Proof of physical address - Non resident

[jador]

Hello, first I would like to start by saying that im really happy to find this community.
Let me start by telling you my story, i have a registered company in UK. Im not a EU citizen and i dont reside in europe. I am Lebanese and the fact being lebanese is very bad for me since i have much troubles opening bank accounts and applying for payment processors.
However i managed to open a business bank account with transferwise, and i do have personal revolut account (managed to get one).
I do run a hosting business, but i also would like to get a credit card processor, but i keep failing. 2checkout said that my bank account must be in my residence country which is in lebanon, but i dont want that. Stripe said they need proof of my physical address in UK. I do have a virtual address for my company but that does not help.
So i would like to know is there anyway to get a utility bill when im not a EU resident ? The utility bill must be in UK, can i rent some kind of desk space from any company and use the rental agreement as proof of address ? If yes which company does provide a rental agreement ? I cannot travel to UK because it will cost me much.
Kindly let me know what is possible to do to get a utility bill in UK without visiting it.
Thank you

 

[bnpsu]

What are you trying to sell through Stripe? When did they start asking you for proof of address?

 

[MIKEMALONER]

that will never work. Why don't you work as a sole trader in your home country? The bank most likely wants to have a director of the company that is a resident in the UK with a social security number. Anything less then that will be seen as suspicious. Welcome in 2020 UK limited +UK bank account = Uk resident director

 

[JohnLocke]

If everything fails for you in the UK you may want to look into different directions for instant other countries in Europe or even restructure your business plan.

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[bizhero]

jador said:
Hello, first I would like to start by saying that im really happy to find this community.
Let me start by telling you my story, i have a registered company in UK. Im not a EU citizen and i dont reside in europe. I am Lebanese and the fact being lebanese is very bad for me since i have much troubles opening bank accounts and applying for payment processors.
However i managed to open a business bank account with transferwise, and i do have personal revolut account (managed to get one).
I do run a hosting business, but i also would like to get a credit card processor, but i keep failing. 2checkout said that my bank account must be in my residence country which is in lebanon, but i dont want that. Stripe said they need proof of my physical address in UK. I do have a virtual address for my company but that does not help.
So i would like to know is there anyway to get a utility bill when im not a EU resident ? The utility bill must be in UK, can i rent some kind of desk space from any company and use the rental agreement as proof of address ? If yes which company does provide a rental agreement ? I cannot travel to UK because it will cost me much.
Kindly let me know what is possible to do to get a utility bill in UK without visiting it.
Thank you
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Rental Agreement will never work. The only way is to provide a fake utility bill, there are tons of services online.

If you don't want to be in this gray area, as someone else said, you must look for another biz structure.

 

[jscargo]

Have you considered Georgia? It is a pretty reasonable jurisdiction to incorporate and as a Lebanese you dont need a visa to go there and get the documents you will potentially need.