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
- Albania
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Bosnia And Herzegovina
- Burkina Faso
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Congo, Republic of the (Congo-Brazzaville)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo-Kinshasa)
- Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gibraltar
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Hong Kong
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Mali
- Malta
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Philippines
- Russia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe