I'm looking to get started with investing but I seem to be blocked from a lot of services due to my citizenship and residence combination. I'm a US citizen but I live in Germany. A lot of US based brokers require that you reside in the US in order to open an account with them, and while I do have a mailing address in the US I don't reside there. German based brokers often do not wish to deal with the overhead and tax implications of dealing with US citizens because of the US government's invasive reporting requirements. Fidelity, TD Ameritrade, Robinhood, and Trade Republic all seem to have problems.
Has anyone here dealt with this problem before and have any tips on where to get started? I do have bank accounts in both countries but I'm not able to directly visit branches for either bank.
Submitted August 01, 2021 at 07:27AM by error1954 https://ift.tt/3xioWGK
