500, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division	Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations
Official page	wyobiz.wyo.gov	corp.delaware.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $60, every year	Foreign Corporation Annual Report, $125, every year
Due	First day of the corporation's anniversary month	June 30
Agent	Your Wyoming registered agent	Our Delaware registered agent

From Wyoming to Delaware, step by step

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

Will your Wyoming name work for Delaware?

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

Agents: Delaware and Wyoming

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

Staying in good standing in Wyoming and Delaware

Each year your corporation files Wyoming's Annual Report ($60) and Delaware's Foreign Corporation Annual Report ($125). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Wyoming plus Delaware comes to $334 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Wyoming to Delaware

An LLC formed in Wyoming files its own registration with Delaware ($200 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Wyoming's Annual Report ($61.44) and Delaware's Annual LLC Tax ($300). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Delaware company in Wyoming

A corporation formed in Delaware that registers with Wyoming files Wyoming's registration (no form number) with $150 in state fees. See that filing.

Common questions: Wyoming to Delaware

Does my Wyoming company need to register in Delaware?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Delaware registration cost?

$444 at checkout; Delaware may also want Wyoming's Certificate of Good Standing, at extra cost.

What are the yearly costs for Wyoming and Delaware?

$334 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $60 to Wyoming and $125 to Delaware for the yearly reports.

Does Delaware require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Delaware corporation instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Delaware later?

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

What does a Delaware company file to register in Wyoming?

It files Wyoming's registration with $150 in state fees.

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