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A US virtual number just doesn't cut it (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by goodpeoplewin@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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Okay so I run a few businesses and travel, and my US LLC gets paid in USD.

US PayPal account, and US bank account. Sweet.

BUT I'm not from the US. So I always get blocked by banks and paypal, asking to SMS verify my US phone number

How do you guys solve this problem?

I've tried virtual numbers / Skype but often the stupid site will not accept it saying "sorry that number is not acceptable".

I got a real US SIM, but somehow the US carriers cancel it after I've been nomading outside of the US, even though I'm still paying for it. It lasted for a while but now I'm stuck again.

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[–] -AlpacaJack-@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Cool article, keep 'em coming.

Thanks 👍

I didn't see that about the iPhone until now. Having "wifi" calling everywhere you have data on a local SIM would be advantageous, but I haven't yet had a time where I needed to receive an SMS and wasn't already sat at my laptop with a Wifi connection.

And for the E911 address, 1) Yes, and 2) As far as I know, no, it won't be verified. I think the only restriction is that it can't be a PO Box address.