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Illinois LLC Foreign Registration in Washington

Washington registers an LLC from Illinois as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $200 in state fees. Washington also asks for Illinois's Certificate of Good Standing ($25), no older than 60 days. We file it with the Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division from your Illinois records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

What Illinois and Washington each ask for

	Illinois formed here	Washington registering here
Document	Illinois Certificate of Good Standing	Foreign Registration Statement (Profit types) (no form number)
State fee	$25	$200 at order (filing fee $180 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Illinois: online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link	Filed online with Washington
Office	Illinois Secretary of State, Department of Business Services, Limited Liability Division	Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division
Official page	ilsos.gov	sos.wa.gov
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 60 days
Yearly filing	Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1), $75, every year	Annual Report, $70, every year
Due	Before the first day of the entity's anniversary month each year	Last day of the month of WA registration
Late yearly filing	$100 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your Illinois registered agent	Our Washington registered agent

From Illinois to Washington, step by step

Order the Illinois certificate
The Certificate of Good Standing ($25) is ordered from Illinois separately; it is not part of our Washington order. Ordered from Illinois on filing day, it easily meets Washington's limit of 60 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Washington registered agent, next to your Illinois name and formation date, with the certificate attached. Illinois issues the certificate instantly, so the Washington filing can go in the same day. After approval, your Illinois LLC is registered with Washington.

Washington costs for Illinois companies

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

Will your Illinois name work for Washington?

Washington can hold a name for $30 before you file.

Your Washington agent and the Illinois one

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

Staying in good standing in Illinois and Washington

Each year your LLC files Illinois's Limited Liability Company Annual Report (Form LLC-50.1) ($75) and Washington's Annual Report ($70). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Illinois plus Washington comes to $294 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Illinois to Washington

A corporation formed in Illinois files its own registration with Washington ($200 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($25)). After that come Illinois's Annual Report (Form BCA 14.05) ($75) and Washington's Annual Report ($70). See the corporation filing.

Common questions: Illinois to Washington

Does my Illinois company need to register in Washington?

Yes, once an Illinois business operates there; Washington law lists 13 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does the Washington 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: Washington wants it ($25), no more than 60 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Illinois and Washington?

$294 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to Illinois and $70 to Washington for the yearly reports.

Does Washington require a registered agent?

Yes: the Illinois registered agent stays, and ours covers Washington for year one.

Can I form a new Washington LLC instead?

Yes, but Illinois keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Washington's Annual Report ($70), and the original keeps Illinois's yearly report.

How do I withdraw from Washington later?

Illinois companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal (no state fee); until then, Washington's report stays due alongside Illinois's filings.

How do I get an Illinois certificate of good standing?

Illinois issues the Certificate of Good Standing online as an instant PDF, printed from the receipt page or sent by email link ($25).

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