My credit card billing address is a PO Box. How do I apply for a PayPal Debit Card?
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For security reasons, PayPal cannot send a debit card to a P.O. Box. However, they have to send the card to the registered billing address of a credit card. My credit card billing address is a P.O. Box, so I cannot apply for a card. Is there any way I can work around this?
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Suggest contacting customer support direct to find out what your options are. Some card issues such as PayPal require a physical street address while other institutions such as banks will send to your PO Box, no questions asked. We too only have a PO Box and it's never been an issue with our card issuer.
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If you literally don't have a home address to use, ask a nearby relative or friend that you trust if you can temporarily borrow their address for a few weeks.
- Change PayPal verified Credit-Card address to the address of the relative or friend. Wait a day or more for changes to complete.
- Change address in PayPal of Credit-Card to address of the relative or friend.
- Request PayPal debit card to be sent to new verified address.
- Once you have your PayPal debit card, change address of Credit-Card and PayPal verified Credit-Card back to PO Box.
However, beware that if you lose your PayPal debit card and require a new one, you will have to go through process again!

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