Ok I am trying to tap the brains trust of this form as I am in a little bit of a pickle. I am in the process of getting my 1st US amex card (Amex Gold as there was a 90k sign up bonus). I have a US number (Talkatone), address (myUS), and in teh process of getting the HSBC US bank account (should be opened within 10 business day).
Amex is not approving my application as they want to verify my identity. Originally, they said they coould use a payslip - easy my employer just changed my address to the myUS one, but Amex now won't accept it. Amex said they need to speak to a bank or see a utilities bill. I don't want to get a friend's bill and edit the details to include mine as the downside is massive, what should I do? Even once the HSBC US bank is opened, it won't have a US address in it. Should I:
- write it off and start again in a month?
- wait until the US bank account is opened and then change to US address and then get Amex to contact HSBC (but I don't know how easy it will be to change the address to myUS)?
- use a different mail forwarder or virtual US address going forward?
- edit the utilities bill and go full YOLO?
This has been going on for weeks and it is very frustrating.