If you are located outside the United States and wish to form a company in the US (either to open a US bank account and/or merchant account, open a physical US branch or any other reason), here is step-by-step resource to explain the process, what you need and how we can help you. Note that "Incorporate" means to form a "Corporation" and "Form an LLC" means to form a "Limited Liability Company" (LLC) which is further explained below. To create a Corporation in the United States, we will file documents called "Articles of Incorporation" or "Certificate of Incorporation. The LLC version of these documents are called "Articles of Organization" or "Certificate of Organization" (these documents may have different names depending on which state you choose). Also, the word "entity" is used to describe a business that is not an individual and can apply either to a Corporation or an LLC. International Company