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Hello! I know this thread is a little dated, but I wanted to know if anyone else is in the same boat and what the solution might be -- ideally to keep my Wells Fargo account while living in Japan... Recently I received a notification from Wells Fargo, my longtime stateside bank, in which among new ...

to declare the US address of a relative or friend That sounds like fraud, which can often have unpleasant consequences. These people seem to have a bank account option for non-residents: https://www.americansabroad.org/ The good news is that I was able to get in touch with Wells Fargo and they say ...

Hello! I know this thread is a little dated, but I wanted to know if anyone else is in the same boat and what the solution might be -- ideally to keep my Wells Fargo account while living in Japan... Recently I received a notification from Wells Fargo, my longtime stateside bank, in which among new p...

Hello!! Today I received my iphone from the US.... I went ahead and added the US phone number on my profile for the financial institution to see if I can really get messages from them on this phone.... and guess what? It really works!!! Thank you so much for your information! Two followup questions...

Are you trying to wire the money to yourself or your wife's account? Not sure if my experience helps, but here it is: I am a dual citizen (over age 20). In the US, I am considered a US citizen, but in Japan I am considered Japanese. When I called my US bank to wire the money and gave them the info f...

Hello! I know this post is a little old, but I have some questions and observations. Recently, the investment firm I use in the US emailed to say they are getting rid of the option to get the "codes" by email... and I am a little stressed about this, as I don't know what to do. They don't...

[/quote] For prepaid SIM in the US I am pretty sure no ID is required. My US TMobile sim works in my Apple Japan (unlocked) phone. [/quote] Thanks so much for your reply!! So since the last time I posted, I have ordered the Ultra Mobile SIM card (which was sent to my friend's house in the US) and a ...

[ The only caveat is that I'm not sure the SIM card can be registered on the Japanese phone network. I was visiting my family in the States for Thanksgiving last year and had the eBay seller send it to my parents' house. I was also sure to bring along my old unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8 to install th...

Very interested in this discussion because I also find I need a US phone number. I am pretty naive about how this works because for the last decade or so I do everything with a smartphone issued by my company. I was going to just get an extra phone (like a whole phone :) ) and plan in the US (linke...

Hi 10-7, Thanks for sharing your experience with us. :) As for me, I ended up just transferring the money from the US straight into my Mitsubishi bank account. I know that maybe Sony/Transferwise would have made it cheaper, but for now, I didn't want to deal with creating new accounts, etc. For thos...