I am a nonresident and I have incorporated in the US. I live in Chicago, however, on an F1 student visa (did my master's here), so some things were easier for m

I am a nonresident and I have incorporated in the US. I live in Chicago, however, on an F1 student visa (did my master's here), so some things were easier for me. Opening a bank account is not a problem, the problem is obtaining an EIN. Read this very carefully: http://danashultz.com/blog/2009/11/30/foreign-company-alert-obtaining-an-ein-may-be-your-biggest-challenge-in-the-u-s/ http://danashultz.com/blog/2009/11/30/foreign-company-alert-... TL;DR: opening a bank account is easy with an EIN, and obtaining an EIN is very easy if the foreign company looking to start up in the U.S. includes, among its officers, at least one who (a) controls, manages, or directs the corporation and the disposition of its funds and assets and (b) has an SSN. FWIW, I did C-corp in Illinois through MyCorporation. Total cost was about $200 and it took almost a month (chose non-express option).