US LLC formation for non-residents

What a non-resident US LLC setup actually includes

Most formation services file your Articles of Organization and disappear. That’s the easy 10%. The hard 90% — the EIN without an SSN, a working US bank account, and staying compliant year after year — is where non-residents get stuck. Our setup covers the full stack:

• State selection & filing — Wyoming, Delaware, or New Mexico. We recommend based on your selling plans, not our margin.
• Registered agent service — a legal requirement in every state. We provide it, so you never miss a state notice.
• EIN filing with the IRS — Form SS-4 filed the non-resident way. No SSN required.
• Operating agreement — drafted for a single-member, non-resident-owned LLC.
• Compliance calendar — annual reports and filings tracked so the LLC stays in good standing.
• US business bank-account path — we walk you through the fintech and bank options that actually onboard non-residents, and exactly what documentation each one asks for.

Why Amazon and ecommerce sellers form a US LLC

A US entity changes how marketplaces, suppliers, and payment processors treat you. Amazon’s US marketplace pays out cleanly to a US business account. US suppliers take you seriously. And a Wyoming or Delaware LLC on your invoices signals a real company, not a side hustle.

It also keeps your structure clean: one entity for the US business, separated from your personal finances, with a paper trail that makes tax season survivable. (We’re operators, not tax advisors — we set up the entity; your accountant handles the tax strategy.)

The process: from first call to operating company

LLC, EIN, and bank account: the package non-residents actually need

Search “LLC for non-residents” and you’ll find a hundred cheap filing offers. The filing is the cheapest part of the job. What you’re really buying is someone who has done the EIN-without-SSN process before, knows which banks say yes to non-residents this quarter, and answers when the state sends a compliance notice. That’s the package — and that’s what we sell.

Want the background first? Read our complete LLC formation guide for non-residents, then book the call when you’re ready to file.

What you keep control of

Your account stays yours. You remain the account owner, you hold the primary login, and you grant us access through the marketplace’s own user-permission system — never by handing over your password, and we will never ask for it. Payments, payout details and tax information stay in your name and under your control, and you can revoke our access at any time. We operate inside your account; we never hold it, or your brand, hostage.

The LLC is formed in your name, with you as its owner — the company, its EIN and its bank account are yours, and every filing document is handed over to you. One rule never changes: marketplace accounts are always created in your own name and your own business. ZAXIUS never sells, rents or creates marketplace accounts for transfer — if an account is set up during onboarding, it is set up as yours, under your details, from day one.

Official fees, Form 5472 and the sources we work from

State fees are set by the state, not by us, and we work from the state’s own published schedule — for example the Wyoming Secretary of State filing fee schedule (effective 1 July 2026), which lists LLC Articles of Organization at $100 and an annual report license tax from $60. Fees differ by state, so confirm your state’s current schedule before filing. Registered agent service is included in our formation work, as described above — every state requires an agent with a physical address in the formation state.

Form 5472 duty: a foreign-owned single-member LLC must file IRS Form 5472 with a pro forma Form 1120 each year it has reportable transactions with its foreign owner — even when the LLC owes no US tax. The IRS penalty for failing to file is $25,000 per form. Our compliance handover flags this duty and its deadline; our full guide is Form 5472 for non-resident LLC owners, and the formation walkthrough is how to form a US LLC as a non-resident.

Example: how an onboarding runs

Illustrative walkthrough — this example shows the process a new client moves through. It is not a client case study and no results are claimed for it.

• Day 1: a free strategy call confirms the state against your selling plans, not a one-size default.
• Days 2–5: Articles of Organization are prepared and filed, and your registered agent is appointed.
• Following weeks: the EIN application goes to the IRS; non-resident EINs take longer than domestic ones, and we track it rather than promise a date we do not control.
• Handover: formation documents, EIN confirmation and the bank-account path are handed to you with a compliance calendar — annual report and Form 5472 duties included.