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Can I (American) open a bank account in America without being in America? (alien.top)
submitted 11 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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[–] browser1994@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

A UPS physical address (ups box) will work, done it before. You can try calling some UPS locations and see if they’ll let you open up a UPS box virtually. I think some do (though not all). Alternatively, a virtual physical address company should work. As far as receiving your debit card from the bank you open up an account with, they should be able to mail it abroad… if not, maybe pay to have UPS send it to you once it arrives to your UPS box