Studying in US - general life Q's

ivrytwr3

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Son MAY have the opportunity to study in the US for a year and i'm trying to think ahead.

Mobile phone - he currently has a line on my contract. Can i suspend that line for a year? (EE). His current phone does not have an eSIM, i may get him a phone for Xmas with an eSIM, but what's the best way to get connectivity?

Banking - he has a UK account, Revolut, Monzo etc. He gets a weekly allowance from us - should he be setting up a US bank account? Or we continue what we are doing and paying it into his UK account and he withdraws in the US via Revoult etc?

Just the first Q's that are jumping out at me, no doubt more Q's will follow :)

Anyone studying in the US who can offer any advice or help?

Ta all!
 
Do 4G frequency differences in USA vs UK phones put any practical limits on phone use living there vs being a transient tourist

( Guess health insurance must be the biggy - although even for europe that would be problematic)
 
jpaul said:
Do 4G frequency differences in USA vs UK phones put any practical limits on phone use living there vs being a transient tourist

( Guess health insurance must be the biggy - although even for europe that would be problematic)
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Health insurance is offered by the Uni - expensive, but we will no doubt be taking out with them as there are loads of conditions on what the policy has to cover to allow study.

Good point about the 4G stuff. He recently went to Japan and we got him a Japanese SIM prior to travel, his mate used an eSIM while he was out there and they worked fine. But that was for 3 weeks (£30), not sure what to do for 12 months - could work out expensive.
 
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ivrytwr3 said:
Banking - he has a UK account, Revolut, Monzo etc. He gets a weekly allowance from us - should he be setting up a US bank account? Or we continue what we are doing and paying it into his UK account and he withdraws in the US via Revoult etc?
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Worked out of the US quite a lot, life will be much easier with a US bank account. I found I always had endless annoying problems with things like Revolut and Monzo, UK debit cards worked for most stuff but not for everything, some US payment systems are still quite antiquated.

For things like hiring cars, or other stuff - credit cards are required if you're a non-citizen, so I'd highly recommend he sets up a US bank account.
 
Screeeech said:
Worked out of the US quite a lot, life will be much easier with a US bank account. I found I always had endless annoying problems with things like Revolut and Monzo, UK debit cards worked for most stuff but not for everything, some US payment systems are still quite antiquated.

For things like hiring cars, or other stuff - credit cards are required if you're a non-citizen, so I'd highly recommend he sets up a US bank account.
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Awesome - ty.
 
firstborn said:
You obviously missed the point.
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You've posted your 'advice' and i get it, you're 'edgy', but if it's all the same to you i'll stick it where i put my suppository - now run along little troll.

I'm after advice from the well traveled forum members please.
 
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Lol, image for the bants:

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My lad and his mate went to Japan earlier this year and the help we got from this forum was invaluable. It meant they were able to make the most of the trip with the load of hints and tips they got.

Any information I get from here is passed to him and then it's up to him what he does with that info - I genuinely don't see what first born's issue is asking for people's advice and experience.

But there's always one or 2 people who have to try to turn a positive into a negative experience.

I hope firstborn is ok and he isn't this negative irl.
 
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