Hi,

I am a Brazilian living in Brazil (non-resident alien). I am filling an LLC in Nevada right now. I will need a bank account, so I was told I need the EIN. There are 2 ways get the EIN, I would like to ask you if one of them is illegal or may give problems.

1st - the slower one - apply for the ITIN. Some people living in England and Norway had to wait about 1 year and apply 3 times until they got the ITIN.

2nd - pay a company that provides the Nominee Service to apply for the EIN. There are many companies on the Web providing this EIN Nominee service. They use the SSN of someone else who signs a document and 3 months later they resign and then every year they do the same (sign and resign 3 months later), something like that.

My question concerns taxes. Supposing I own a sole member LLC, with this EIN, will I have problems someday with the IRS?

Should I follow the slow way to get the ITIN and a real EIN instead of using the Nominee Service OR is the Nominee Service really legit?

Thanks a lot for any input

Fabio R. de Araujo

Redundant question; prevously answered.