Last Updated: May 2026 The first credit card I applied for in the US was the Amex Delta Gold. I fly Delta, I wanted miles, seemed obvious. Got rejected. It wasn’t about being irresponsible with money. I had income, I’d never missed a payment on anything back home. But the US credit system doesn’t care […]
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2026 Guide When I first came to the US as an F-1 student in 2016, one of the most frustrating things was trying to get a credit card. Every application asked for a Social Security Number — which I didn’t have. No job, no SSN. No SSN, no credit card. No credit card, no credit
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