You can easily get a US credit card with $1000 credit limit with no credit history, but you'll need to put in $1000 as collateral. Makes sense right? Hey at least you get your credit rating started. And you won't need a SSN to get it started.
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Dominik Grabiec <dgrab...@pagefaultdesigns.com> wrote: > Hi John, > > Although I haven't done this myself I've done a bit of research on the topic. > > What it comes down to is you need a US Tax ID, otherwise known as an IRS > Employer Identification Number (EIN), (from > http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=96696,00.html). > With which you can get a US bank account, and then hopefully get a credit > card attached to that. > > The tricky thing with that is since your business has not actually done any > business as a US entity, you won't have a credit score with the US credit > rating agencies, so it may be a bit hard to get a credit card as a result. > Since you've done business with US companies, as well as the major CC > networks, you may be able to get them to generate you a score initially. > However that is just speculation. > > Hope it helps. > > Dominik > > On 19/04/2011 10:32 AM, John Ferlito wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> This has sort of been covered before but not quite the situation I >> find myself in. >> >> So we are an Australian company with US customers, so we are getting >> paid in US Dollars. Also a large chunk of our expenses (Amazon AWS) >> are in US dollars. >> >> So I can get an AU account in USD but is there anyway to get a USD >> credit card attached to it so that I'm avoiding the two way exchange >> rate loss? >> >> Alternatively while in AU can I get a US bank account and US credit >> card where I can do everything online? >> >> Hoping someone else has managed to solve this problem! >> >> Cheers, >> John >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion: > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
