Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 08:28:34 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: US checking accounts for non-US residents Message-ID: <20010626082834.B24759@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20010626073358.D795@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 07:33:58AM -0400 References: <200106251505.f5PF5Kn49643@lists.unixathome.org> <20010626073358.D795@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>
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--tsOsTdHNUZQcU9Ye Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 07:33:58AM -0400, Greg Lehey wrote: > > From what I can tell, you need a SSN in order to open an account. >=20 > They were a bit confused that I didn't have one, but they got over > it. I've had the account for 8 years now, and they won't give me a > credit card because of the lacking SSN, but apart from that it works > fine. You may have to try more then one bank. While non-intrest bearing accounts don't need a SSN for reporting, they do use them for a "cross check" system which is supposed to catch things like people who notice massive bank error in their favor, with draw all the money from their account, and deposit it in another bank. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --tsOsTdHNUZQcU9Ye Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7OKohXY6L6fI4GtQRApvDAKCChqFM1xa95/pf4Oltlf3SUUg8GACg5WQE eZSR620/WGBcpaMl4U9AG4E= =0d/y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tsOsTdHNUZQcU9Ye-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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