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0% Balance Transfers for UK Expats?
WorriedExpat
Posts: 2 Newbie
in Credit cards
Hi,
I'm a UK expat living in Germany and I have some debts on my UK credit card that I'd like to transfer to a 0% interest card.
I checked the "balance transfer eligibility calculator" on the MSE website, but I think the details required to complete the fields only cater for UK residents...
Does anyone know of any 0% interest cards open to expats or, alternatively, can anyone kindly offer me some advice on what I should do in this situation? Is balance transfer still an option for me?
Thank you in advance!!
I'm a UK expat living in Germany and I have some debts on my UK credit card that I'd like to transfer to a 0% interest card.
I checked the "balance transfer eligibility calculator" on the MSE website, but I think the details required to complete the fields only cater for UK residents...
Does anyone know of any 0% interest cards open to expats or, alternatively, can anyone kindly offer me some advice on what I should do in this situation? Is balance transfer still an option for me?
Thank you in advance!!
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Without a UK address you'll be unable to get any new credit card, let alone a 0% one.0
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Realistically you have 2 choices depending on your situation:
1) Ask a family member in the UK to apply for one if they have a good rating and do a BT off your cards (few ask who the old card holder is so long as you're paying a fee) - then pay them
2) See what German banks offer (see if there is a MSE equivalent)?Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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Thanks for the responses!0
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