Originally Posted by
OverThereTooMuch
...replacement to be sent from the US.
More likely a temporary card would be fabricated at the nearest American Express office, and a permanent replacement would be mailed to the billing address. I have had this done and it was interesting to watch and listen to the machine make the card while I waited. The office only had blank stock for a few basic card colors.
Adding a chip to an account isn't simply a matter of having it in the physical card. The account would need to be reconfigured to use that transaction validation method.