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Illinois LLC Foreign Registration in Delaware

An LLC formed in Illinois that wants to do business in Delaware files a registration (no form number), with $200 in state fees. Delaware also wants Illinois's Certificate of Good Standing ($25), dated within 180 days. We file it with the Department of State, Division of Corporations using your Illinois records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Illinois and Delaware each ask for

	Illinois formed here	Delaware registering here
Document	Illinois Certificate of Good Standing	Certificate of Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company (no form number)
State fee	$25	$200 at order
How it is handled	Illinois: online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link	Filed with Delaware
Paid expedite		24-hour $50, same-day $100, 2-hour $500, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Limited Liability Division	Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations
Official page	ilsos.gov	corp.delaware.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 180 days
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1), $75, every year	Annual LLC Tax, $300, every year
Due	Before the first day of the entity's anniversary month each year
Agent	Your Illinois registered agent	Our Delaware registered agent

From Illinois to Delaware, step by step

Order the Illinois certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($25) is ordered from Illinois separately; it is not part of our Delaware order. An instant Illinois certificate reaches Delaware only hours old, well inside the limit of 180 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Delaware registered agent, next to your Illinois name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Illinois issues the certificate instantly, so the Delaware filing can go in the same day. Once Delaware approves it, the Illinois company can do business there.

First-year cost, Illinois to Delaware

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$200
Certificate of Good Standing, paid to Illinois	$25
Our service, with a year of Delaware registered agent service	$199
First-year total, Illinois certificate included	$424

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

Your Illinois name and Delaware's rules

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

Your Delaware agent and the Illinois one

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

Yearly filings: Delaware and Illinois

Each year your LLC files Illinois's Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1) ($75) and Delaware's Annual LLC Tax ($300). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Illinois plus Delaware comes to $524 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Illinois to Delaware

A corporation formed in Illinois files its own registration with Delaware ($245 in state fees). After that come Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05) ($75) and Delaware's Foreign Corporation Annual Report ($125). See the corporation filing.

Questions Illinois owners ask about Delaware

Does my Illinois company need to register in Delaware?

Yes, once an Illinois business operates there; Delaware registers it as a foreign LLC.

How much does the Delaware registration cost?

$399 at checkout plus $25 to Illinois for the Certificate of Good Standing, $424 in all (checkout is $200 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Illinois's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Delaware wants it ($25), no more than 180 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Illinois and Delaware?

$524 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to Illinois and $300 to Delaware for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Delaware?

An Illinois company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Delaware can add up to $200 for each year or part of a year.

Does Delaware require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Delaware LLC instead?

Yes, but Illinois keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Delaware's Annual LLC Tax ($400), and the original keeps Illinois's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Delaware later?

Illinois companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation of Registration of a Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, Delaware's report stays due alongside Illinois's filings.

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