A company is considered a foreign company in any state other than the one in which it is incorporated or chartered. The term may also be applied to an insurance company writing business in a jurisdiction in which it has not been admitted, in which case it may also be referred to as a nonadmitted company. (See also: alien company.)

a branch office or a smaller representative of a company which is founded in a foreign country, and which is registered according to the prescription of the Commercial Law

a company incorporated outside the Cayman Islands but carrying on business locally