Wyoming Anonymous LLC for Non-Residents (2026)

Yes. Wyoming places no citizenship or residency requirement on LLC ownership, so a founder living anywhere in the world can own a Wyoming LLC outright. You do not need a US Social Security number, a US address of your own, a US visa, or a physical visit to form the company. The registered agent supplies the required Wyoming address, and that agent, not you, appears on the public filing under Wyo. Stat. Section 17-29-201.

This makes a Wyoming anonymous LLC one of the most accessible ways for an international founder to get a real US business entity. It contracts, invoices, and banks in the US market while keeping the owner's name off the state record.

You get the EIN by filing Form SS-4 and writing "Foreign" in the field for the SSN or ITIN, because the online IRS tool requires a US taxpayer ID a non-resident does not have. Without an SSN or ITIN you cannot use the instant online application, so you submit the SS-4 by fax instead.

• Complete Form SS-4, listing the LLC and the responsible party.
• Enter "Foreign" where a US SSN or ITIN would go.
• Fax the SS-4 to the IRS international fax line.
• The IRS faxes back the EIN within one to a few weeks.

You do not need an ITIN to get a company EIN. An ITIN ($299 if you separately need one for personal US tax filing) is a different, personal number, not a prerequisite for the business EIN.

Yes, through fintech banking platforms built for remote onboarding. Mercury and Relay both open US business accounts for non-resident-owned LLCs using a passport and the company EIN, with no US visit and no US Social Security number required. Traditional brick-and-mortar banks still demand an in-person visit, which is why we route non-residents to these platforms. Our non-resident banking service prepares and submits these applications for you.

No US account is anonymous to the bank itself. Under the Bank Secrecy Act and the Customer Identification Program (31 CFR 1010.230), Mercury, Relay, and their partner banks must verify each beneficial owner. Your passport and details are on file and kept private, while the public record still shows only the company. That is the correct split: private to the bank, anonymous to the public.

It depends on whether the LLC is engaged in a US trade or business and where the income is sourced, a determination you should confirm with a cross-border tax advisor. Many non-resident-owned single-member LLCs with no US presence and foreign-sourced income owe no US federal income tax but still carry the filing obligations below. Wyoming itself levies no state income tax.

Regardless of the tax outcome, a foreign-owned single-member LLC must file Form 5472 with a pro forma 1120 each year to report transactions with its foreign owner. Missing it carries steep penalties, so treat it as mandatory even when no tax is due.

The only thing you personally need is a valid passport and the details of the business. Everything US-facing, the address, the state filing, the EIN, and the bank applications, we handle on your behalf.

Yes, and the formation provides one. Wyoming requires every LLC to maintain a registered agent with a physical Wyoming street address to receive legal and state mail, which a founder living abroad cannot supply. The included Wyoming registered agent satisfies this requirement and is the address that appears on the public filing in place of yours.

This is what makes the anonymity work for a non-resident. Because the agent, not you, is listed under Wyo. Stat. Section 17-29-201, your name and your home country address stay off the Secretary of State record entirely. The registered agent renewal is the recurring service that keeps that shield in place year after year.

Form 5472 is an IRS information return that a foreign-owned single-member US LLC files with a pro forma Form 1120 each year to report transactions between the LLC and its foreign owner. It is not an income tax return, but the penalty for failing to file starts at $25,000, so a non-resident owner treats it as mandatory.

Reportable transactions include capital contributions, distributions, and payments between you and the company. Even a non-resident LLC that owes no US income tax still files Form 5472 if it had any such transaction during the year. Coordinate the filing with a cross-border tax advisor so the pro forma 1120 and the 5472 go in together and on time.

A non-resident can run almost any lawful business through a Wyoming LLC, including e-commerce, software, consulting, agency services, and digital products sold to US and global customers. The entity contracts, invoices, and banks in the US market the same way a resident-owned LLC does.

Activities that are federally licensed or regulated, such as banking, insurance, or certain financial services, carry their own approval requirements that an LLC alone does not satisfy. For the online and service businesses most non-resident founders run, the Wyoming LLC plus EIN plus a Mercury or Relay account is a complete operating stack.

It costs $397 all-in for Wyoming, which is the $297 service fee plus the $100 Wyoming state fee, with a five to ten day turnaround for formation. Our anonymous LLC formation service files the Articles of Organization, provides the registered agent that keeps your name private, drafts the operating agreement, obtains the EIN by fax, and submits four to five bank and fintech applications suited to non-resident owners.

After formation, the only recurring state cost is the $60 Wyoming annual report, and there is no state income tax. The EIN step is the part that adds calendar time for non-residents, since the fax SS-4 route depends on IRS turnaround rather than the instant online tool, but the company itself is formed within days.