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Instructions for Item 18 – FinCEN ID:
Reporting companies may report the FinCEN ID for a company applicant instead of the information in fields 19 through 33. Enter the FinCEN ID as a single text string. If a FinCEN ID for the company applicant is not provided, information about the company applicant must be provided in fields 19 through 33.
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Instructions for Item 19 – Last name:
Enter the company applicant’s legal last name.
Instructions for Item 20 – First name:
Enter the company applicant’s legal first name.
Instructions for Item 21 – Middle name:
Enter the company applicant's middle name if the company applicant’s legal name has a middle name. Leave this item blank if the company applicant does not have a middle name.
Instructions for Item 22 – Suffix:
Enter the company applicant's middle name if the company applicant’s legal name has a middle name. Leave this item blank if the company applicant does not have a middle name.
Instructions for Item 23 – Date of birth:
Enter the company applicant’s date of birth using the format MM/DD/YYYY where MM = month, DD = day, and YYYY = year (e.g., 01/25/1970). The month, day, and year must be provided; no partial dates are accepted.
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Instructions for Item 24 – Address type:
Indicate address type as “Business address” or “Residential address” for the company applicant. For a company applicant who forms or registers an entity in the course of their business, such as paralegals, report the street address of such business. In any other case, the individual’s residential street address must be reported.
Instructions for Items 25 – 29 – Company applicant address:
Enter the company applicant’s street address information, including the city, country or jurisdiction, State, and ZIP code or foreign postal code. U.S. Territories are included in the drop-down menu for “Country/Jurisdiction.” The “State” (item 28) will be automatically populated when a U.S. Territory is selected in the “Country/Jurisdiction” (item 27). Item 28 “State” is required if the country selected in item 27 is the United States, Canada, or Mexico.
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Instructions for Item 30 – Identifying document type:
Select the company applicant’s identifying document type from the list of acceptable documents: a non-expired State-issued driver’s license, a non-expired State/local/Tribe-issued identification document issued for the purpose of identifying the individual, a non-expired U.S. passport, or, only if the company applicant does not have one of these identifying documents, a non-expired foreign passport.
Instructions for Item 31 – Identifying document number:
Enter the identifying document number from the company applicant’s identifying document.
Instructions for Item 32 – Identifying document issuing jurisdiction:
Enter in item 32a the country/jurisdiction that issued the company applicant’s identifying document. If a U.S. Territory issued the identifying document, select the applicable U.S. Territory in item 32a (the same U.S. Territory will then be automatically populated in item 32b “State” as a result). Enter in 32b the State issuing the identifying document when country/jurisdiction is United States, if applicable. If a local or Tribal government issued the identifying document, select “United States” in item 32a and then select the applicable local or Tribal description in item 32c. If the name of the relevant local or Tribal jurisdiction is not included in the drop-down menu in item 32c, select “Other” and enter the name of the local or Tribal jurisdiction in item 32d.
Instructions for Item 33 – Identifying document image:
Drag a file or click “choose from folder” to attach a clear, readable image of the page or side of the identifying document referenced in item 31 containing the unique identifying number and other identifying data. Use the “Remove” button to remove the attached image if necessary. An attachment to a BOIR cannot be larger than four (4) megabytes of data and must be in one of the following formats: JPG/JPEG, PNG, or PDF. Only one (1) attachment file may be added per company applicant. Attachment file names should not contain spaces, and can only contain letters, numbers, or the following characters !@#$%()_-.=+[]|;~