Foreign Questions

What is a good options for an offshore merchant account? I'm not located in the US where it is easy to get a good merchant account, do you know of any good options in offshore locations? The...

Ecommerce Foreign Recommendations Payments

asked Feb 6 '10 at 13:31

Rob
151 points

I am a student in USA. And I have an idea for a startup. I have people with me (US Citizens) who are willing to help me establishing this company.So i am wondering now what do i need to do...

Foreign Company USA

asked Mar 16 '12 at 01:39

Jeet Robert
6 points

A company that I'm working for is registered as a UK limited company. How would I go about setting up a US branch/subsidiary of this company? Should I register as an LLC, S Corp, C Corp, or...

Incorporation Foreign

asked May 10 '10 at 06:36

Mark Bao
604 points

UK company wants to start up a subsidiary in the US. The first employee and the person heading it up will be a Canadian citizen living in Montreal. What issues if any does this structure pose?

Getting Started Foreign Legal

asked Sep 20 '13 at 06:39

Jim Thompson
1 point

Our company is a US based software start-up. We have 3-4 contractors in India (Indian citizens, never worked in US) and we pay them directly. We are considering issuing stock options to them. I...

Foreign Stock Options Overseas

asked Jul 23 '13 at 03:38

User27108
6 points

I keep reading about the high percentage of tech startups in the US that are founded by immigrant entrepreneurs (39% in California ). I also keep reading about how hard immigrating to the US is for...

Getting Started Foreign Legal

asked Apr 6 '13 at 16:01

Tyler
24 points

I am currently a resident alien in Virginia. I have been in the US since November 2011 (never left) and I have a J-1 visa, which expires on February 2014. I am going to leave US and go back to my...

LLC Foreign Business USA

asked Apr 17 '13 at 07:39

Tolgamorf
103 points

We'd like to startup a company that is seen as a UK company and be governed by UK laws, including Privacy laws. However, all of our operations, management and control will reside in Canada at least...

Founder Foreign Company Tax Subsidiary

asked Jan 29 '13 at 06:34

Kate
99 points

I know a US citizen, I'll refer to as Frank, who was approached by a friends brother, Harry, who owns a mobile data account management company in Canada. This company currently purchases accounts...

Incorporation Foreign International Selling Business Credit Rating

asked Feb 7 '13 at 06:52

Kyle Weller
108 points

We are moving our company to Scotland in a few months. We wanted to open a business bank account in advance without using an agent. We tried RBS, but to no avail. How can we open a business bank...

Foreign UK Bank Bank Account

asked Jan 16 '13 at 23:48

Kraken
16 points

I am a UK based web developer currently building a French language affiliate marketing website to be hosted in France. My business partners are French and I am trying to decide whether my business...

Foreign Website Affiliate SEO Registration

asked Nov 20 '12 at 05:01

Brian
6 points

Here is my situation, I'm running a single-person C-Corp in the US. (I'm a US permanent resident). My company is running several content-rich websites (focus on US market), the advertising revenue...

Foreign Subsidiary Corporation

asked Nov 8 '12 at 09:16

Silent
111 points

I'm from Guatemala and i own a company here with license to export. Two days ago I ask another question here: Tax deduction for imported IT goods and services and @littleadv has given me a very...

Foreign Tax International Income

asked Oct 2 '12 at 03:09

Darwin
110 points

I've registered an LLC in the US as a foreigner. Registration was no problem, but I find the specific tax laws and regulations difficult, especially because it's hard to find clear information on...

LLC Foreign Tax Accountants

asked Aug 17 '12 at 10:10

User
192 points

I am a student from Germany, and I want to start a company in the US. I've given starting it here first and then eventually expanding to the US some serious consideration, however, the chances of...

Getting Started Foreign Visa Startupvisa

asked Jul 22 '12 at 08:43

Alex
51 points

I run a small Luxembourg-based consulting company and I'm about to start organizing events such as short seminars (2 hours) to long workshops (up to 5 days). I'd like to tour the USA and possibly...

Foreign Legal

asked Jun 25 '12 at 23:24

Roy Dictus
343 points

My company is a U.S. C-Corp and we have recently created a stock option plan that allows for both ISO and NSO option grants. We have a foreign contractor located in China who does work for the...

Foreign Stock Options Contractor

asked Jun 1 '12 at 08:47

Tricia Yee
16 points

We have setup a partnership firm having 2 partners in India. We are a software firm and having client base mainly in US, so we want to show our presence in US by putting our US address on our...

Foreign Legal International

asked May 20 '12 at 03:54

User18025
11 points

My business model is subscription based therefore I need to use a payment service that is practical for this purpose. Unfortunately, as far as I researched, such services are only available to US...

Incorporation Foreign Tax

asked May 6 '12 at 16:49

Kaan Soral
66 points

I am a self-employed political consultant and would like to hire a non-US citizen to help me work on EU-US relations and have him work with me in the US. I am confident that his expertise cannot be...

Foreign Visa

asked Apr 20 '12 at 23:22

John
6 points