Form a US anonymous LLC from anywhere in the world. No SSN, no US address, no US visit required.
By Alif Al Razi, Tax & Compliance Lead, Anonymousllc.co
Wyoming anonymous LLC for most non-resident founders. Delaware if raising US venture capital. The LLC is formed with Anonymousllc.co as registered agent - no US address needed from you. EIN obtained via IRS fax (2-4 weeks without SSN). Bank accounts opened through Mercury, Relay, or other non-resident-friendly banks. ITIN applied for separately if personal US tax filing is needed.
Non-resident founders have heightened privacy concerns: cross-border data exposure, political risk in home countries, and the desire to separate US business identity from personal identity. An anonymous LLC ensures your name does not appear on US state records searchable by anyone worldwide. The registered agent's name appears instead.
Wyoming: no state income tax, best banking acceptance for non-residents, lowest ongoing cost, strongest asset protection. Delaware: Court of Chancery, VC investor expectation. Choose based on whether you are raising institutional capital (Delaware) or not (Wyoming).
| State | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | $397 | Best for most non-resident founders |
| Delaware | $297 + $110 | VC-track only |
| ITIN (if needed) | $299 add-on | Separate from LLC formation |
A non-resident forms a Wyoming LLC entirely remotely with a passport copy, a home address, and a preferred LLC name. Anonymousllc.co serves as registered agent, so no US address or US visit is required. US LLC formation has no citizenship or residency requirement. You provide the LLC name you want, a passport copy for identity, and your home address in your own country. Anonymousllc.co files the Wyoming Articles of Organization, acts as your registered agent, and drafts the operating agreement - the entire process runs over WhatsApp and email. Your name never appears on the public state filing; the registered agent's name does. This keeps your identity off US state records that anyone worldwide can search, which addresses the cross-border privacy and political-risk concerns non-resident founders carry.
Without an SSN, the EIN is obtained by IRS fax, which takes 2-4 weeks. After the EIN arrives, applications go to 4-5 non-resident-friendly banks; Mercury and Relay accept non-resident-owned LLCs. The EIN is the LLC's federal tax ID and is required before any bank will open an account. A US resident gets it online in minutes, but without an SSN the application goes to the IRS by fax and takes 2-4 weeks - the single longest step in the timeline. Once the EIN issues, Anonymousllc.co submits bank applications to 4-5 banks that work with non-residents. Approval is the hardest part of the whole process and lands after the EIN, which is why Wyoming is recommended over New Mexico: a New Mexico address makes non-resident approvals harder.
Form 5472 is an annual IRS information return required for foreign-owned single-member US LLCs under IRC Section 6038A. It reports transactions between you and the LLC. Failure to file carries a $25,000 penalty. A single-member LLC owned by a non-resident is a disregarded entity that the IRS treats as a foreign-owned domestic disregarded entity, triggering Form 5472 filed together with a pro-forma Form 1120. The form discloses reportable transactions between the owner and the LLC - capital contributions, distributions, and loans. This obligation is separate from BOI and separate from any personal income tax return. The $25,000 penalty for failure to file makes this the compliance item non-resident founders most frequently overlook, so it must be calendared every year the LLC exists.
Choose Wyoming at $397 unless you are raising US venture capital. Wyoming offers the best non-resident banking acceptance, no state income tax, and the lowest ongoing cost. Delaware at $407 suits VC-track founders who need Court of Chancery. Wyoming is the default for the vast majority of non-resident founders: no state income tax, strong asset protection, the lowest recurring cost, and the friendliest banking outcomes for foreign owners. Delaware costs $407 - the $297 service fee plus the $110 state fee - and earns its premium when institutional investors expect the Court of Chancery and Delaware's familiar corporate case law. The decision turns on one question: are you raising institutional capital? If yes, Delaware; if not, Wyoming. New Mexico's $50 saving is a false economy here because it worsens the already-hard non-resident banking step.
No. A US-formed LLC is a domestic reporting company even when the owner is a non-resident, and domestic reporting companies are exempt under the March 2025 FinCEN interim final rule. Only foreign-formed entities registered in a US state still file. BOI status depends on where the entity is formed, not where the owner lives. Your Wyoming LLC is formed under US state law, making it a domestic reporting company, which the March 21, 2025 interim final rule exempts from beneficial ownership reporting. A foreign reporting company - one organized under the law of another country and then registered to do business in a US state - remains obligated. Do not confuse your non-resident status with foreign-company status; the LLC itself is domestic, so it currently files no BOI report.
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