In the past, all a Canadian needed for a U.S. merchant account, was a presence in the U.S. (U.S. mailing address & checking account). That's not the case any more. W/ the new cross boarder regs, the principal / signer of the merchant account application must be a U.S. citizen w/ a U.S. ss#

OR use Globill

There is no law which reqires a Nevada corporation to have "employees".

The minimum requirment is one corporate officer, one director, and each corporation must maintain a registered agent within the state of Nevada. By the way, a single person can be appointed by the shareholders for that purpose(s).

A foreign national (non US citizen) is allowed to own a business/corporation, however they may not "work" for the business.

I was not referring to Nevada law. I was referring to the requirements that Visa USA had put out. They spelled out what each sub-merchant under each IPSP in the US needed. They stated that physical office, not a PO Box, "...with at least one full-time employee" was needed. I got that from searching the old posts right here on GFY from the billing companies, circa Oct 2002. Of course most foreign webmasters who created a "US presence" probably don't have all that and I am sure the billing companies are turning a blind eye to this requirement as well. But if Visa USA ever decided to fully enforce the letter of the law, then they could clamp down on those webmasters and billing companies. So I don't think you are 100% safe by simply opening a nevada corp or any other state corp unless you go all the way.

On the whole I still think this is all a conservative republican plot! Visa is scratching their back to get favorable bankruptcy laws!

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see sig

no more worries Canada - no visa fees!

WendyB: You seem to know a bit about this all, so I wanted to have your opinion about Delaware corporations. Are there any drawbacks in setting up in Delaware vs Nevada? Why do you prefer Nevada?

Thanks for the help...

i also called AC pay and ginix.com. They all sayd that they can process Canadian billing. And so far, only ibill is saying this.

French processors can accept canadians and any other countries for visa and mastercard.

When some european processors are not allowed anymore to do so ...

way to bump a 6 month old thread! :thumbsup :1orglaugh

whats a fench processor?

your sig?



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Tu es un spammer:1orglaugh

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