Rhode Island

Foreign registration · Form 150

Wyoming Corporation Foreign Registration in Rhode Island

Rhode Island registers a corporation from Wyoming as a foreign corporation on Form 150, with $319 in state fees. Rhode Island also wants Wyoming's Certificate of Good Standing (free). We file it with the Department of State, Business Services Division using your Wyoming records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

Wyoming vs Rhode Island: the paperwork

	Wyoming formed here	Rhode Island registering here
Document	Wyoming Certificate of Good Standing	Form 150, Certificate of Authority
State fee	No fee	$319 at order (filing fee $310 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Wyoming: online as an instant PDF with a certificate ID anyone can validate	Filed with Rhode Island
Office	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division	Rhode Island Department of State, Business Services Division
Official page	wyobiz.wyo.gov	docs.sos.ri.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Must be current
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $60, every year	Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630), $50, every year
Due	First day of the corporation's anniversary month	May 1
Agent	Your Wyoming registered agent	Our Rhode Island resident agent

How Wyoming companies register with Rhode Island

Order the Wyoming certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing (free) is ordered from Wyoming separately; it is not part of our Rhode Island order. Rhode Island wants the Wyoming certificate current, so it is ordered close to the filing date.
We prepare and file Form 150
It lists us as your Rhode Island resident agent, next to your Wyoming name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Wyoming issues the certificate instantly, so the Rhode Island filing can go in the same day. Once Rhode Island approves it, the Wyoming company can do business there.

Rhode Island costs for Wyoming companies

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$319
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Wyoming	No fee
Our service, with a year of Rhode Island resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Wyoming certificate included	$518

Your Wyoming name and Rhode Island's rules

If Rhode Island's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Wyoming company. Rhode Island can hold a name for 120 days for $50 before you file.

Your Rhode Island agent and the Wyoming one

Rhode Island calls it a resident agent; Wyoming says registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Wyoming; ours takes Rhode Island's papers and notices.

Yearly filings: Rhode Island and Wyoming

Each year your corporation files Wyoming's Annual Report ($60) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Wyoming plus Rhode Island comes to $259 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Wyoming to Rhode Island

An LLC formed in Wyoming files Form 450 with Rhode Island ($156 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing (free)). After that come Wyoming's Annual Report ($61.44) and Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Limited Liability Company (Form 632) ($50). See the LLC filing.

The other way: Rhode Island into Wyoming

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

Questions Wyoming owners ask about Rhode Island

Does my Wyoming company need to register in Rhode Island?

Yes, once a Wyoming business operates there; Rhode Island law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

Is this a certificate of authority?

Yes: Rhode Island issues one to Wyoming corporations once the form is approved.

How much does the Rhode Island registration cost?

$518 at checkout, plus Wyoming's Certificate of Good Standing, which is free.

Do I need Wyoming's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Rhode Island wants it (free), current at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Wyoming and Rhode Island?

$259 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $60 to Wyoming and $50 to Rhode Island for the yearly reports.

Does Rhode Island require a registered agent?

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

Will Rhode Island accept my Wyoming name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Wyoming name at home.

Can I form a new Rhode Island corporation instead?

Yes, but Wyoming keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Rhode Island's Annual Report for a Corporation (Form 630) ($50), and the original keeps Wyoming's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Rhode Island later?

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

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