7 Dec
2000
7 Dec
'00
10:39 a.m.
Green carders, yes. Visiting foreigners who are not working, not neccesarily. Tourists certainly not. How about if James Higginsbottom opens an account in the London branch of Citibank? Does he need a US SSN to do so? (I don't think so). Can he use the account in the US (I suspect he can). Peter
---------- From: R. A. Hettinga[SMTP:rah@shipwright.com]
At 10:20 AM -0500 on 12/7/00, Trei, Peter wrote:
Are you saying that a visiting foreigner can't open a bank account in the US? I'd be quite suprised if this is the case.
I would be surprised if you didn't need at least a tax ID number, myself.
I'm not sure, because I don't have one, but I think that people with Green Cards have to have Social Security Numbers, right?
Cheers, RAH