Comments on: The Secret Reason: We Submitted Incorrect Documentation http://www.navalgazing.com/2009/06/29/the-secret-reason-we-submitted-incorrect-documentation/ the perspective of a military family . . . the narcissism of a blog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:57:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.navalgazing.com/2009/06/29/the-secret-reason-we-submitted-incorrect-documentation/comment-page-1/#comment-1961 Andrew Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:54:09 +0000 http://www.navalgazing.com/2009/06/29/the-secret-reason-we-submitted-incorrect-documentation/#comment-1961 I have had really good luck with American Express - if you have one of their cards they (used to at least) issue you a card in a new country based on your home Amex card. When I did this, they even backdated the entry in my credit report in the new country back to the date I got my original American Express card. I've also heard that HSBC is excellent when relocating overseas (and I've had good luck with them here in the US, even though they are scarce outside of NY). Apparently they have expatriate specialists in most countries that walk you through the process of getting a bank account and credit card set up. A word of caution - if you end up getting a bank account overseas to pay off the card there is a Department of Treasury form (TD F 90-22.1) that almost always has to get filled out every year if your account balances go over US$10000. I have had really good luck with American Express – if you have one of their cards they (used to at least) issue you a card in a new country based on your home Amex card. When I did this, they even backdated the entry in my credit report in the new country back to the date I got my original American Express card. I’ve also heard that HSBC is excellent when relocating overseas (and I’ve had good luck with them here in the US, even though they are scarce outside of NY). Apparently they have expatriate specialists in most countries that walk you through the process of getting a bank account and credit card set up.

A word of caution – if you end up getting a bank account overseas to pay off the card there is a Department of Treasury form (TD F 90-22.1) that almost always has to get filled out every year if your account balances go over US$10000.

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