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Old Jan 19, 2019 | 10:24 pm
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Jamester
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Originally Posted by tmiw
It'd be nice, but admittedly this is a specialty product where people who truly need it would be willing to visit in person to apply. (Plus, there are geographic restrictions from what I remember, much like with the old JCB cards.)
Yes, I can attest that ICBC seems to prefer you apply in person. I walked into the Oakland branch before the holidays to ask for an application form, but they asked me to sit down instead and write down a few vitals (the usual...name, addres, SSN, etc) while the guy typed everything in. The advantage of doing this is they can approve (or reject you) on the spot. My card arrived about 15 days later. Happily using it pretending to be a Discover card.
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