{"id":8192,"date":"2025-03-05T09:30:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/internationalstudents\/?page_id=8192"},"modified":"2025-03-05T09:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:30:52","slug":"how-to-open-a-bank-account","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/internationalstudents\/how-to-open-a-bank-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How to open a bank account"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Having a U.S. bank account is helpful for students manage their money.&nbsp; F-1 students can open a bank account in many types of banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you look for a bank:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Look for a free account, mention you are a student<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Banks will need information on your personal identity, and where you live.\u00a0 Be prepared to show:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Passport<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SEVIS I-20 form<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arrival to U.S. information (I-94)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Home address<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Banks may ask for a Social Security Number, if you do not have an SSN tell them you do not have a number and do not qualify for a number.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a U.S. bank account is helpful for students manage their money.&nbsp; F-1 students can open a bank account in many types of banks. When you look for a bank:&nbsp;&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/internationalstudents\/how-to-open-a-bank-account\/\">Continue Reading<span> How to open a bank account<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8192","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5tw2s-288","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8193,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8192\/revisions\/8193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/internationalstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}