Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Virginia LLC Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

An LLC formed in Virginia that wants to do business in Pennsylvania files Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania needs nothing from Virginia: no Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations from your Virginia records, then serve as your registered office there for year one.

Virginia vs Pennsylvania: the paperwork

	Virginia formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$6	$250 at order
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month	September 30
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

From Virginia to Pennsylvania, step by step

We prepare and file Form DSCB:15-412
It names us as your Pennsylvania registered office, with your Virginia name and formation date. No Virginia paperwork holds up the Pennsylvania filing. Once Pennsylvania approves it, the Virginia company can do business there.

Your Virginia name and Pennsylvania's rules

Pennsylvania accepts your Virginia name if it includes the term company, limited or limited liability company, an abbreviation of one of those terms, or words of like import used in the home state. We search Pennsylvania's records for Virginia's name on file before anything is filed.

Agents: Pennsylvania and Virginia

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

Staying in good standing in Virginia and Pennsylvania

Each year your LLC files Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Virginia plus Pennsylvania comes to $206 a year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Virginia to Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Virginia files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Pennsylvania into Virginia

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania that registers with Virginia files Form LLC1052 with $100 in state fees, plus the Subsistence Certificate ($40) dated within one year. See that filing.

Common questions: Virginia to Pennsylvania

Does my Virginia company need to register in Pennsylvania?

Yes, once a Virginia business operates there; Pennsylvania law lists 12 activities that do not count on their own.

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

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Virginia.

Do I need Virginia's certificate of good standing?

No, Pennsylvania takes Form DSCB:15-412 without it.

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and Pennsylvania?

$206 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $50 to Virginia and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Pennsylvania?

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

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

Will Pennsylvania accept my Virginia name?

Yes, if no company there already uses it and it includes the term company, limited or limited liability company, an abbreviation of one of those terms, or words of like import used in the home state.

Can I form a new Pennsylvania LLC instead?

Yes, but Virginia keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps Virginia's Annual Registration Fee.

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

Virginia companies leave by filing a Statement of Withdrawal of Foreign Registration; until then, Pennsylvania's report stays due alongside Virginia's filings.

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