Hello, I'm kind of new here and I'm learning new things by the day.
I'm a student from a third world country, a country whose name is synonymous to scams. I want to escape that hell-hole, because anytime I want to do business deals with anyone, they usually think I'm about to pull a scam on them and I need to go out of my way to prove that I'm legit. I opened a company in the US, a bank account with MercuryEMI and I've been using 2checkout to accept payments on my dropshipping store. However, 2checkout requires you to have a place of business that's in my country to be displayed on the website.
To be honest, even if I were to see my country's name displayed on my website I wouldn't buy from me. I've always gotten around this by displaying it on my website, passing the verification and any time the do an audit on my account, questioning me why it's not there, I make up an excuse like... "I moved it from the faq to the contact us page"
I need a complete identity overhaul to make my life easier without breaking the bank, so I'm looking for the cheapest way for a second citizenship/residency. I've looked into UAE's business residency program and it's looking attractive. I contacted a company and we decided to go with a RAK company that comes with a 3-year investor visa with onshore tax resident status. However, they are looking to charge $8k in their "fees" for something that costs a fourth of the price. I can't afford that, so I'm looking for something feasible. If anyone has any suggestion, I'm open to it. I know this is a weird request, because almost every one here is a hardcore "banker" of some sort.
I want to escape that hell-hole, because anytime I want to do business deals with anyone, they usually think I'm about to pull a scam on them and I need to go out of my way to prove that I'm legit.
So I guess you are Naija.
It may be far easier to find another card processor than to get a new citizenship if 2checkout is not working for your privacy. However you may just need to learn to live with the situation if you can't. Other solutions would be very expensive.
I think the easiest way would be to find a good business partner from EU who has a european passport. Than you will run your business in the name of your partner (and his company structure).
After each payment what hits the account of your partner he forward for example 90% of the income to you (or a company in your name where you have full control over the funds. ) When you do it this way it will be much cheaper and easier than any immigration or passport programm. This will only work when you have legit business so you can show this to your potential partner so he can be sure not to join any illegal operations....
It may be far easier to find another card processor than to get a new citizenship if 2checkout is not working for your privacy. However you may just need to learn to live with the situation if you can't. Other solutions would be very expensive.
Yes, Naija. :(
dlttrading said:
Hello SchnellerMan,
I think the easiest way would be to find a good business partner from EU who has a european passport. Than you will run your business in the name of your partner (and his company structure).
After each payment what hits the account of your partner he forward for example 90% of the income to you (or a company in your name where you have full control over the funds. ) When you do it this way it will be much cheaper and easier than any immigration or passport programm. This will only work when you have legit business so you can show this to your potential partner so he can be sure not to join any illegal operations....
@SchnellerMan I would be careful with 2checkout there is no telling when they may pull the plug on your country. You could add card processors more friendly and focused on emerging markets like dlocal.com
If you are not from a total s**t country, there is a way. Economic citizenship. There are those which are officialy known and also some "not published".. None of them is cheap. We speak about 6 figure amount in EUR or USD. Do you have enough money to invest?
