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.

  • LifeEnginerB
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    1 year ago

    Time hago payoneer was allowing this to people with no conexiOn with USA( no passport, address, etc), check it, maybe it is still the case.

    But why do you need this?, you can get an account in dollars with a lot of banks that have no lonk with usa( transferwise, revolut, etc)

  • deluded_soulB
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    1 year ago

    you can use banks like Revolut which provide a dollar account.

    I have accounts in multiple currencies and use my German address.

  • Scuttlebutt2B
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    1 year ago

    Chime Bank and tons of other services like that. US number issue can be resolved using eSIM.