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How should Industry Members populate the customerType field for a Customer who has a US Taxpayer Identification Number but a foreign address, foreign identification/passport or is otherwise identified as foreign by the Industry Member?

How should Industry Members populate the customerType field for a Customer who has a US Taxpayer Identification Number but a foreign address, foreign identification/passport or is otherwise identified as foreign by the Industry Member?

For Customers with a US Taxpayer Identification Number (for example, social security number), Industry Members must not populate the customerType field with ‘FOREIGN’. ‘FOREIGN’ must only be used if the Customer is a Natural Person or Legal Entity that does not have a US Tax Identifier. Thus, Industry Members must choose one of the other allowable values to represent the CAT Customer associated to the FDID.