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How to Get the US Unlocked Card, a Prepaid Debit Card with US Billing Address

US Unlocked Card by linda.hemerik@usunlocked.com on Tuesday April 10th '12, 12:47 pm

The US Unlocked Card is a payment card with US billing address that allows you to buy from mostly any US website as well as to download from iTunes, Amazon, Barnes & Nobles and many more.

To be able to get the US Unlocked Card you need to sign up first. This only takes a minute. Then go to the US Unlocked Card page.


Application procedure

Step 1: Pay the application fee

You are also prompted to provide the following information regarding the government ID you will upload:
  • ID type (for example: passport or driver's license)
  • ID number (the document number of the passport or driver's license)
  • Country issued

Step 2
: Upload documentation

Please, upload 2 documents:
- one valid government issued photo ID like a passport or driver's licence
- one recent (not older than 3 months) bill or statement that was addressed to your name to the address in your account. Accepted documents are: (cell) phone bill, gas or electricity bill and a bank or credit card statement. Screen shot

If your documents are written in a language that does not use the Roman alphabet, please opt for a passport and a credit card statement as these are usually written in English.

If you receive an email stating that your ID verification status is incomplete, please log into your account and check if any message was left for you in the notes field which indicates what step to take to get the accepted status.

For more information on why we need these documents and how we treat this sensitive informtion, please check here.

step 3: Make card load payment

Now that your ID verification status is accepted, you can make a card load payment. Just submit the desired load amount and the load fees are automatically added when linked to the payment page. Screen shot

Although we strive to have card load payments clear to the cards as soon as possible, it may take 2-4 business days. Our business days run from Monday to Friday. For example: if you make a card load payment on a Thursday, the funds will be put on your card on our before the Tuesday after. Bank holidays may cause an extra delay.

Your US Unlocked Card is issued when the first card load payment clears. The US Unlocked Card is a virtual card which means that you will not receive a plastic card in the mail. All the card details needed to make online payments will show to you in your account on the US Unlocked Card page.

You can now start making payments with the US Unlocked Card. For more information, please read Making Payments with the US Unlocked Card.

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Comment By manda On Saturday August 25th '12, 10:31 am
I am in Mongolia and i have problem making purchase in US site. If i get your unlocked card then how i load it, how i put money into my card from Mongolia, is there any fees to load my card?
Comment By Hind On Friday September 7th '12, 6:52 pm
How do I know which site will accept the US Unlocked card? for example, I want to purchase for nike.com , the website ACCEPTED PAYMENT TYPES of: visa, master card, american express, discover, and paypal. So which type should I select?
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