Foreign registration · Form DSCB:15-412

Wisconsin LLC Foreign Registration in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania registers an LLC from Wisconsin as a foreign LLC on Form DSCB:15-412, with $250 in state fees. Pennsylvania needs nothing from Wisconsin: no Certificate of Status. We file it with the Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations from your Wisconsin records, then serve as your registered office there for year one.

What Wisconsin and Pennsylvania each ask for

	Wisconsin formed here	Pennsylvania registering here
Document	Wisconsin Certificate of Status (not needed here)	Form DSCB:15-412, Foreign Registration Statement
State fee	$10	$250 at order
How it is handled	Wisconsin: online, emailed as soon as it is requested	Filed with Pennsylvania
Paid expedite		same-day $100, 3-hour $300, 1-hour $1,000
Office	Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Corporate and Consumer Services	Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
Official page	dfi.wi.gov	pa.gov
Yearly filing	Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5), $25, every year	Annual Report, $7, every year
Due	End of the calendar quarter containing the LLC's anniversary date	September 30
Agent	Your Wisconsin registered agent	Our Pennsylvania registered office

How Wisconsin companies register with Pennsylvania

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

Will your Wisconsin name work for Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania accepts your Wisconsin 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 check your exact Wisconsin name against Pennsylvania's records before filing.

Your Pennsylvania agent and the Wisconsin one

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

Staying in good standing in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania

Each year your LLC files Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5) ($25) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). With our $149 registered office renewal, Wisconsin plus Pennsylvania comes to $181 a year. The new registration does not replace any home-state filing.

LLC or corporation, Wisconsin to Pennsylvania

A corporation formed in Wisconsin files Form DSCB:15-412 with Pennsylvania ($250 in state fees, the same; no home-state certificate is needed). After that come Wisconsin's Domestic Business Corporation Annual Report ($25) and Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7). See the corporation filing.

Registering a Pennsylvania company in Wisconsin

An LLC formed in Pennsylvania that registers with Wisconsin files Form 521 with $100 in state fees; no Pennsylvania certificate is needed. See that filing.

Common questions: Wisconsin to Pennsylvania

Does my Wisconsin company need to register in Pennsylvania?

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

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

$449 at checkout, with nothing to pay Wisconsin.

Do I need Wisconsin's certificate of good standing?

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

What are the yearly costs for Wisconsin and Pennsylvania?

$181 a year: our $149 registered office renewal, $25 to Wisconsin and $7 to Pennsylvania for the yearly reports.

What if I don't register with Pennsylvania?

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

Does Pennsylvania require a registered agent?

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

Will Pennsylvania accept my Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Pennsylvania's Annual Report ($7), and the original keeps Wisconsin's Annual Report (Form 5 / CORP5).

How do I withdraw from Pennsylvania later?

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

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