How to obtain a SSN

[Myfaceless]

Hi there, straight to the point! I registered a Saudi Arabia PayPal business account a day ago and for the purpose of verification and identification its asking a SSN where can I obtain this from? Please help

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@Myfaceless 

SSN's are issued in the U.S so it looks as if you have registered a U.S paypal account instead of a Saudi one?

Go to the settings cog next to log out and check what NATIONALITY is showing on the left side of that page, is it for your country or not?

When you click to register a paypal account there is a drop down list of countries with U.S being the default top option as Paypal is a U.S company.
You then have to scroll down and click on your own country to open the correct Paypal account for that country.

You can't use another countries Paypal account as it would never work properly and may be limited.

If you have opened a U.S paypal account by mistake then you need to remove anything you have added and close it (if you can) and then open one for the correct country you are in.
Paypal is country specific and differs a lot country to country.

[Myfaceless]

Maybe you are right! Thanks for the clarification.

Could you please guide me on how to unregister/close this account and open a new Saudi PayPal business account under the same email address?

[kernowlass]

@Myfaceless 

Go to HELP top of the page and put in close account.

Once closed click to register a new account and scroll down to your country in the drop down list.