Incorporating in the United States

What options are best for someone out of country?

[ThreeD]

What online services are good, reliable and professional if you want to incorporate a company in the US as a foreigner? Are there any important laws or rules to keep in mind before getting the incorporation process started?

We're currently considering Delaware as our corporation base in the US..

thanks in advance for the feedback :)

[etechsupport]

I hope Delaware might be good choice.

[cabbagehead]

Not sure why you'd want to inc in the US. A lot of Americans seen to incorporate in Jamaca and the Camen Islands to avoid American taxes. Maybe you'd want to consider that (?).

Otherwise you may conider Nevada. Similar tax laws to Deleware. A little bit cheaper though from what I understand.

[wheel]

I'm a canadian with a US incorporation. I incorporated in Deleware for no real good reason other than that's where everyone else does who's out of country. Did it all online too.

You need a company or represenetive locally - i think it's deleware law. So I didn't register directly, I found an online service that I pay who handles the filings and acts as my official rep in deleware (they don't actually do anything other than file the papers). In summary, find a lawyer or firm online, pay them a few hundred bucks a year and you're done.

The real problem I've found in the US is getting a bank account. Everyone wants a social security number of the owner to open an account (EIN business number was not good enough). Without that I couldn't find a bank that would let me open an account. Even the bank that I'd done business with previously under an identical arrangement wouldn't give me an account. Claimed it was due to the patriot act.