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Will do, thanks!

Thank you so so so soooo much for answering all of my questions! Both you and @marzio have been incredibly helpful. Seems like a BC LLP will get the job done then. Thanks again.

Yep. I can go to a physical branch in person and literally immediately open an account after forming an LLP and if I can get a bank account with a standard bank here, I don't see why payment processors would reject me for your most typical LLP business? How could other LLPs do it?

Wait, are you serious now? So what's the point of doing all these setups then? If I can just go and make BC LLP normally and the only information someone can find from a register (which is not even public and you have to pay) is whether the LLP is active or not (not even who the partners are?)...

Mind elaborating the problem with this? I'm new to this space, so I don't fully get what the problem is with them and why they will get screwed in the future.

Oh I see, that's why you would find it difficult to open an account. Wait what exactly is available if I were to go and request the BC registry to give me LLP info for a fee? What info would they give me? Do you mind answering?

Do they not? I thought that it's not public, but you can make a request from a gov office and pay a fee to see the registry info? I'll see. It will probably be easier if I try to go and open an account in person at a bank. Maybe I'll give them a call later and see what they say.

Can't you get around this by simply increasing the number of members/nominees and register with 2, open a bank account, add 2 or 3 new US LLCs, and then drop the nominees? Also you applied for an online EMI, would it be different if you went to an in-person branch of a bank or would they still...

Huh? I literally just looked it up and it says that you need minimum of 2 members? How would I get rid of the first member? Just use a nominee as the member and then make them sign a resignation thing or? Could I have an agreement that in the case of a second member being added, the first one...

You're confusing a BC LLP with LPs in other provinces. A British Columbia LLP requires minimum of 2 partners. Opening an LP in any other province is fine too, at the end of the day it will make no difference. I guess I might do that, open an LP with 1 nominee first, open a bank account...

You think they'll let me open a bank account if I physically showed up at a branch, told them what I'm trying to do and gave them all the information (e.g. certificate of incorporation of a foreign LLC partner, registering agent information, etc. everything that would give proof that I own those...

Ah okay. I think a BC LLP requires minimum 2 partners to establish, its not like an LP in other provinces where only 1 partner is fine. So it would go something like this: 1. Setup a BC LLP with 2 nominess as partners 2. Open a bank account with the above, bank knows that I'm the UBO 3. Open...

But there's like 2 banks in Canada who would open a bank account for the most normal LLP right? If they see a foreign anonymous company as a partner like a New Mexico LLC, they might not be happy. Perhaps I can go to a physical bank location, give them all the information about the ownership of...

I thought Wise looks down upon foreign-owned US LLC, especially New Mexico LLCs. I heard that they have randomly shut down accounts of US LLCs several months after they opened and they provide no explanation. Regardless, it seems the best thing at the moment. So tax-wise, the only thing I would...

I thought that Mercury is only for USD? Will Mercury allow me to open an account to transact only with CAD? I think that what I want is just public name concealment legally, not full 100% anonymity like people here are suggesting. Its fine if banks or legal institutions know about the company...

Hm but they can still see who the members are if they pay a fee so its no good, at least for now. I thought about using US LLCs to make one before, but no one would be willing to open a bank/EMI account for that so its also no good. It might complicate taxes as well.

Huh? I thought New Mexico didn't have a searchable public registry for LLCs and I thought that they don't ask you for things like your individual name when registering there (AFAIK, the state only wants to know things like the organizer and registering agent, neither of which would be me). They...

Would be nice if you could explain why it's not possible there.

I literally just said very explicitly that I don't want nominees for various reasons. And I also said that I don't need "real" privacy, I only seek to conceal my name from being publicly searchable, its fine if banks or other institutions know about it.

I'm looking to form a single-member New Mexico/Wyoming LLC for privacy purposes (conceal name from public registry, technically its fine if banks or other legal institutions know about it although concealing the ownership as much as possible would be ideal) and to limit exposure to any potential...