The New York biennial statement for a foreign LLC, and the disclosure for foreign-country LLCs

The statement is filed every two years, and the filing period is the calendar month in which the original Application for Authority was filed. Its fee is $9. An LLC authorized in March of one year files in March two years later, then two years after that. Filing early, before the month arrives, does not change the cycle: the Department's FAQ says the entity will file again in the month the statement is next due.

Since January 1, 2026, non-exempt LLCs formed under the law of a foreign country, meaning outside the United States, and authorized to do business in New York must file initial and annual beneficial owner disclosure statements. The scope is LLCs formed under the law of a foreign country (not another U.S. state) that are authorized to do business in New York and not exempt. The sections of the LLC Law are 1106, 1107 and 1108.

For each person who owns 25% or more of the LLC or exercises substantial control over it, the statement gives full legal name, date of birth, current home or business street address, and a unique identifying number from an unexpired passport, state driver's license or government identification, for each person who owns 25% or more or exercises substantial control.

A Delaware, Wyoming or other U.S.-state LLC is not within this rule, because the Department describes it as applying to LLCs formed outside the United States. An LLC that is exempt files an attestation of exemption instead of a disclosure. We do not prepare the disclosure; ask a New York lawyer if the ownership is complicated.

Changes to the record go through other filings: a Certificate of Amendment at $60 and a Certificate of Change at $30. An agent who moves its own office files for $5. If the LLC stops doing business here, a surrender costs $60; see the surrender page.