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@AverageJoesCredit wrote:
Myrwyn, i believe all can be done online
AverageJoesCredit: My friend opened an account and got a credit card with NFCU by sending them, via email, only copies of his driver's license and social security card (2 pieces of id) and a copy of his electric bill for good measure. NFCU also only pulled TU for both. Good luck to you!
Awesome, Congratz and Welcome to the Club.
@AverageJoesCredit wrote:
Lol, well Navy is a curiosity. The thing is i have my equifax frozen and having issues wirh it. Keep sending in all my info to get free report and wnd up getting back letters that i either dont have a credit report,(this ones a head scratcher) or they keep asking for what i already sent. Im not going to keep sending all my personsl info through the mail. What the heck they doing with it?. So im just gonna let all the inqs fall off and maybe try to work with it later.
I know Navy pulls Eq, like my Penfed or Dc, so no hopes there of getting anymore clis via hp. Also with Navy i know they can pull TU, which doesnt overly concern me but i think i would also have to get my passport as i understand they need 2 types of id to join. So i guess the biggest factor is the issues im having with Equifax. Til then im gonna work Boa like there is no tomorrow
AJC,
In backwards order:
1) I have heard that NFCU will allow DL and SS Card for ID - I know SS is cheaper (as in free) than a Passport to get (takes about 2 weeks)
2)Is that true on NFCU? They use EQ for new apps/membership? - I am just about to devour the Data points post (as I have with PenFed's) - would love to know this from you or anyone reading...is TU a second pull sometimes then or?
3) I am currently going through a very similar thing with EQ - Double check your Personal Info (name AND address) Reported via EQ via one of the monitoring sites...I found that the had my nickname listed as my middle name on their "Current Name" for me, as well as a wrong address as my current (it is a typo'd version of an old work addy) - This was keeping me from finding verifications of my disputes on line without a Conf # - I ended up getting them on the phone (Did another dispute and they are sending me a report (Free due to a denial and not using my Free Annual Report up), but I think they are sending it to the wrong addy...I am going to be sending a registered letter this coming week to try to get mine straightened out with the info for ID below from their website.
(ALSO of note - My Mother's First Name used was her nickname as well for them in the EQ report, and they kept saying her records couldn't be matched)
Not sure if this is a poor attempt and trying to sell services, as I was pitched twice in my call and have heard others say the same...not a good sales tactic if you ask me.
From the EQ Website:
Search “Equifax acceptable forms of identification”
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If you are writing to request assistance on your Equifax credit file (i.e., dispute, fraud alert, security freeze, disclosure), please also include a copy of a document from each of the two categories below:
One item to validate ID such as:
AND one item to validate address such as:
Please note, when you provide documents, including a letter, to Equifax as part of your dispute, the documents may be submitted to one or more companies whose information are the subject of your dispute.
@AverageJoesCredit
Again, in the same boat...need to clear up EQ Addy and Name AND get my SS card, prior to boarding the NFCU train...not sure if you are on the PenFed luv train or if it fits your profile/needs, but I started with them this month...membership pulled Eq, with discrepencies, and approved 1/13/17...
I then Apped for the Visa Preferred Sig rewards 1/20/17 and got an instant approval for 18K, with "Address Verification" via phone. I called in and they said addy was verified, but needed to ask ID Q's to verify that...They were ones I actually knew, so 4 Q's later and card approved
So, if you haven't set up with them yet (which by the way the 3 CSR convos, 2 for my Q's, I have had were warm and welcoming), you might consider them.
Another Note, as I am getting the (now infamous) EQ ID Q's when ordering monitoring/CRs or trying to dispute things, I am noticing a pattern where either ALL Q's were "none of the above" for me, or 3 out 4 were that way...I failed the 1st few (seems I wanted to guess at what they might be seeing...seems my nature is to not hit "none of the above?) - My drawn out point is, I needed to trust my knowledge of my own report...as well as look at the ones I had.