Wyoming LLC
The standard for crypto-holding companies and fast, private operations. Strongest US privacy regime: no member disclosure to the state, charging-order exclusive remedy. 2-3 business days.
What's included
- Wyoming Secretary of State filing fee: we file and pay it on your behalf
- Articles of Organization
- Operating Agreement (single- or multi-member variant)
- EIN application packet (SS-4, no SSN required)
- Member Consent Resolution
- Engagement Letter
- First-year registered agent service
- Sanctions screen on the order
What's NOT included
- Wyoming annual report ($60/yr from Year 2)
- EIN expedited service (we use the standard 4-6 week SS-4 fax; expediting costs $100 extra and is rarely needed)
- US bank account opening: we'll introduce you to a US business-banking partner from the perks portal
- Form 5472 + pro-forma 1120 annual filing (required for foreign-owned US LLCs; your responsibility, we refer you to a US Enrolled Agent for the filing, we do not file it)
- Mail forwarding (we don't sell this; see our blog for why)
We list what's not included on every product page so there are no checkout surprises.
Timeline & terms
- Formation
- 3 business days
- KYC tier
- Tier 0
Operator-grade use case
The default for non-US founders running SaaS, e-commerce, or any digital service business that wants US tax-treaty access and Mercury/Relay banking. A single-member LLC taxed as a disregarded entity passes profits through to the founder's home-country tax filing without US federal income tax at the entity level. The LLC is transparent.
Equally common: as a holding company for IP and crypto reserves. The Wyoming charging-order exclusive remedy makes the entity hard to attach in foreign judgment-enforcement actions, and the absence of state-level member disclosure means the holding structure is invisible from a casual public-records search.
Less ideal for: founders who plan to raise US institutional capital (use Delaware C-Corp instead) or for US-resident operators who'd benefit from S-Corp tax election (Wyoming LLC can elect S-Corp, but the structure is more efficient as an LLC for non-US owners).
What you'll need to hand us
- Email address
- Country of residence
- Intended use statement (free-text)
- Government-issued photo ID (passport or national ID)
- Proof of address (utility bill, bank statement, or government letter, dated within 90 days)
- Source-of-funds attestation (drop-down + free text)
- Optional: PEP and adverse-media screening consent
- Everything in Tier 1
- Beneficial owner declaration for every party with 25%+ ownership
- Source-of-wealth documentation (tax return, employment letter, salary, asset proof)
- Manual enhanced-due-diligence reviewer notes from our KYC partner