Bank account in another country

Sauchel
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I  studied one year in France and I have my bank account in that country. This year I returned to my homecountry (Venezuela) and I opened my paypal here. Now, I want to link my French account to my paypal account but it say that I can only link an U.S. bank account. What I need to do in this case? close my current paypal account? Smiley Frustrated

 

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Whac-A-Mole
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as an American expatriate,you can link your US bank account in any country where you reside and haev a paypal account.

you are now in Venezuela,you can link local and US bank ,not French bank

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Whac-A-Mole
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as an American expatriate,you can link your US bank account in any country where you reside and haev a paypal account.

you are now in Venezuela,you can link local and US bank ,not French bank

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@Whac-A-Mole

 

Are they U.S expats?


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Whac-A-Mole
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he said he is back in his home country (Venezuela),so I assume he is not US citizen or resident.

so here is the problem,what if he does link his US bank account to his Venezuelan Paypal account ,then one day Paypal wants his SS number and he doe snot have one?

It is not that easy anymore for foreigners to open a bank account in USA ,may be students can with some kind of visa,I dont know.

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@Whac-A-Mole

 

He is not an ex-pat and he does not say he has a US bank account.


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@kernowlass wrote:

@Whac-A-Mole

 

He is not an ex-pat and he does not say he has a US bank account.

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he is asking if he can link his French bank account with his Venez Paypal account.

No,he cannot,.


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@Whac-A-Mole

 

Agreed but you said in an earlier post that as an ex-pat he could link his US bank account, he is NOT an US ex-pat.

 

 


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@kernowlass wrote:

@Whac-A-Mole

 

He is not an ex-pat and he does not say he has a US bank account.


but read his post,he said Paypal is saying he can link US bank account?

 

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@Whac-A-Mole

 

No, he is saying that in his country a U.S bank account is the only option to add to his countries account, which is correct.


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Sauchel
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Hi,

 

Thank you for your answers! although it's a bit unfortunate not to be able to associate my French account Smiley Sad

 

I'm not a U.S ex-pat, but the option offered by paypal is the one I mentioned (I don't know why): use an U.S bank account (that I do not have).

 

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