Anyone heard of https://startfleet.io

[Hackator]

Does anyone ever used StartFleet - Register U.S. Company from Anywhere ?
They are not cheap but seems to be legit.
Would love to have some feedback with real users.

Thanks

 

[Asterion]

They are a forum member! @startfleetio

 

[burden]

As already mentioned they are here on the forum and very active!

 

[startfleetio]

Thanks for the mentions and tags @Asterion @burden

@Hackator We are as legit as it‌ gets. 😉 Let me know your residency, I will try to get one or two of‍ our customers in your country to vouch for us (if they are willing)

Register a⁠ U.S. company is the easy part, the hard part is the challenges you will face⁤ when trying to manage your U.S. business from abroad. Depending on whether you are a⁣ freelancer, crypto trader, stock trader, FBA seller, Shopify seller, digital marketer, SaaS or app store⁢ developer, you'll have your own challenges. We strive to help you wherever we can, and︀ in 95% of cases, we can provide you with a working solution.

 

[yeongsu]

Hello, are physical bank accounts available‌ for trading LLC structures (without physical presence)? As emis are often being rejected by tda/IBKR.‍

 

[Dom pedro]

I have used StartFleet.‍ The support and service is really good, but they don't offer any assistance beyond tips⁠ and where to apply to EMIs, etc. if you are expecting them to accelerate things⁤ to you.
In my case, I created an website to make the company look legitimate⁣ and could open accounts in Novel, Mercury and Wise Business. For stock brokers, I could⁢ open in IBKR. I am looking at other brokers as well, but IBKR seems to︀ be the easiest for a foreign owned LLC.
If anyone could open in another stock︁ broker, please tell us which one.

 

[yeongsu]

Tradestation & Tastyworks. Confirmed from a foreign llc owner. I'll recommend‍ Tradestation bcz of the technical features in their desktop application, not upto ibkr's level but⁠ good enough for trading comfortably.

However I wasn't able to confirm whether IBKR will allow⁤ options trading in such accounts. Please let me know if you could check the same⁣ since you have an account there.

For the banking part, any recommendations from your side⁢ that could help me with IBKR deposit & withdrawals + Swift transactions to asian countries?︀

 

[myhand]

He used to be around so I wonder what happened with @startfleetio ??

 

[Dom pedro]

IBKR allow options as long as you meet the minimum requirements. But I haven't︀ applied for options/margins yet. They accepted deposits from Mercury and Wise in EUR and USD︁ (Sepa for EUR and ACH for USD). I haven't tried swift.

It would be very︂ helpful if you can answer some questions:
1) For Tradestation did you apply for Options?︃ What about crypto?
2) Did you fill a W-8BEN or a W-8BEN-E ?
3) Besides︄ the W-8 you only had to attach the Article of Organization, Operating Agreement, Passport and︅ proof of address?
4) Is the Proof of Address for the company or for me?︆
5) What did you use as the Principal Business Address? In IBKR they didn't accept︇ the Registered Agent address in US, so I had to arrange a proof of address︈ in my home country.
6) Did they ask for other documents after applying?

 

[yeongsu]

1. Cash account, options available, already asked︀ to live chat before applying. Not trading crypto tho. I guess crypto has a seperate︁ account type and probably seperate application procedure.

2. W-8BEN-E.

3. LLC - AoI, Physical address︂ proof for company.
Person (they need to know who will operate the account, usually owner︃ of the LLC) - Passport + local bank statement stating the same address as passport︄ for address proof. Please confirm this from live chat before applying as our country of︅ citizenship is different.

4. Both. Don't care whatever your personal address is, passport is enough,︆ sometimes additional documents like bank statement might be required. But they ask for physical address︇ for llc, no p.o boxes or virtual addresses.

5. There are many remote rental options︈ available, mentor gold can help. AFAIK registered agent addresses are never accepted by any of︉ these broker. I don't know why.

6. Nothing other than mentioned in 3.

And thank︊ you for sharing the options and banking info

^
- W-8BEN-E for foreign companies only.︋
- Driver's license will also work instead of bank statement but as long as it︌ mentions the same address as your passport.
- Utility bill mentioning the physical address of︍ your USA LLC

 

[startfleetio]

Saw this post from last year, had to comment. We are still‌ around, it's just that we took sometime off here. Will try to come back here‍ and participate in the discussions.