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If you can get to the US, opening a bank account becomes a whole lot easier. Last time I was in the US I opened a bank at Chase. I was surprised at how easy it
by coenhyde 15y ago
If you can get to the US, opening a bank account becomes a whole lot easier. Last time I was in the US I opened a bank at Chase. I was surprised at how easy it was. All you need is your passport and local country national id (in my case a drivers license).
- 1zq 15y agoI can confirm this. I opened an account at Citibank with only my passport.
- paraschopra 15y agoWere you able to get a merchant account as well using which you can bill customers online?
- coenhyde 15y agoSorry I haven't done this. And I don't intend to. Though stripe.com only requires a US bank account I think.
- sathishmanohar 15y agoIts, official, Stripe currently requires SSN https://answers.stripe.com/questions/do-i-need-a-social-security-number-to-start-using-stripe-as-a-us-company https://answers.stripe.com/questions/do-i-need-a-social-secu...
- known 15y agoYou need SSN to operate that a/c
- coenhyde 15y agoWhat do you mean by operate? That's very vague.
- jorgeleo 15y agoNot really. You can use an ITIN. IRS gives them and they are for tax tracking only. http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=222209,00.html http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=222209,00.html With that and a passport you can easily walk into a bank and open a checking account.
- psykotic 15y ago> Not really. You can use an ITIN. IRS gives them and they are for tax tracking only. I just went though trying to get an ITIN for my spouse so we could file a joint tax return. After waiting for 5 weeks, they rejected the application because we didn't attach a copy of a previous tax return--which we don't have, so it's a catch 22 if I ever saw one. I'm certain that requirement is bogus on their part, but it meant we had to file for an extension on the tax return until we could get it sorted out. If it's that much trouble when you are a legal resident, I can't imagine the process for a non-resident.
- jagbolanos 15y agoIt should be easier if you are a corporation. Did you file with a CPA?
- psykotic 15y agoNo. My naive thinking was that since we're not claiming any complex deductions (we don't have any relevant assets in the US), I could easily do everything by myself. I'll probably regret that.
- jagbolanos 15y agoThe same to us with Bank of America