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		shimms on April 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How can Non-US founders open a bank accoun... Stripe requires a social security number and an EIN (if registering as a company). Getting the EIN is easy (online in 10 minutes), getting the social is a lot harder.

jagbolanos on April 15, 2012 [–]

If you are a foreigner the EIN is done by phone for a corporation. But still like 20 mins

shimms on April 17, 2012 | [–]

I did mine online (as a foreigner)

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