Is it that straight forward? I had an Amex in the UK and had to forward proof of address (together with a landline number), even though I used Global Transfer and had been a customer for several years. More recently, I did exactly the same thing in order to get an Alitalia’s branded Amex in Italy (as a Poland-resident, yet with a holiday home in Italy and, as such, a correspondence address in the Country) and, again, I had to go through a verification process (which included copy of my Italian ‘tax code’).

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