Recent content by desafinado74

You will have to change to the Google USA Play store, in order to be able to download the Cap 1 app. Since I have two phones, I set the VPN on the older phone to an American IP address. Then I created a new Gmail account and then change the Play store to the US one ( I think these were the...

For me it was about 9 months.

Many here including myself used SH Studios from Fiverr.com. It was a painless process. I highly recommend them.

From what I read on Reddit, it does.

Tello is pretty good.

Is anyone going to apply for this new Wells Fargo card ?

Ah I see. That's a shame re short credit history. Coz I read that some people have successfully applied for Chase's Sapphire Preferred card etc at the branch with 12 months of US credit history. ( Plus the bankers have financial incentives to get people to sign up for credit cards)

Many thanks for reporting back ! Did the banks ask you why you were interested in opening bank accounts with them ? And did you try and apply for credit cards when you were opening your checking accounts ?

So far so good with MyUS for my AMEX account. But i know Capital One does not like MyUS addresses.

Sorry for the late reply. Yes, just tell them that you are a non resident alien, and you plan to open a bank account coz you are thinking of studying in USA/Investing in a home/Shares etc in the future. With regards to depositing money, most people will do it on the same day just to get it over...

Go open accounts with Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. Yeah, bring all those docs. And open accounts with Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America. (Don't forget to deposit money in them too. Enough to avoid the monthly fees) Don't forget to book online appointments with a banker before...

Oh yeah ! Same as me lol......But the credit reporting agencies should be listing all your addresses anyway. (Both past and present, both mailing and residential) I don't think it will be a big problem. You should be ok in the long run.

Is your residential address an American or Aussie one ? I have two US addresses, one for residential, one for mailing lol

Thank you for the helpful reply. ☺️ I will include Wells Fargo on my list. PS: For me it is New Jeans instead of BTS 🤣

Nah I don't think there will be issues. I don't think the banks will look for an entry stamp or a visa sticker when you open a checking account at the branch.