Foreign registration · no form number

Florida LLC Foreign Registration in Connecticut

Connecticut registers an LLC from Florida as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $120 in state fees. Connecticut also wants Florida's Certificate of Status ($5), dated within 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of the State, Business Services Division using your Florida records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Florida and Connecticut each ask for

	Florida formed here	Connecticut registering here
Document	Florida Certificate of Status	Foreign Registration Statement (LLC - Foreign) (no form number)
State fee	$5	$120 at order
How it is handled	Florida: online, emailed as a PDF once payment goes through	Filed online with Connecticut
Paid expedite		$50
Office	Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz), Registration Section	Connecticut Secretary of the State, Business Services Division
Official page	dos.fl.gov	business.ct.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $138.75, every year	Annual Report, $80, every year
Due	May 1	On or before March 31
Agent	Your Florida registered agent	Our Connecticut registered agent

From Florida to Connecticut, step by step

Order the Florida certificate
The Certificate of Status ($5) is ordered from Florida separately; it is not part of our Connecticut order. Ordered from Florida on filing day, it easily meets Connecticut's limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Connecticut registered agent, next to your Florida name and formation date, with the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Florida delays the Connecticut filing. After approval, your Florida LLC is registered with Connecticut.

First-year cost, Florida to Connecticut

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$120
Certificate of Status, paid to Florida	$5
Our service, with a year of Connecticut registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Florida certificate included	$324

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

Your Florida name and Connecticut's rules

We search Connecticut's records for Florida's name on file before anything is filed.

Your Connecticut agent and the Florida one

Florida and Connecticut both call it a registered agent. Your current registered agent stays for Florida; ours takes Connecticut's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Florida and Connecticut

Each year your LLC files Florida's Annual Report ($138.75) and Connecticut's Annual Report ($80). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Florida plus Connecticut comes to $367.75 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Florida to Connecticut

A corporation formed in Florida files its own registration with Connecticut ($385 in state fees). After that come Florida's Annual Report ($150) and Connecticut's Annual Report ($435). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Connecticut into Florida

An LLC formed in Connecticut that registers with Florida files Form CR2E027 with $125 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Legal Existence ($50) dated within 90 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Florida to Connecticut

Does my Florida company need to register in Connecticut?

Yes, once a Florida business operates there; Connecticut registers it as a foreign LLC.

How much does the Connecticut registration cost?

$319 at checkout plus $5 to Florida for the Certificate of Status, $324 in all (checkout is $120 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Florida's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Connecticut wants Florida's Certificate of Status ($5), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Florida and Connecticut?

$367.75 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $138.75 to Florida and $80 to Connecticut for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Connecticut?

Connecticut can charge a Florida company a penalty of $300 for each month.

Does Connecticut require a registered agent?

Yes: the Florida registered agent stays, and ours covers Connecticut for year one.

Can I form a new Connecticut LLC instead?

Yes, but Florida keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Connecticut's Annual Report ($80), and the original keeps Florida's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Connecticut later?

Florida companies leave by filing an Application for Certificate of Withdrawal (no state fee); until then, Connecticut's report stays due alongside Florida's filings.

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