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Is dual citizenship any help with this issue? Say you're a dual US / German citizen. Will that help a German bank more easily bank with you? Do you even have

• fh973 5y ago
  In my experience, US tax residency (as a solely German citizen) is enough for German and Swiss banks to cancel services. So dual citizenship likely won't help. You may misrepresent your tax status towards the bank, but I'd assume that takes you on risky grounds, legally.
• cr1895 5y ago
  Doesn’t matter, all that counts is if you are a “US Person”: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/classification-of-taxpayers-for-us-tax-purposes https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/clas... Whether the bank finds out or not is maybe another thing, but in principle what matters is if you count as a US Person.
• Scoundreller 5y ago
  It depends. Some countries won’t let banks refuse to open an account. I’m sure some people lie to their bank (or continue to hold accounts from before they would ask these questions). But it’s more complicated if your place of birth is USA. But that could be bypassable too if you have the right documents.