opening a company in US (for non US citizen)
algul: You don't have to be a U.S. citizen or resident to form a corporation in the United States. You could do so yourself, but it might be easier to use an attorney. Take form Articles of Incorporation, send with a check to the Secretary of State in most states along with 3 name choices (in case yours is taken by the time you send the paperwork in). You need to nominate a registered agent for service of process, there are companies that will do this. Your initial address can be a Regus ($200 per month or so, and they will forward mail). You can get a tax id number over the telephone. Whether you can open a bank account depends on your relationship with the bank. Normally, this will be very, very difficult unless the bank is a branch of a bank where you already have a relationship. For now, just use paypal. You want to file an election as a Subchapter S corporation, at least initially, so you don't get taxed twice. LLC and C are apples and oranges, the first is a type of corporation, the second is the tax treatment. An LLC can be a C or an S. I should post the forms, it's not rocket science.