Skip to content
New York Foreign Registration Begin in New York

New York Foreign Registration › Wyoming LLC applicants

A Wyoming LLC applying for authority in New York: a free certificate and a county choice

A Wyoming LLC seeking New York authority owes the Department of State $250, and its Wyoming yearly minimum is $60, which puts first-year government charges at $310 before the newspapers. The Wyoming good standing certificate itself is $0, so the home paper costs nothing extra.

Begin my New York application

Wyoming and New York compared

ItemWyomingNew York
Yearly requirement$60 minimum$9 every two years
Standing paper$0 certificateA year old at most
Entry costAlready formed$250
After approvalNothing to publishPublish within 120 days, $50 for proof

What does publication reveal about a Wyoming LLC?

Publication makes the application's contents public. The notice names the LLC, its filing date, the state where it was formed and when, the New York county of its office, any principal business address and the home officer's details, and it runs for six weeks. It does not name members. Decide which addresses go on the application with that exposure in mind.

What does the Wyoming certificate cost?

Wyoming charges $0 for it. Since New York wants a certificate a year old at most, a fresh copy is easy to keep ready.

Keeping Wyoming current

Wyoming's yearly minimum is $60. The New York application needs a certificate that the LLC is in existence and in good standing. Settle any overdue Wyoming report before ordering, and keep its date beside the New York biennial statement on one calendar.

Which county should a Wyoming LLC name?

Under the form's note, the LLC may name a county without an office there, and the clerk of that county designates the two newspapers. A Wyoming LLC with no New York premises is choosing a county purely for publication. Ask the designated papers for rates first. The publication page shows how five clerks handle it.

What does the form ask of a Wyoming LLC?

SECOND: Wyoming and the formation date. FIFTH: the home-office box that fits Wyoming's rules, with its address. SEVENTH: the Wyoming Secretary of State as the officer holding the articles. The signer ticks member, manager or authorized person. The form page has the rest.

What does the first year total?

At the Department: $250 plus $50 is $300. Wyoming's minimum adds $60, and the certificate adds nothing. Add the newspapers, any agent and $199. A Delaware LLC applying the same way pays $650 for the application and its home tax alone.

Example: a Wyoming LLC opens a studio in Manhattan

The LLC leases and staffs a studio, and none of the four excluded items covers that, so it applies. It names New York County, where the first paper is the New York Law Journal and the clerk designates a weekly second.

Example: a Wyoming holding company

The four exclusions do not mention owning other companies, and the statute offers no holding-company safe harbor. A Wyoming LLC that owns an operating company in New York and does nothing else here may have no duty of its own; that depends on your facts, and a New York business lawyer can tell you.

Example: a Wyoming LLC with owners abroad

The beneficial owner disclosure turns on the LLC having been formed under the law of a foreign country, not on where its owners live. Wyoming is a U.S. state, which puts a Wyoming LLC outside this rule.

Wyoming certificate wording

New York accepts any of three kinds of home certificate, so a Wyoming certificate that shows the LLC is in good standing should serve. We check the wording against the form's requirement before filing. If the wording falls short, we tell you before ordering anything else.

The biennial statement for a Wyoming LLC

After approval, a Wyoming LLC files the same $9 biennial statement as any foreign LLC, in the calendar month its application was filed and every two years after. Wyoming's own yearly filing is separate and unaffected.

Applying as a Wyoming LLC

  1. Confirm Wyoming is current

    Settle any overdue report.

  2. Print the certificate

    Wyoming issues it without charge.

  3. Choose the county

    It decides who designates the newspapers.

  4. File the application

    Form DOS-1361-f-a with $250.

  5. Publish and prove

    Six weeks, then $50 for the certificate.

Fees after approval for a Wyoming LLC

Amending costs $60, changing the county or agent costs $30, and surrendering costs $60. Wyoming's own minimum carries on after a surrender, so keep its date beside the New York filing month.

Wyoming corporations

A corporation formed in Wyoming files the corporation application at $225. See the corporation page.

Leaving New York later

A Certificate of Surrender of Authority costs $60, and Wyoming's yearly minimum goes on. See the surrender page.

Registered agent: first year included, then $149 a year

$199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Wyoming LLC questions

Is the Wyoming certificate free?

Wyoming charges $0 for it online.

Does the New York notice name the members?

The statutory notice items do not include members.

What recurs in New York?

A biennial statement for $9 every two years.

Register a Wyoming LLC in New York

Our fee and the New York fee

Begin my New York application

  • The New York Application for Authority drafted from your replies
  • Your home-state certificate of existence checked for age before filing
  • A New York registered agent, ours or yours
  • The filed record emailed to you
  • Renewal: after the first year, the agent service renews at $149 a year
New York

$199

+ $250 New York fee (LLC)

Begin my New York application

New York charges $250 for an LLC, $225 for a corporation and $135 for a nonprofit. Publication for an LLC is a separate step with its own costs. $199 plus the state fee, including your first year of registered agent service; after that the agent service renews at $149 a year.

Sources

  1. New York Department of State, Application for Authority for foreign limited liability companies
  2. New York Department of State, Form DOS-1361-f-a, Application for Authority of a foreign LLC
  3. New York Department of State, fee schedules
  4. New York Department of State, Application for Authority for a foreign business corporation
  5. New York Business Express, foreign not-for-profit Application for Authority
  6. Wyoming Secretary of State, Business Division fee schedule
  7. New York Department of State, biennial statements
  8. New York Department of State, Certificate of Publication for a foreign limited liability company
  9. New York Limited Liability Company Law, section 802
  10. New York Business Express, foreign LLC Application for Authority (DOS 1361-f-a)
  11. New York County Clerk, LLC publications
  12. New York Limited Liability Company Law, section 803
  13. New York Department of State, beneficial owner disclosure
  14. New York Department of State, beneficial ownership disclosure frequently asked questions
  15. New York Department of State, Certificate of Amendment for a foreign limited liability company
  16. New York Department of State, Certificate of Change for a foreign limited liability company
  17. New York Department of State, Certificate of Surrender of Authority for foreign limited liability companies

Ready to apply in New York?

Tell us the formation state and entity type.

Begin my New York application