Updating my card proving impossible
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My VISA debit card expired on 31 October and I've been trying to update it all week but to no avail. I'm a UK citizen resident in France and there hasn't been a problem before, e.g. I use PayPal to buy items both in the UK and France, my UK bank account linked to PayPal France. I contacted Customer Services who were going to contact me at a specific time today but didn't. My bank account isn't the problem (they are aware of the situation). The message that keeps repeating is that 'we cannot update at this time' and 'please try again later'. Please can anyone suggest a workaround or what the problem might be? I'm wondering whether to close the account and start again (but that's what I did last year when I updated from PayPal UK to PayPal France). Thank you in anticipation.
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Paypal is country specific so if you move countries you have to open another paypal account in the country you reside in and add an address / phone number / bank accounts / cards from within that country.
Whilst you may be lucky adding a bank account under SEPA, any card has to have the same billing address as your paypal account address.
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Yes, I did this last year, i.e. changed from PayPal UK to PayPal France and my bank account address is the same as my actual address (so billing address is identical to my actual address - and phone number is French too). I've been using PayPal regularly all year without encountering any problems. I did try and enter my French account but that was rejected too.
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I should add that I also pay a couple of bills (in France) using PayPal linked to my English account.

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