Foreign registration · Form FA

Pennsylvania LLC Foreign Registration in Kansas

To do business in Kansas, an LLC formed in Pennsylvania registers there on Form FA, with $115 in state fees. Kansas needs nothing from Pennsylvania: no Subsistence Certificate. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Services Division using your Pennsylvania records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

Pennsylvania and Kansas side by side

	Pennsylvania formed here	Kansas registering here
Document	Pennsylvania Subsistence Certificate (not needed here)	Form FA, Foreign Application (LLC, LLP, LP, Corporation)
State fee	$40	$115 at order
How it is handled	Pennsylvania: online through Business Filing Services, or by mail on the copy and certificate request form	Filed on Kansas's paper form
Office	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations	Kansas Secretary of State, Business Services Division
Official page	file.dos.pa.gov	sos.ks.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report, $7, every year	Information Report, $5, every two years
Due	September 30	15th day of the 4th month after tax-year-end
Agent	Your Pennsylvania registered office	Our Kansas resident agent

How Pennsylvania companies register with Kansas

We prepare and file Form FA
It names us as your Kansas resident agent, with your Pennsylvania name and formation date. No Pennsylvania paperwork holds up the Kansas filing. After approval, your Pennsylvania LLC is registered with Kansas.

Will your Pennsylvania name work for Kansas?

We check your exact Pennsylvania name against Kansas's records before filing.

Your Kansas agent and the Pennsylvania one

Kansas calls it a resident agent; Pennsylvania says registered office. Your current registered office stays for Pennsylvania; ours takes Kansas's papers and notices.

Staying in good standing in Pennsylvania and Kansas

Pennsylvania wants the Annual Report every year ($7); Kansas wants the Information Report every two years ($5). Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Pennsylvania to Kansas

A corporation formed in Pennsylvania files Form FA with Kansas ($115 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7) and Kansas's Business Entity Information Report. See the corporation filing.

The other way: Kansas into Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Kansas that registers with Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412 with $250 in state fees; no Kansas certificate is needed. See that filing.

Questions Pennsylvania owners ask about Kansas

Does my Pennsylvania company need to register in Kansas?

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

How much does it cost to register a Pennsylvania LLC in Kansas?

$314 at checkout, with nothing to pay Pennsylvania.

Do I need Pennsylvania's certificate of good standing?

No, Kansas takes Form FA without it.

What are the yearly costs for Pennsylvania and Kansas?

Our resident agent renewal ($149 a year), Pennsylvania's report ($7) and Kansas's report ($5, every two years).

What if I don't register with Kansas?

A Pennsylvania company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Kansas require a registered agent?

Yes: the Pennsylvania registered office stays, and ours covers Kansas for year one.

Can I form a new Kansas LLC instead?

Yes, but Pennsylvania keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Kansas's Information Report ($90), and the original keeps Pennsylvania's Annual Report.

How do I withdraw from Kansas later?

Pennsylvania companies leave by filing a Certificate of Cancellation, Foreign (non-Kansas) Business ($30); until then, Kansas's report stays due alongside Pennsylvania's filings.

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