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One thing to note. The blog writer Girish already had lived in the US before and had a social security number without which I do not think you can get a federal
by yashchandra 14y ago
One thing to note. The blog writer Girish already had lived in the US before and had a social security number without which I do not think you can get a federal EIN. So if you have never been to the USA, you cannot have a social security number and which means you cannot incorporate? I will stand corrected if someone has better information.
- melvinmt 14y agoYou can apply for an ITIN or work with a corporate agent who can request the EIN for you.
- sanswork 14y agoWe have an EIN without the SSN. I can't give you anymore details other than it is possible though since my business partner used an agent to arrange everything for us.
- zhoutong 14y agoMy agent told me to write "awaiting ITIN" on the line that requires SSN. I could get it in a few days.
- girishm 14y agoYou can get an EIN for your company even if you don't have an SSN yourself. Getting bank account without visiting the US is a bit trickier if you don't have an SSN.
- yashchandra 14y agoOk thanks all. So you can possibly get an EIN using an agent. But I am sure that you cannot incorporate certain entities such as S-corp (which I own btw). But good learning otherwise.
- rprasad 14y agoYou cannot incorporate an S-Corporation if you are not a U.S. individual taxpayer (i.e., a flesh-and-blood person who is a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.).