{"id":12775,"date":"2022-06-26T18:10:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T17:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=12775"},"modified":"2022-06-26T18:10:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T17:10:30","slug":"apply-for-a-us-amex-card-via-global-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2022\/06\/26\/apply-for-a-us-amex-card-via-global-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply for a US Amex card via Global Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The credit card market in the United States is way more competitive than anywhere else in the world, and as a result the payment cards offer substantially higher bonuses and better benefits than, say, the UK. Take American Express as an example, it’s not uncommon to see the same card hands out 3x the sign-on bonus plus better day-to-day perks.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Interested in getting a card in the US? It’s actually much easier than you think. First of all you don’t have to be a Resident Alien<\/em> (I still find the term very amusing) to be eligible, although you do usually need to have a tax identification number, i.e. SSN or ITIN. They are similar to the National Insurance number in the UK, and you need to provide them when submitting a credit application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are workarounds though, especially with American Express. We wrote about its Credit Passport<\/a> feature a while back which approves your US credit card application using your UK credit history. In fact there’s an even easier route, as long as you are already an Amex customer in another country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The feature is called Global Transfer, and you can read more about it on Amex’s website<\/a>. You only need to meet the following criteria to apply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n