[svandamme]

Originally Posted by John_AZ

svandamme & others,

I did not fully read the application for UK Citibank US Dollar Reward Saver account- http://www.citibank.co.uk/personal/banking/saveinvest/saving/fsaver/usdfsaver.htm?source=3649&merchant=citi,

but it does appear that US Citizens can apply if they fill out form W-9. (Move way down)
https://www.citibank.co.uk/personal/banking/customerinfo/otherinformation/documentlibrary/app_cur.pdf.

Am I mistaken?

John_AZ

interesting, the W-9 is as far as i can tell just a tax thing, so the IRS is informed about your financials abroad

( i think the US is one of few countries that keeps taxing people even if they don't live in the US, and keeps taxing as long as they hold the passport, although they won't tax on top of what the country you live in taxes, if they tax more then the US would have taxed )

i'm sure the W-9 applies for folks who live anywhere outside the US and do any type of banking

haven't been able to find anything that says you have to live in the UK to get this citybank account, but i find it odd, that the selectiong box in the application let's you choose just about any country in the world including Afghanistan and Iraq...with all the security , surely they won't let the Taliban open up accounts just like that???

but hey, feel free to try opening one online, or even in the UK , without being a resident of the UK... i'm curious to find out if that works... my gut says it won't work due to EU regulations... i could be wrong offcourse, i'm no banker