Connecticut Foreign Registration › From Wyoming
A Wyoming LLC working in Connecticut
A Wyoming LLC registers in Connecticut on the Foreign Registration Statement for $120, and carries two yearly charges after that: Wyoming's $60 minimum and Connecticut's $80 annual report, $140 together. The first year, with the statement, is $260.
Wyoming and Connecticut side by side
| Topic | Wyoming | Connecticut |
|---|---|---|
| Entry filing | Already formed | Foreign Registration Statement, $120 |
| Good standing certificate | Free online | Checked when we prepare your filing |
| Yearly charge | $60 minimum | $80 annual report |
| Agent | A Wyoming agent | The Secretary of the State, a resident, or a registered business |
What changes for a Wyoming LLC
Not much changes in Wyoming. The LLC keeps its Wyoming agent, which stays necessary at home but has no standing in Connecticut. It adds a Connecticut filing, a Connecticut agent and a Connecticut report. For a Wyoming LLC run from another state, the principal office on the Connecticut statement is that other state. Connecticut says it need not be in Connecticut.
What Connecticut does not ask a Wyoming LLC for
The posted form does not call for the Wyoming articles, the operating agreement or a list of Wyoming officers either. It wants a short set of facts and one person's signature. Keep the Wyoming papers organized for a bank or an auditor, and treat them as supporting documents, not as part of the filing. The statement does ask for an entity email and a six-digit NAICS code, so have both ready.
What the Wyoming certificate is good for
A Wyoming certificate shows the LLC is current at home. It is useful to a bank or a lender. It is not something the posted Connecticut form lists as an attachment, so do not delay the registration waiting for one. Order it in parallel, and keep the date it shows alongside the Connecticut filing.
Filling in the statement
Item 1 takes the Wyoming name with its designator. Item 3 says Wyoming, and item 4 the formation date. Item 5 is the day Connecticut work began. Items 6 to 9 are the principal office, an office in Wyoming only if Wyoming requires one, an entity email and a NAICS code. Item 10 is the agent and item 11 a manager or member. The signer in item 12 should be someone with authority who has read the statements.
The yearly figure
Wyoming's $60 minimum plus Connecticut's $80 makes $140. The Wyoming certificate of good standing is free online, but Connecticut's own form does not list one, so that saving goes unused. The figure leaves out agents in both states and our rate.
Calendars to keep
| What | Wyoming | Connecticut |
|---|---|---|
| Charge | $60 minimum | $80 |
| When | On the Wyoming schedule | January 1 to March 31 |
| If missed | Set by Wyoming | Possible dissolution; no certificate of legal existence |
| Change of agent | Set by Wyoming | $50 |
Privacy and the Connecticut record
The office states that the content of every document submitted is public record, and a Foreign Registration Statement asks for a manager or member, one at minimum, with a business address and a residence address, and gives a place for the principal office and the entity email. If a home address is the principal office, the state warns it will be available to the public on its website. Think through who is named before the statement goes in.
Wyoming standing and Connecticut standing are separate
A Wyoming certificate of good standing is free online, and it proves the LLC is current in Wyoming. It says nothing about Connecticut. The Connecticut record has its own status, shown to the world by a Connecticut certificate of legal existence once the LLC is registered and its annual report is up to date, at $50 for the express or short form. A bank in Connecticut that asks for proof may want that one.
Connecticut work from a Wyoming LLC
The 90-day rule asks when the LLC began transacting business in Connecticut, which is the question the page on who must register discusses. The monthly penalty is $300, and the cost of registering is small in comparison, but it is also a yearly commitment. Make the decision with the dates in front of you.
Registering a Wyoming LLC in Connecticut
Note the start date
The day Connecticut work began.
Choose the agent
Part A, B or C of item 10.
Prepare the facts
Name, dates, principal office, email, NAICS and a manager or member.
File and pay
$120 online.
Diary the report
January 1 to March 31 every year.
Questions from Wyoming LLC owners
Must I attach a Wyoming certificate?
The form lists no attachment for one, and Wyoming issues it free online if you want it.
Does my Wyoming agent work in Connecticut?
Only if it is a business registered in Connecticut with an address here.
Will Wyoming charge less after I register in Connecticut?
No. The minimum stays whatever the LLC does elsewhere.
Our rate, then the Connecticut fee
Register in Connecticut
+ $120 Connecticut fee
- The Foreign Registration Statement, prepared from your answers
- Proof of existence from the home state, requested where the filing calls for it
- A Connecticut registered agent: ours, or one you already have
- The filing and the date your annual report window opens
- Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
$199
Start my Connecticut filingOur rate and the state fee are separate lines at checkout. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.
Sources
- Business.CT.gov, foreign LLC forms and fees
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, Foreign Registration Statement for a limited liability company (PDF)
- Business.CT.gov, foreign annual report forms and fees
- Business.CT.gov, foreign stock corporation forms and fees
- Business.CT.gov, foreign nonstock corporation forms and fees
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, Application for Certificate of Authority, foreign corporation (PDF)
- Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division fee schedule
- Business.CT.gov, certificate of legal existence forms and fees
- Connecticut General Statutes, chapter 613a (foreign LLCs)
Already working in Connecticut?
Tell us when the LLC started. We check it against the 90-day window when we prepare the filing.