Matt Sabin

Wife and I are both doctors. Reasonable salary. 4 year business visa. Have UK Savings. Why, oh why can't we get an Aus credit card? Anyone any ideas? Tried ANZ, HSBC, Westpac, Virgin - all insist that in order to get a credit card then we must have residency?
Trouble is we need a credit card to salary package. Anyone in a similar situation? Anyone got any ideas?... please....
Cheers
M

NickyC

Apply online.
Tick the 'I am an Australian Resident?' box (well, you do live here, dont you?)
No-one will check your passport or visa.

Ozzy dog

How frustrating, both hubby and I got ours when we went to Common Wealth Bank to activate our accounts. We opened them in London before leaving.

However, we did have house sale funds being transferred. Can't believe that with salary coming in they won't see you right.

How odd

Good luck

Tracey

Matt Sabin

True - have you done this? Don't they check somehow?
Cheers
M

wargod

Well if they do laugh it off and say the cat jumped on the keyboard

Matt Sabin

Cool. Cheers everyone - have applied online. Will wait and see. Bl**dy cat jumped on the keyboard when it said 'tick this box if you are a resident'...

wargod

Who would have thought it

The Bloke

Guess again, you usually have to have documents verified by JP etc, before they give you the card.

Mrs Jackaroo

We're here on a 457 Visa too and have just been accepted for a card with National - applied online and again they only ask if you are an 'Australian Resident' doesnt mention 'permanent'!

Good luck!

Rach xxxx

Bert'n'Stella

Hi Matt,

We're in the same boat but too honest to tick the wrong box! However as I am Oz citizen we found a way round it. Bert can be a second cardholder on the same cc as me, and it doesn't matter if he is a resident or not. So that's what we did with NAB and are in the processing of moving everything over to ANZ (Waiting for reply on cc).

Stella

Pootle

Who do you bank with? We have commonwealth account and originally arrived on a 457 visa - they gave us a credit card straight away!!
Good luck!

Mrs Jackaroo

We arrived on a 457 in April and were turned down with Commonwealth and so were our friends - thats why we decided to move to National.

Vanessa

We are on a 457. Hubbie on an excellent wage but still could only get a $10,000 limit with ANZ. he had to send them his contract of employment before they would give one to him.

Pootle

Oh?
Maybe they've changed the rules? We arrived Jan 05.

Wol

Permanent RESIDENT: temporary RESIDENT

Spot the common word <g>

If you *live* in Australia you are by common definition an Australian resident, IMO.