Foreign registration · Form 21

Wyoming Corporation Foreign Registration in Wisconsin

To do business in Wisconsin, a corporation formed in Wyoming registers there on Form 21, with $100 in state fees. Wisconsin also wants Wyoming's Certificate of Good Standing (free), dated within 60 days. We file it with the Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services from your Wyoming records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Wyoming and Wisconsin side by side

	Wyoming formed here	Wisconsin registering here
Document	Wyoming Certificate of Good Standing	Form 21, Application for Certificate of Authority
State fee	No fee	$100 at order
How it is handled	Wyoming: online as an instant PDF with a certificate ID anyone can validate	Filed on Wisconsin's paper form
Paid expedite		next-day $100, 4-hour (in person) $250, 1-hour (in person) $500
Office	Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services
Official page	wyobiz.wyo.gov	dfi.wi.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $60, every year	Foreign Business Corporation Annual Report, $65, every year
Due	First day of the corporation's anniversary month	March 31 each year after qualification
Agent	Your Wyoming registered agent	Our Wisconsin registered agent

How Wyoming companies register with Wisconsin

Order the Wyoming certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing (free) is ordered from Wyoming separately; it is not part of our Wisconsin order. An instant Wyoming certificate reaches Wisconsin only hours old, well inside the limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file Form 21
It names us as your Wisconsin registered agent, with your Wyoming name and formation date and the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Wyoming delays the Wisconsin filing. Once Wisconsin approves it, the Wyoming company can do business there.

First-year cost, Wyoming to Wisconsin

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$100
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Wyoming	No fee
Our service, with a year of Wisconsin registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Wyoming certificate included	$299

Wisconsin's paid expedite is optional and not in the total.

Will your Wyoming name work for Wisconsin?

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

Your Wisconsin agent and the Wyoming one

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

Staying in good standing in Wyoming and Wisconsin

Each year your corporation files Wyoming's Annual Report ($60) and Wisconsin's Foreign Business Corporation Annual Report ($65). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Wyoming plus Wisconsin comes to $274 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Wyoming to Wisconsin

An LLC formed in Wyoming files Form 521 with Wisconsin ($100 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Wyoming's Annual Report ($61.44) and Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5) ($80). See the LLC filing.

Registering a Wisconsin company in Wyoming

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

Common questions: Wyoming to Wisconsin

Does my Wyoming company need to register in Wisconsin?

Yes, once a Wyoming business operates there; Wisconsin does not count a one-off deal finished within 30 days.

Is this a certificate of authority?

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

How much does the Wisconsin registration cost?

$299 at checkout, plus Wyoming's Certificate of Good Standing, which is free.

Do I need Wyoming's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Wisconsin wants it (free), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Wyoming and Wisconsin?

$274 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $60 to Wyoming and $65 to Wisconsin for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Wisconsin?

Wisconsin can charge a Wyoming company up to $65 for each year or part of a year.

Does Wisconsin require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Wisconsin corporation instead?

Yes, but Wyoming keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Wisconsin's Domestic Business Corporation Annual Report ($25), and the original keeps Wyoming's Annual Report.

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