It also often proves sensible to apply for a card with no Foreign Transaction Fees prior to departing.
Two months ago I wandered into a Schwab office and asked to apply for the card to cash in on its no foreign-currency transaction fees policy before an overseas vacation.
You apply for the card online.
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You can apply for a credit card, such as CareCredit online and get instant approval.
An alternative is to apply for a college card, using summer or school earnings as evidence of capacity.
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It would allow those here now to stay and work, then apply for a green card after six years.
Realistically, after several years--and assuming they have a clear record--these workers should be able to apply for a green card.
And it also backed an amendment sponsored by Republican John McCain and Democrat Edward Kennedy that allows the millions of undocumented workers already in the country to get on the road to citizenship, provided they pay a thousand dollar fine, that they pass criminal background checks, and that they apply for a green card.
An e-mail could alert a consumer who didn't apply for a new card that Sears Roebuck (nyse: S - news - people ) or Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people ) checked his credit in connection with a new card application, a possible sign of identity theft.
It is a chance to stay in the country legally for six years, and then to apply for a green card in one of the categories that currently exist as a skilled or unskilled worker or family member, to get to the back of the line, to pay a fine, to learn English, to pay taxes.
If you have credit card debt now and want to pay it off, apply for a balance transfer card.
They have to apply for their own credit card and the cosigned card needs to be canceled.
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But under the new system the only way for someone to collect cash from the Post Office on behalf of someone else is for that person to apply for a permanent extra card and pin on the account.
Before you apply for a balance transfer card, do the math to see if the amount of interest payments you save with the introductory offer is more than the balance transfer fee that has to be paid immediately.
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Wayne Kong Yuk-shan, a branch officer at an Aeon office in the Central business district, says some 100 people, a number of them male, queued every day to apply for the pastel-pink card - and choose their free gift from a selection of Hello Kitty appliances. (These days, the giveaways are Kitty cup noodles and a cushion.) "Hong Kong people are very influenced by Japanese culture, so they like Kitty, " says Kong.
"There's no question that once farmworkers get a green card, many will apply for other jobs and leave agriculture, " said Tom Nassif, president of Western Growers, an industry group that represents California and Arizona growers.
First, federal regulators can realize the imbalance of current protections and apply the CARD Act to any credit card for which an individual is liable.
Try to make sure upfront that you qualify for the card so you don't have to apply elsewhere after a rejection.
Once they are allowed to apply they would do so behind everyone else already in line for a green card within the current immigration system.
Card-carrying members of federally recognized Native American tribes can apply for feathers, even entire birds, through the National Eagle Repository, a clearinghouse for dead eagles found in the wild.
Previously, blue badges were made from card and hand written, but from 1 January disabled drivers will be able to apply for an electronically printed badge, much like a driving licence.
If a card must be shared among family members, he said, one person should apply and sign for it, then add users afterward.
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