Can’t invest if you were born in another country.

Natasha-Violet-Lion

Hey, I would like to start investing in stocks but even though I am Belgian, I was born in South Africa, I got declined eligibility.

thijsoost

Tash Do you have an accepted form of identity from Belgium? And an address? Then you should be able to open a bunq account and use Easy Investments, as far as I know.

Natasha-Violet-Lion

I do! They don’t give you the option to say that, when you sign up it says where we’re you born and that’s where I had issues. I am living in NL as well so maybe it’s not for the Netherlands, I’m not sure.

thijsoost

Tash Also the Netherlands is accepted (bunq is a Dutch bank). If you're having issues, I recommend contacting bunq support: http://together.bunq.com/d/32181

Gianguig

Tash
Hi 🖐,
I am also not national of any of the countries that have Easy Investments enabled, but as Dutch resident I could get Easy Investments enabled. My bunq account is Dutch.
Only thing I had to do, via bunq support, is to provide my national TIN (Tax Identification number).
I am a EU citizen, I am not sure if that makes a difference from your situation.
Could be that Birdee has more restrictive rules on that as bunq never requested for my TIN from my nationality country.
Definitely check with bunq support and they will provide clarifications on the rules. This is quite an unusual scenario which might be handled manually and separately via bunq support.
Regards
GG