Tax Residence and Country of Citizenship.

[maximnz19596]

Hello support team.

I am a citizen of Ukraine but currently residing in Poland under the temporary protection of Ukrainian citizens due to the war in Ukraine. I have already changed my location to Poland some time ago.

Also, I've just changed my tax residence from Ukraine to Poland and made appropriate changes.

However, W-8BEN form requests my Country of Citizenship. The question is, should I leave Ukraine as I am a Ukrainian citizen despite my Polish tax residence? Or is it supposed to be Poland?

Thanks for your support.

[iwan-spillebeen]

Are you a citizen of Poland? I'm asking because I don't know, it does sound like you are not, in which case your country of citizenship is Ukraine, not Poland, and Ukraine is what you should use to indicate citizenship.  I'm the same I am Belgian but living in Thailand, so my country of citizenship is Belgium while my country of residence is Thailand.

[maximnz19596]

No, I am a Ukrainian citizen but reside in Poland.

[iwan-spillebeen]

ok, so that is what you fill out, Ukrainian citizenship, Polish residence