You can apply for a credit card with your passport. Foreigners only need a passport to apply for a credit card. If you are a domestic resident, you only need to provide your resident ID card.
In most cases, citizens who have full capacity for civil conduct (citizens over 18 years old in mainland China) and have certain direct financial resources can apply for a credit card from the card issuing bank. Sometimes, legal persons can also be applicants.
Applicants for credit cards can be divided into units and individuals. Applicants should be institutions, enterprises and business units, foreign-funded enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households with independent legal person status in my country.
Each unit applying for a credit card can receive a main card and multiple (5-10) supplementary cards as needed. To apply for a credit card, an individual must have a fixed occupation and a stable source of income, and provide a guarantee to the bank.
The forms of guarantee include personal guarantee, unit guarantee and personal capital guarantee. The application method is generally by filling in a credit card application form. The content of the application form generally includes the name of the applicant, basic information, economic status or source of income, guarantor and his/her basic information, etc.
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Advantages of credit cards
Compared with ordinary bank savings cards, the most convenient way to use credit cards is that they can be used when there is no cash in the card. For ordinary consumption, in many cases it is enough to repay the consumption amount on schedule.
You can use overdrafts without deposits, and you can enjoy an interest-free period of 20-56 days for on-time repayment without any interest charges (most banks will charge an interest of 50,000 cents on the day of cash withdrawal, and There is a 2% handling fee. ICBC cash withdrawals are free of handling fees and only charge interest).
Swiping your card when shopping is not only safe and convenient, but also provides points for gifts.
You can enjoy discounts when you use the card at the bank's designated merchants.
Accumulate personal credit and add a record of integrity to your credit file that will benefit you throughout your life.
It is accessible nationwide and you can withdraw money or make purchases by swiping your card at ATMs and POS machines with the UnionPay logo; (Note: Credit cards are only suitable for consumption and swiping. It is best not to withdraw cash. The handling fee for cash withdrawals is very high and very inconvenient. Cost-effective)
Swipe card purchases, collect existing points with some credit cards, and offer a variety of discounts and lucky draws throughout the year, so you can always be surprised as long as you use the card; (most credit card online payments do not have points, but online shopping payments Very convenient and fast)
Free mailed statements every month, allowing you to transparently control every consumption expenditure; (now promoting green environmental protection, paper statements can be canceled and changed to electronic statements)
The unique supplementary card function is suitable for couples to manage finances at the same time, or to control their children's financial expenditures.
The free choice of one card and dual currencies is available all over the world. Overseas consumption can be repaid in domestic RMB.
400 or the 5-digit short number starting with 9 is available 24 hours a day. Loss reports are effective immediately and there is zero risk of losing the card.
Have validity period: It is known that the validity period of domestic credit cards is generally three or five years.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Credit Card