Originally Posted by
Jamester
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.
Thx!
By "pretending to be a Discover card", do you mean using it at merchants in the US? I've been half tempted to apply for it on multiple occasions just to see how well merchants here accept UnionPay but considering I don't have any upcoming travel to China any time soon (plus the fact that WeChat/Alipay are what most people there use) makes it a hard sell.