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Do I get a credit score as a non resident? If yes which card do I start with to build history?
1 like • Mar '25
@Oyinda Akinyemi: regarding the SSN — yes, you're right. Looking back on my student life, it was clearly the smartest move. As for opening checking, savings, and CD accounts with Capital One — once you have access to a personal profile (thanks to a credit card), you can open these accounts online in just a few clicks, without any lengthy manual approval process. And yes, I did open checking, savings, and CD accounts, and even received cash bonuses for doing so.
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@Sable Rivers in my case - no. I thought later that I should have asked for the limit increase separately. They give limit increase only if you actually use the card, and consistently approach the credit limit.
When a Fin Tech Denies us a Bank Account – Do we Try Back with them?
Hi friends, I just received an Email-Reply-Denial message from a popular Fin Tech. Because employees of this Fin Tech may actually read my post here, I do not want to post their name, but our Great friend James Baker has mentioned them in the past on 1 or more of his videos. (It’s not Mercury, Relayfi, Wise, Payoneer) Anyway, in their Email-Reply-Denial message they sent me, they blatantly lied to me below. "Unfortunately, we were unable to verify your ownership of the business." I’m 100% positive that this has absolutely nothing to do with the real reason that they declined me for a bank account. My business is a normally accepted business by banks, and there is no fraud or AML or unpaid debt issues in my past. My website that I shared with the FinTech was clear, honest and normal looking. I accept that banks have ZERO obligation to tell us the True reason that they denied us a bank account. I’m here asking for some advice please: I’m wanting to know if anyone thinks I should “try again by replying back” with this unnamed FinTech? Since I believe they have made up a Blatant False claim why they rejected me, is there really anything that I can do or say in an email to change their mind. Has anyone had a similar experience where they were able to reply back to a FinTech, and get them to reconsider?
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@Dan Cohen: would you like to get creative? Register a new LLC in a state where LLCs are not anonymous, and then approach the same fintech again. See what they tell you this time 😄.
Urgent - need help with form 5472
Hey guys, I need some advice regarding the Form 5472 + 1120 filing... so I got an EIN from Fiverr because they claimed they could expedite it and get it to me in 2 days, which they did, but I felt suspicious of it because Shopify Payments kept wanting to verify my ID and causing problems. I also read online that Fiverr sellers obtain the EIN illegally, that’s how they get it so fast. So I just called the IRS and they could not authorize me to the EIN and said that there was another responsible party on it. They could not even tell me if the EIN was even under my LLC. They ended up telling me to mail Form 8822-B and attach my articles of organization, alongside a short note explaining the situation, to try and change the responsible party on the EIN. As well, the IRS agent said to file another SS-4 because if the EIN is registered to my company, they'll inform me of it... and if the EIN is a complete fake number, then I'll just get a new one anyway. The only reason I'm concerned is because this LLC was brand new, no revenue or anything. However, I did open a Wise business account with this Fiverr EIN and spent $30 to open an account. And that obviously triggered a transaction for this company, so I think I'm liable for Form 5472 in April... correct? If I don't have any obligations or forms due, then I'll literally just dissolve this LLC and start fresh again without dealing with this headache. Your advice would be appreciated here 🙏
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@Brian M: what’s the outcome so far? I’m not an expert in this field, but it seems to me that Wise has approved your LLC and has cross-validated your EIN with the IRS. In the worst case, if the EIN was incorrect, they should get back to you to request a correction, or you could proactively contact them with the corrected EIN. Mistakes in documentation should be corrected and shouldn’t be grounds for dissolving the company.
Advice needed regarding my Proof-of-Address challenge:
Hi friends, Recently, I have located a person from North Carolina (not a friend or family member) who is willing to allow me to use their home address so that I can receive mail and get a Utility bill in my name at their address. North Carolina is 14 hours drive south of the Canadian Border and I really do not want to visit this state because it’s cost and time prohibitive for me. (It’s very difficult to get an ongoing USA Utility bill in your name if you don’t have an American friend or family member.) My plan was to ultimately open 2 Personal Bank Accounts and 2 or 3 Business Bank Accounts in Niagara Falls NY which is just a 2 hour drive for me. I live in Toronto. My concern is that I could walk into any of the Big USA banks branches in Niagara Falls NY and when the bank employee looks at my proof of address and notices I claim to live in North Carolina …. ….is that this bank employee is going to kick me out of her branch and insist that I go visit a BOA branch that is in North Carolina? Based on my needs of wanting to open "multiple bank accounts," am I crazy for even considering using a person’s North Carolina address when I’m never really wanting to visit North Carolina? And, am I constantly going to be fighting an uphill battle with bank employees at Niagara Falls NY banks when they ask me why I just don’t open a Personal-or-Business bank account in the State (North Carolina) that my paperwork says in live in? Or, will Niagara Falls NY bank employees not be to concerned as long as all my other paperwork looks good?
1 like • Dec '25
You may be overcomplicating the process. Major U.S. banks such as Bank of America and Chase routinely open accounts for clients whose residential address is in a different state. A branch in New York will not require you to visit a branch in North Carolina simply because your documentation lists an address there. In addition, a utility bill is not strictly necessary when you appear in person. Banks generally accept a variety of address documents, such as a credit card statement, another bank statement, or a simple lease or sub-tenancy agreement. The address is required only at account opening; it does not need to be maintained afterward.
Amex Global Transfer
Hello Members ! I have been trying to get Amex Gold through Global Transfer programm. I am Living in Germany and have been Using Amex Platinum since 4 Years. Anyone here as US-Non-Resident successfully got american Amex Gold card? The option i know (theoretically): Buy an US-Address (like from anytime mailbox) > Buy US-Phone Number (like from Tello) and use the invoice mentioning the Address and then apply for Amex. Has anyone got through this process sucessfully?
1 like • Oct '25
Hi, do you know that Amex Global Transfer program is not the only way to get a US credit card? If you have SSN (about ITIN I'm not sure), you can get a "secured" credit card. (basically, you pay a security deposit to the bank, and that deposit becomes your credit limit... And after a year if you have no problems with your payment history, you get your security deposit back).
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