Foreign registration · Form 521

Virginia LLC Foreign Registration in Wisconsin

To do business in Wisconsin, an LLC formed in Virginia registers there on Form 521, with $100 in state fees. Wisconsin asks nothing of Virginia here, not even the Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration. We file it with the Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services from your Virginia records, then serve as your registered agent there for year one.

Virginia and Wisconsin side by side

	Virginia formed here	Wisconsin registering here
Document	Virginia Certificate of Fact of Existence/Registration (not needed here)	Form 521, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$6	$100 at order
How it is handled	Virginia: online as an instant PDF from the Clerk's Information System	Filed online with Wisconsin
Paid expedite		next-day $100, 4-hour (in person) $250, 1-hour (in person) $500
Office	Virginia State Corporation Commission, Office of the Clerk	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services
Official page	scc.virginia.gov	dfi.wi.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Registration Fee, $50, every year	Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5), $80, every year
Due	Last day of the LLC's anniversary month	March 31
Late yearly filing	$25 late fee	$25 late fee
Agent	Your Virginia registered agent	Our Wisconsin registered agent

From Virginia to Wisconsin, step by step

We prepare and file Form 521
It lists us as your Wisconsin registered agent, next to your Virginia name and formation date. No Virginia paperwork holds up the Wisconsin filing. Once Wisconsin approves it, the Virginia company can do business there.

Your Virginia name and Wisconsin's rules

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

Your Wisconsin agent and the Virginia one

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

Yearly filings: Wisconsin and Virginia

Each year your LLC files Virginia's Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5) ($80). With our $149 registered agent renewal, Virginia plus Wisconsin comes to $279 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Virginia to Wisconsin

A corporation formed in Virginia files Form 21 with Wisconsin ($100 in state fees, the same, plus the Certificate of Good Standing ($6)). After that come Virginia's Annual Report + Annual Registration Fee ($50) and Wisconsin's Foreign Business Corporation Annual Report ($65). See the corporation filing.

The other way: Wisconsin into Virginia

An LLC formed in Wisconsin that registers with Virginia files Form LLC1052 with $100 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Status ($10) dated within one year. See that filing.

Common questions: Virginia to Wisconsin

Does my Virginia company need to register in Wisconsin?

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

How much does the Wisconsin registration cost?

$299 at checkout, with nothing to pay Virginia.

Do I need Virginia's certificate of good standing?

No, Wisconsin takes Form 521 without it.

What are the yearly costs for Virginia and Wisconsin?

$279 a year: our $149 registered agent renewal, $50 to Virginia and $80 to Wisconsin for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Wisconsin?

A Virginia 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 Virginia registered agent stays, and ours covers Wisconsin for year one.

Can I form a new Wisconsin LLC instead?

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

How do I withdraw from Wisconsin later?

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

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