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Prohibited Countries

Relay accepts U.S. entities with owners holding non-U.S. citizenship as well as being based outside of the U.S. However, there are a few exceptions per the terms set by our banking partner.

We are currently unable to open accounts for business owners with the following countries/regions of citizenship/residency:

  • Afghanistan
  • Belarus
  • Bosnia And Herzegovina
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burma (Myanmar)
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Central African Republic
  • Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo-Kinshasa)
  • Cuba
  • Ethiopia
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Haiti
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Mali
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • North Korea
  • Pakistan
  • Russia
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Ukraine
  • Venezuela
  • Yemen
  • Zimbabwe
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