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Newcomer to UK, how to get a normal credit card

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  • DarkFallout
    DarkFallout Posts: 209 Forumite
    edited 3 July 2010 at 9:46AM
    Enfieldian wrote: »
    Great.

    Another arrogant and pushy Johnny Foreigner.

    Yes sir, tell me more of these pounds and inches

    As you probably do not recon, although it is very obvious for outsiders, modesty and fairness are in steady decline among the natives for the last few decades ... and I suppose you know that most Europeans think that Brits are very arrogant ... after 1-2 months in UK it is quite easy to agree with this ...

    All the moaning that I hear every day 'what I am entitled to', 19 year old girls with 3 children who think the government is obliged to provide them with good standart of living and they expect good care in NHS although they never paid NIC ... then someone like me comes ... haha I am not understanding the 'british way' of doing things I suppose ...
  • noah271007
    noah271007 Posts: 1,248 Forumite
    I actually lived in 3 countries myself (France, USA and Canada) and yes i did find difficult to obtain credit over there!! So i do know what i am talking about mate. It is standard on credit applications to ask you for addresses in the last three years in the UK as resident. Unless you can get one from your own bank or maybe one of credit builders cards, then you are going to struggle as you only been in uk a short time.
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