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Virginia LLC Foreign Registration in Massachusetts

To do business in Massachusetts, an LLC formed in Virginia registers there on a paper registration (no form number), with $520 in state fees. Massachusetts also asks for Virginia's Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6), no older than 90 days. We file it with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division using your Virginia records and act as your resident agent there for the first year.

Virginia and Massachusetts side by side

	Virginia formed here	Massachusetts registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$6	$520 at order (filing fee $500 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed on Massachusetts's paper form
Paid expedite		$20
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Corporations Division
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	sec.state.ma.us
Age rule	Dated when issued	Accepted if dated within 90 days
Yearly filing	Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report, $500, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month	On or before the anniversary date of registration to do business in Massachusetts
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our Massachusetts resident agent

From Virginia to Massachusetts, step by step

Order the Virginia certificate
The Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6) is ordered from Virginia separately; it is not part of our Massachusetts order. An instant Virginia certificate reaches Massachusetts only hours old, well inside the limit of 90 days.
We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Massachusetts resident agent, next to your Virginia name and formation date, with the certificate attached. With the certificate issued on the spot, nothing from Virginia delays the Massachusetts filing. Once Massachusetts approves it, the Virginia company can do business there.

First-year cost, Virginia to Massachusetts

Item	Amount
State fees, paid at order	$520
Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration, paid to Virginia	$6
Our service, with a year of Massachusetts resident agent service	$199
First-year total, Virginia certificate included	$725

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

Your Virginia name and Massachusetts's rules

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

Your Massachusetts agent and the Virginia one

Massachusetts calls it a resident agent; Virginia says registered agent. Massachusetts papers come to us; Virginia's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Massachusetts and Virginia

Each year your LLC files Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Massachusetts's Foreign Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($500). With our $149 resident agent renewal, Virginia plus Massachusetts comes to $699 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

Registering a Massachusetts company in Virginia

An LLC formed in Massachusetts that registers with Virginia files Form LLC1052 with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($25) dated within one year. See that filing.

Questions Virginia owners ask about Massachusetts

Does my Virginia company need to register in Massachusetts?

Yes, once a Virginia business operates there; Massachusetts registers it as a foreign LLC.

How much does it cost to register a Virginia LLC in Massachusetts?

$719 at checkout plus $6 to Virginia for the Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration, $725 in all (checkout is $520 in state fees plus our $199).

Do I need Virginia's certificate of good standing?

Yes: Massachusetts wants Virginia's Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration ($6), no more than 90 days old at filing.

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and Massachusetts?

$699 a year: our $149 resident agent renewal, $50 to Virginia and $500 to Massachusetts for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Massachusetts?

A Virginia company cannot sue in court there until it registers, and Massachusetts can add a civil penalty of up to $500.

Does Massachusetts require a registered agent?

Yes: the Virginia registered agent stays, and ours covers Massachusetts for year one.

Can I form a new Massachusetts LLC instead?

Yes, but Virginia keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Massachusetts's Limited Liability Company Annual Report ($520), and the original keeps Virginia's Annual Registration Fee.

How do I withdraw from Massachusetts later?

Virginia companies leave by filing a Certificate of Withdrawal ($100); until then, Massachusetts's report stays due alongside Virginia's filings.

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