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gto52:
I want to invest in US Stocks primarily for dividends, I have an ZAR account with Easy Equities for over 2 years and was considering the US account but after reading some posts about the issue of withdrawing funds(needing a forex account with Bank) and some of the shares I want to invest in aren't listed on the Easy Equities.
I started looking at local offshore brokers like Webtrader but costs and minimum deposits are an issue as I will only be investing a few thousand rand a month. 
Then I read about going directly overseas, and over the last few weeks have been reading up about it on this and other forums.
I opened a Std Bank Shyft account with the app as I have a Std bank current account already.
TD Ameritrade seemed like a possibility, then I read about DeGiro but the EU bank account requirement is an issue, N26 bank account seemed an option but again EU address is needed then I read that some people use Aramex to get a forwarding address but that seems a bit dodgy.
I have duel citizenship(Irish & SA) but I have never even been to Ireland(Grand father was born there) and it doesn't seem possible to open an Irish bank account as a non resident.
Also I still need to apply for my South African passport, I have never had the need to apply but I probably need it for applying to some of the options above.
Does anyone have any further advise for me?

Patrick:
If you have $10 000+ you can open an account with Interactive Brokers without needing a foreign bank account.

Less than that and De Giro is the way to go. N26 have an Irish office, so if I was you I'd try find a relative in Ireland to accept the card on your behalf. All they need to do is give you their postal address and then repost the card to you somehow.

You'll need a passport to open the N26 account, and ideally it should be your Irish one, though some people managed with their SA one.

gto52:
Problem is my mother lost contact with relatives in Ireland long ago(40 years or so ago), I would have to cash out some of my investments for the $10000 min and I don't want to do that.
TD Ameritrade has no minimum deposit.

Patrick:
I'm not sure if they trade on the London stock exchange where the Irish funds are listed, but for under $60k estate duty isn't an issue so that's no big deal. Whatever you do make sure you never cash in a TFSA! In fact the first R2750 each month should go in to that before you even consider anything else.

gto52:
Also just thinking about dividends tax say I managed to register with DeGiro with Irish passport.
Ireland I see also has a tax treaty with the US like SA, how would that effect my tax situation?
Would I have to pay tax in Ireland?

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