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Cannot add a working payment method after moving to UK

I moved here a month ago and I changed my region in my settings. Now when I want to pay for something, it tells me that a payment method is required (even though I added Apple Pay), and when I try to add my card, issued back home, it tells me it’s invalid, and I cannot connect to Paypal. I did once a few weeks ago and it told me that my card was not issued in UK so I can’t use it, or something along the lines of that.

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Helplol1410 wrote:

it told me that my card was not issued in UK so I can’t use it, or something along the lines of that.


Your payment method must be issued from the country your Apple account id=s registered to. There is no way to get around this. You say you moved to the UK. I've provided a link to the payment methods approved for use with a UK account. You will have to search for the UK on the page.


Payment methods that you can use with your Apple Account - Apple Support


For now, you should be able to purchase Apple gift cards locally. Add the value to your account. And make purchases that way.


Redeem your Apple Gift Card, App Store Card, or App Store & iTunes Gift Card - Apple Support



In Change your Apple Account country or region - Apple Support Apple says: "You might need to enter a valid payment method for your new country or region.” (They do not make a simple and clear statement that your payment method must be a card and it must originate from the same country, although you will see that frequently posted here as something Apple "says".) Apple mentions many "payment methods" for countries in the list in: Payment methods that you can use with your Apple Account - Apple Support Note that some payment methods in that list may not be acceptable to set as a payment method for country change purposes; for example, account balance. While Apple has through the years avoided making any unequivocal statement about the country origins of such a payment method, using one from a financial institution in your new country may be the easiest way to ensure you don’t run into problems.






did that already and yeah i’ve been using gift cards so far. Thanks anyway

Helplol1410 wrote:
did that already and yeah i’ve been using gift cards so far. Thanks anyway


Then there is nothing else you can do. You cannot bypass the requirement.