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Bank Accounts in Belize

Belize – This is a small country next to Guatemala that is also on the Caribbean. Belize has several banks and is known as an offshore tax and privacy haven. Belize has to date not signed any Tax Treaties with Canada or the USA. The official language of the country is English. The banks provide accounts in several currencies. The customer service and support is excellent. They answer the phones monday to friday during normal business hors. They do return emails. You can get Visa or Master Cards issued from the bank as well as debit cards.

Bank Secrecy – Belize practices bank secrecy. The banks we refer clients to will not enforce civil judgments or comply with subpoenas from other countries such things must be run through the Belize courts. To do this requires a treaty. Any requests to share information regarding a criminal case would need to go through the Belize Government. Generally the Government would want to see a criminal case on file in the national courts requesting the information. This is a rare occurrence generally reserved for serious criminal cases. Belize does not do fishing expeditions for other countries wishing to see who has a bank account there from their country.

Belize Corporations – We can use a Belize Corporation to open the bank account. The Belize Corporation shares can be sent to the client and remain in their possession. On the plus side the name of the owner(s) of the Belize bearer share corporation is not in any public registry or database. This does qualify the structure to be referred to as an anonymous bearer share corporation. Belize corporations are still one of the better structures available in the world today. The cost for an anonymous Belize Corporation and a bank account in belize is $2495. The time to form the Belize corporation and get the Belize bank account open is approximately two weeks.

Nevis Corporation - When using the Nevis LLC has some advantages. No one on the island of Nevis knows who you are, just our law firm. The bank in Belize knows who you are but that is covered by bank secrecy. Any frivolous efforts to get your banking records would be thwarted by the banks staff attorneys and they would collect legal fees and damages from the one trying such a move. It would take a government on a serious criminal matter to get your records from the bank. Bottom line is we think the Nevis LLC and the Belize bank account is an excellent package.

Nevis LLC and Belize Banking – We form an anonymous Nevis LLC. The LLC has bearer membership certificates in place of bearer share stock certificates. You get physical possession of the membership certificate which can be transferred to others without any reportage. Your name does not appear on any public registry or database as the owner. In fact Nevis has no publicly accessible database for corporate information. Only the government and lawyers can access the information in it and your name will not appear anywhere in this private registry anyway. If anyone wishes to bring an action in Nevis against your corporation they would need to post a $25,000 cash bond with the court in addition to any legal fees. They would still be lacking jurisdiction, authority and venue. It is too costly to bring any frivolous or harassing actions in Nevis. We have had excellent experiences with Nevis LLC formation and use. The cost for the Nevis LLC and Belize Bank Account is only $2795. Belize is an excellent banking jurisdiction using the Belize corporation or the Nevis LLC. For more information on Nevis LLC click here:

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Belize Trusts – Belize has excellent asset protection trusts. We do not open the bank account up using the trust. The banks require things be done regarding the structure of the trust that diminishes the asset protection value of the trust. What we do instead is open the Belize bank account up using the Belize corporation or the Nevis LLC corporation. Then we title the corporation to the trust making the trust the owner of the corporation and in turn the corporate bank account in Belize. The beneficiary of the Belize trust can be natural persons or a Belize corporation, another Belize Trust, or a Nevis, LLC for more asset protection and to confuse any financial enemies. Belize Trusts and their assets held in Belize are basically immune from foreign court actions. This makes the Belize trust assets contained in Belize immune from the decision of any foreign court including civil judgements, divorce, bankruptcy and fraudulent conveyance. Fraudulent conveyance is the removal of assets from the reach of a creditor to thwart their recovery of the debt. This is the catch all most often used to go after foreign assets. Only the Belize trust provides protection from fraudulent conveyance. This is not found with trusts from other countries and foundations from other countries. For this to be effective the trust assets must be in Belize.

To learn more about Belize Trusts click here.

The Banks We Use in Belize – The banks we use in Belize are very stable and supplies excellent customer service. This banks are regulated by the Central Bank of Belize. The bank accounts are not subject to any taxation in Belize. No income tax, no inheritance tax and no capital gains tax. Belize has no currency controls or exchange restrictions. You do not have to convert your funds to Belize dollars. You can bank in Euros, US Dollars, Canadian Dollars and UK Pound Sterling. Everyone at the bank speaks English, which is the official language of Belize. The online banking platform is also in English and does let you send outgoing wires online.

Credit Cards – The bank will issue you a Visa or MasterCard. These are secured cards. The deposit is 150% of the credit line. If you want a $10,000 credit line on the Visa card the deposit is $15,000. There is online access for the MasterCard to show balances and history. You can also get a debit card.

Currencies – You can bank in USD, Canadian Dollars, UK Pound Sterling, Yen and Euro. This enables one to protect themselves from currency devaluations by spreading their money into five different currencies.

Documents Required – Aside from the Corporation or Trust paperwork, which we take care for you, will need the following:

  • One non-bank reference letter. This can be from an attorney or accountant. The letter should state that they know you professionally and they think you are a good guy or gal. We do not use a template to prevent having all the reference letters look the same. Letters should be on the professional persons letterhead.
  • A notarized only copy of a driving license and passport (picture page only).
  • Copy of a utility bill showing address. Notary needed as well on this copy.
  • Minimum Deposit - $1000

Document Delivery - You send the notarized ID and the lawyer or accountant reference letter to the law firm as scans in an email. Best is to send as a color scan, 300dpi, jpg or jpeg. You will print the bank forms, fill them out and sign them. We will hold your hand and assist you in filling out all the forms. We provide the bank with all the information and forms regarding the corporation, trust, foundation etc.

Time Frame for Account Opening – From the time we have your documents and payment the account should be open in about two weeks including the time needed to form the corporation or foundation.

Express Opening Time Frame - If we use a shelf corporation we can reduce this time down to 7-10 days from the time the bank has the documents, forms and the payment has been received. In other words after the bank has everything the account will be open in about one week. The big advantage is you do not have to wait for the corporation to be formed. The disadvantage is that you do not get to pick the name of the corporation.

Personal Accounts – We do not do personal accounts because they seriously violate your privacy. All the wires coming in and out would then have your personal name as the name of the account and then it is an open book with no more privacy.

Cost - $2795 for a Nevis LLC corporation with a Belize corporate bank account. Price is $2495 for a Belize Bearer Share Corporation with a bank account in Belize.

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