Hi everyone, I have a question that I never thought I would ask: how to get a debit card if you’re only resident for 1 year?
I have arrived in Japan a few weeks ago and opened a bank account with Yuchou/JP bank (requested by the university I am working at). I am staying for 1 year. Yuchou does not provide debit cards for those staying less than a year (so by default I’m excluded). I need to make online payments using the income that’s being deposited into my Yuchou account. I cannot change my country on the App Store (so I can’t get PayPay) and I can’t figure out what bank I could go to for a card. Sony bank – which seemed a good way to get a debit card- has discontinued new account openings. Rakuten and SBI require 6 months of stay. It looks like there’s no solution. But it’s only a DEBIT CARD.
Thank you in advance and apologies for the frustrated tone in the post, I’m just so done with bureaucracy!
by Victor_vanDort