Not sure if my friends in the USA are aware of the fact that citizen of other countries (Switzerland, in my example) need to fill out forms like this when dealing with banks and Bitcoin services. Imagine we all had to do this for each country. Of course, we don't. What do you think when you see this form? Yes, me, too: Switzerland is not independent.

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You have to fill out US forms in Switzerland?

The banks are required by the Swiss financial regulator to collect this information from the customers. So technically, it is a Swiss form. But it is obvious that the Swiss regulators did not think of this themselves. I guess someone gently asked for it.

That's weird.

i see it the other way around. Americans have a weird understanding of the word "free" if they are the only citizens that need to disclaime in other countries that they are american