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How did you open a bank account in the US (esp. as a foreigner) without having to show at least the passport and valid visa? In my experience helping a couple o

How did you open a bank account in the US (esp. as a foreigner) without having to show at least the passport and valid visa? In my experience helping a couple of fresh/new immigrants (on student visa) get their bank accounts opened recently at Chase, it's much tougher than what you are describing. I wonder if what you said is not longer true. I myself even had to call both Citi and Capital One to verify my legal residency status to them for having their credit cards. Banks in the US are catching up to this it seems. Your friend who moved 250K from HSBC to WF, I wouldn't be surprised if s/he is now being monitored by the US intelligence.

csomar 6y ago
> How did you open a bank account in the US (esp. as a foreigner) without having to show at least the passport and valid visa? If you re-read my comment you'll see that I mentioned that they only ask for my passport. This was, roughly, 1.5 years ago. > In my experience helping a couple of fresh/new immigrants (on student visa) get their bank accounts opened recently at Chase I don't know much about banking in the US but enough to not go to Chase or Citi. Try TD Bank. Also, I think it's more about the branch than the bank itself; so I might just have lucked out from a first attempt. > I myself even had to call both Citi and Capital One to verify my legal residency status to them for having their credit cards. When I signed up, the agent told me that I can't have unsecured cards without an SSN or an ITIN from the US embassy in my country. But then they released the funds, so not sure what happened in between. > Your friend who moved 250K from HSBC to WF, I wouldn't be surprised if s/he is now being monitored by the US intelligence. Nope. That's not really how intelligence works. Also he's pretty legit, it's just that he opened and transferred funds before settling in the US which should have made him suspicious at the time. It was two years ago and he has been employed since with a good job/status.

csomar 6y ago

> How did you open a bank account in the US (esp. as a foreigner) without having to show at least the passport and valid visa? If you re-read my comment you'll see that I mentioned that they only ask for my passport. This was, roughly, 1.5 years ago. > In my experience helping a couple of fresh/new immigrants (on student visa) get their bank accounts opened recently at Chase I don't know much about banking in the US but enough to not go to Chase or Citi. Try TD Bank. Also, I think it's more about the branch than the bank itself; so I might just have lucked out from a first attempt. > I myself even had to call both Citi and Capital One to verify my legal residency status to them for having their credit cards. When I signed up, the agent told me that I can't have unsecured cards without an SSN or an ITIN from the US embassy in my country. But then they released the funds, so not sure what happened in between. > Your friend who moved 250K from HSBC to WF, I wouldn't be surprised if s/he is now being monitored by the US intelligence. Nope. That's not really how intelligence works. Also he's pretty legit, it's just that he opened and transferred funds before settling in the US which should have made him suspicious at the time. It was two years ago and he has been employed since with a good job/status.