Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Wyoming Corporation Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

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

What Wyoming and Pennsylvania each ask for

	Wyoming formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Wyoming Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	No fee	$250 at order
How it is handled	Wyoming: online as an instant PDF with a certificate ID anyone can validate	Filed online with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	wyobiz.wyo.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $60, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	First day of the corporation's anniversary month	June 30
Agent	Your Wyoming registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From Wyoming to Pennsylvania, step by step

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

Will your Wyoming name work for Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania accepts your Wyoming 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 Wyoming's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Wyoming one

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

Yearly filings: Pennsylvania and Wyoming

Each year your corporation files Wyoming's Annual Report ($60) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Wyoming plus Pennsylvania comes to $216 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Wyoming to Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Wyoming files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Wyoming's Annual Report ($61.44) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Pennsylvania company in Wyoming

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

Questions Wyoming owners ask about Pennsylvania

Does my Wyoming company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

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

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Wyoming.

Do I need Wyoming's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Wyoming and Pennsylvania?

$216 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $60 to Wyoming and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

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

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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