Currently living in Japan and had to get a new credit card. It was delivered to my American address.
Family members can send it to my Japanese address if needed.
Is it legal to mail credit cards over the mail from the US to Japan? Are there any rules I need to follow?
Thanks for the info
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Of course. I get mine mailed to me from my bank.
It’s allowed. Of course, it’s always risky to mail a card.
Done it many times (from Canada, but probably the same idea). Just had it sent in an envelope and I activated the card after I received it.
Can confirm that I’ve also done this. Had my family send me my credit card. I had them not open the original envelope and put that whole envelope into a new envelope and send that to me, because the envelope they use to send credit cards is some special one that doesn’t allow people to see through or scan through it. Only difference is mine was sent from Canada to japan not America.
Yep, did it for my current card by having my family send it to me.
There’s nothing illegal about it but if you are residing overseas and haven’t told the credit card company about it then you’re probably breaking their terms of service. Especially in the US, lots of financial institutions have become skittish about providing services for expats. If they do somehow find out, they might close out the account. Just don’t let them find out and you’ll be fine. Keep a US address to receive mail and, depending on the company, you might need to get a Google Internet phone number (or something similar that mimics a regional US number—I use Skype) so you can receive SMS security verification codes and such for 2-factor authentication purposes.
my old us bank wouldn’t send mine to japan, but they just sent it to my parents house and the bank told them that technically it’s not allowed (on the U.S. end i think), but that if they were to send it to send it inside of a holiday or birthday card. This could’ve just been my bank being weird