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A US virtual number just doesn't cut it (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by goodpeoplewin@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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Okay so I run a few businesses and travel, and my US LLC gets paid in USD.

US PayPal account, and US bank account. Sweet.

BUT I'm not from the US. So I always get blocked by banks and paypal, asking to SMS verify my US phone number

How do you guys solve this problem?

I've tried virtual numbers / Skype but often the stupid site will not accept it saying "sorry that number is not acceptable".

I got a real US SIM, but somehow the US carriers cancel it after I've been nomading outside of the US, even though I'm still paying for it. It lasted for a while but now I'm stuck again.

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[–] -AlpacaJack-@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I recently started traveling and had the same problem. It inspired me to write my first blog post ever on how to solve the issue.

But the other answers you've received in this thread are good. Tello or US Mobile

[–] smackson@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cool article, keep 'em coming.

Tello sounds almost too good to be true (and it might be for me, due to having a 5-year-old android phone and this note: "For iPhone users there is a cherry on the cake: if you are abroad and you have another local sim or esim on your phone, Tello’s Wi-Fi Calling will work on the data connection of the other sim.")

Also... I've never heard of an E911 address. I presume that 1) it's expecting a US address but that 2) it's not going to be verified in any way, just needs data stuffed in there?

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

Cool article, keep 'em coming.

Thanks 👍

I didn't see that about the iPhone until now. Having "wifi" calling everywhere you have data on a local SIM would be advantageous, but I haven't yet had a time where I needed to receive an SMS and wasn't already sat at my laptop with a Wifi connection.

And for the E911 address, 1) Yes, and 2) As far as I know, no, it won't be verified. I think the only restriction is that it can't be a PO Box address.