Asked 9 months ago - San Jose, CA
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Hi, I have a question regarding the filing of Form SI-200 for California Corporation.
The officers are all foreign persons living outside of US, however the form itself precludes a US address by not having a field for Country.
What is the standard way to solve this task please?
Thank you,
John
Having helped dozens of foreign clients, I'll offer the following general advice, with specific situations addressed below. General answer: Squeeze the information in the best that you can.
Specifically:
1. Using the online equivalent of the SI-200, non-US addresses are almost impossible to enter effectively.
2. Using the fillable PDF SI-200, the task is a little easier, but you still are limited by the field sizes and locations on the form.
3. If you print the PDF, fill it in by hand and submit hard copy, you can insert whatever information you want to, shifting the problem to the Secretary of State's data entry personnel to figure out what to do with it. (I suspect they have greater flexibility than the form offers.)
One of the considerations that many clients have is one of privacy. So, as an alternative to the one offered by Mr. Doland, I would consider listing the address of the headquarters of the corporation if the address of the corporation is a California domestic address. For that matter, I would do the same for one that had an address outside of California but in another state.
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