Foreign registration · Form 521

New Jersey LLC Foreign Registration in Wisconsin

Wisconsin registers an LLC from New Jersey as a foreign LLC on Form 521, with $100 in state fees. Wisconsin needs nothing from New Jersey: no Standing Certificate. We file it with the Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services from your New Jersey records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

New Jersey and Wisconsin side by side

	New Jersey formed here	Wisconsin registering here
Document	New Jersey Standing Certificate (not needed here)	Form 521, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$50	$100 at order
How it is handled	New Jersey: online as an electronic certificate, or by mail, fax or in person	Filed online with Wisconsin
Paid expedite		next-day $100, 4-hour (in person) $250, 1-hour (in person) $500
Office	New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DORES), Department of the Treasury	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services
Official page	nj.gov	dfi.wi.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $75, every year	Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5), $80, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month each year	March 31
Agent	Your New Jersey registered agent	Our Wisconsin registered agent

How New Jersey companies register with Wisconsin

We prepare and file Form 521
It lists us as your Wisconsin registered agent, next to your New Jersey name and formation date. Nothing has to come from New Jersey first, so the Wisconsin filing can go in right away. Once Wisconsin approves it, the New Jersey company can do business there.

Your New Jersey name and Wisconsin's rules

We search Wisconsin's records for New Jersey's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Wisconsin and New Jersey

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

Staying in good standing in New Jersey and Wisconsin

Each year your LLC files New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5) ($80). With our $149 registered agent renewal, New Jersey plus Wisconsin comes to $304 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, New Jersey to Wisconsin

A corporation formed in New Jersey files Form 21 with Wisconsin ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Standing Certificate ($25)). After that come New Jersey's Annual Report ($75) and Wisconsin's Foreign Business Corporation Annual Report ($65). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Wisconsin into New Jersey

An LLC formed in Wisconsin that registers with New Jersey files New Jersey's registration (no form number) with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status ($10). See that filing.

Common questions: New Jersey to Wisconsin

Does my New Jersey company need to register in Wisconsin?

Yes, once a New Jersey business operates there; Wisconsin law lists 11 activities that do not count on their own.

How much does it cost to register a New Jersey LLC in Wisconsin?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay New Jersey.

Do I need New Jersey's certificate of good standing?

No, Wisconsin takes Form 521 without it.

What are the yearly costs for New Jersey and Wisconsin?

$304 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $75 to New Jersey and $80 to Wisconsin for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Wisconsin?

A New Jersey company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Wisconsin can add up to $97.50 for each year or part of a year.

Does Wisconsin require a registered agent?

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

Can I form a new Wisconsin LLC instead?

Yes, but New Jersey keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5) ($25), and the original keeps New Jersey's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Wisconsin later?

New Jersey companies leave by filing a Withdrawal of Registration of Foreign Limited Liability Company; until then, Wisconsin's report stays due alongside New Jersey's filings.

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