Documentation Required for Individuals Who Are Not US Residents

Document Category
Acceptable Documents
(only one document per category is needed)
Proof of your identity and date of birth (The document must include your name, date of birth and a photograph and clearly state the identification number that you provided in your application)
  • Passport
  • National Identity Card
  • Driver's License
  • Alien Identification Card
Proof of your address(The document must clearly list the customer name and the address being verified)
  • Mortgage Statement, Deed or Other Evidence of Property;
  • Current Lease;
  • Utility Bill (less than 12 months old);
  • Current Driver’s License
    • But if you used driver’s license as proof of identity, then we are required to obtain a second, different document for proof of address (i.e., driver’s license cannot be used again);
  • Bank Statement, Bank-Issued Credit Card Statement or Bank-Issued Debit Card Statement or Signed Letter from Bank on Bank Letterhead Confirming Address
    • Customer and bank must be from a country that is a member of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (see http://www.fatf-gafi.org);
    • Statement must be less than 12 months old;
  • Brokerage Statement from a U.S.-Registered Broker Dealer or Foreign Affiliate of a U.S.-Registered Broker Dealer
    • Customer must be from a country that is a member of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (see http://www.fatf-gafi.org);
    • Statement must be less than 12 months old;
  • Current Homeowner’s or Renter’s Policy Documents or Riders
    • Policy must be currently in effect;
  • Bill for Homeowner’s or Renter’s Insurance Policy (less than 12 months old);
  • Security System Bill/Statement (less than 12 months old); or
  • Government-Issued Letters or Statements Establishing Current Address (less than 12 months old). E.g:
    • Tax Letters and notices;
    • Letters or notices from government housing authorities;
    • Jury duty notices;
    • Voter registration notices;
    • Other official government letters or notices showing customer name and address being verified.
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BE USED FOR MAINLAND CHINA ACCOUNTS ONLY:

If you are unable to produce any of the above, you may instead provide the following as proof of an address in China:

  • Copy of bank account passbook
    • Must be issued in last 12 months or show some transaction in last 12 months;
  • Mobile phone bill (less than 12 months old);
  • Hukou showing current address