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Can I (American) open a bank account in America without being in America? (alien.top)
submitted 10 months ago by BurntAlmonds13@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone
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Hello all, I'm a US citizen living in Asia; and I haven't returned to the US since I left more than two decades ago.

I'd like to open a US Bank account while living abroad that I can access online for basic personal finance and possible business ventures in the future. Ideally I would be able to connect a debit card and possibly get a US PayPal account, too.

What I have:

  • Original US birth certificate

  • US passport

  • Social Security number

What I don't have:

  • A residential address in the US (or any close family whose address I can use)

  • A phone number in the US

I'm really clueless about my options for doing this and would be grateful for any tips you can offer. Thanks.

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[–] LifeEnginer@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Time hago payoneer was allowing this to people with no conexiOn with USA( no passport, address, etc), check it, maybe it is still the case.

But why do you need this?, you can get an account in dollars with a lot of banks that have no lonk with usa( transferwise, revolut, etc)