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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> 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
>
