Accounts for Non-Residents

Overview

Ameriabank is there for you. If you are a foreign citizen and have an active bank account¹, you may open an account with Ameriabank remotely, anywhere, and at any time.

Once you open your account you can manage it, receive cards, and make deposits via Online/Mobile Banking².

Opening accounts remotely is simple and easy. It will take you just a couple of minutes.

How can non-residents open an account?

Opening accounts remotely is simple and easy. It will take you just a couple of minutes.

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Application submission

To apply, download the forms from Ameriabank’s website:

Print them out, fill them in, and sign them. Scan the signed forms and your personal identification document and send the said to contactcenter@ameriabank.am.

2

Identification

After receiving the documents, we will notify you about the details of the Skype call for your personal identification. Once you have passed identification via the video call, we will open your account. Note, however, that in order to be able to use it freely, you will be required to make at least a $50 payment from the account in another bank to your Ameriabank account. Your account will be activated once the transfer has been received and the sum will become available for you on your Ameriabank account. In the case of activating other services, the fee for such service or product will be added to this amount.

3

MyAmeria Online/Mobile Banking

You will receive the application forms for MyAmeria Online/Mobile Banking. Please print them out, fill them in, sign them, and email their scanned copies to contact@ameriabank.am. Use MyAmeria Online/Mobile Banking free of charge.

¹Ameriabank can reject remote account opening applications of non-residents, depending on the country and risk level of the applicant.

²As per standard terms of MyAmeria Online/Mobile Banking.

³For detailed information about US persons click here.

Terms and conditions

To open account at a distance you need to:

For management of your account at a distance we will provide you with access to internet/mobile banking1.

If you are a US citizen or US resident or have a US residence permit or are a US person in other cases defined by applicable laws, you should complete one of the following forms depending on your status:

W-8BEN PDF
Instructions for Form W-8BEN PDF
W-9 PDF
Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9 PDF

¹ In accordance with the standard fees for Online/mobile banking

²For more information about criteria for financial institutions under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) see https://www.irs.gov/businesses/corporations/foreign-account-tax-compliance-act-fatca

³For details about US persons see http://uscode.house.gov/browse/prelim@title26/subtitleA/chapter4&edition=prelim