Citizenship and Fiscal Residence
This screen is imposed by legal standards in the domain, and both sections are mandatory to be toggled before moving to the next step. The first part is by default set to no, you is not a Green Card holder, and the second, you have Romanian citizenship.
1 US Citizenship
Once the anti-money laundering step is completed, the bank is obligated to ask the potential customer information about the USA green card with the following message due to the legal requirements for opening an account: Are you a US Citizen or Green Card holder? We’re asking you thins because of FATCA. By clicking on FATCA, a static pdf document is opened with all the legal details concerning Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
To answer this question, toggle the field:
- the toggle off signifies No, I am not a Green Card holder
- the toggle on signifies Yes, I am a Green Card holder.
The toggle is off by default.
If you are a Romanian citizen, then the fiscal residence step is skipped. It is automatically inserted into the database.
2 Your Fiscal Residence
The second half of the screen treats the Common Reporting Standard legal requirements with the message Please list all of the countries you are a tax resident in. We ask this because of CRS. Are you a Romanian Citizen? By clicking on CRS, a static pdf document is opened with all the legal details.
To answer this question, toggle the field:
- the toggle off signifies No, I am not a Romanian citizen
- the toggle on signifies Yes, I am a Romanian citizen.
The toggle is on by default.
To move to the next page, at the bottom of the page, click the Continue button.