Hi,
I bought my iPhone (and live) in a foreign country that doesn't support Apple Pay so I can't have it on my phone. However, I'll be in the US in a few days and was wondering if I will be able to install it when I'm there.
I have a US credit card.
Thanks!
iPhone 12 mini, iOS 14
I have no idea. Nobody here works for Apple since this is a user to user forum. Read the links on all the things you have to do to set up Apple Pay. Very likely one thing would be to change your country settings to the USA. Maybe then it might appear, but your problems may still not be over. For a temporary visit this might have ramifications you will not like such as having to cancel all your subscriptions and setting your apple ID balance to zero to be able to change country settings. Then you would likely need to make sure your card billing address matches the one you set for here in the USA. The Apple Pay Cash works through one of the USA banks and you have to meet US banking requirements to use that part of the service.
Note that this is also against Apple's terms and conditions since this is not your country of residency.
Read how to "Change your Apple ID country or region" click here --> https://support.apple.com/HT201389
The sections below are copied from the USA Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions document but I suspect they are very similar for all versions of this document --> https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html - Last Updated: September 16, 2020
"Our Services are available for your use in your country of residence (“Home Country”). By creating an account for use of the Services in a particular country or territory you are specifying it as your Home Country."
I have no idea. Nobody here works for Apple since this is a user to user forum. Read the links on all the things you have to do to set up Apple Pay. Very likely one thing would be to change your country settings to the USA. Maybe then it might appear, but your problems may still not be over. For a temporary visit this might have ramifications you will not like such as having to cancel all your subscriptions and setting your apple ID balance to zero to be able to change country settings. Then you would likely need to make sure your card billing address matches the one you set for here in the USA. The Apple Pay Cash works through one of the USA banks and you have to meet US banking requirements to use that part of the service.
Note that this is also against Apple's terms and conditions since this is not your country of residency.
Read how to "Change your Apple ID country or region" click here --> https://support.apple.com/HT201389
The sections below are copied from the USA Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions document but I suspect they are very similar for all versions of this document --> https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html - Last Updated: September 16, 2020
"Our Services are available for your use in your country of residence (“Home Country”). By creating an account for use of the Services in a particular country or territory you are specifying it as your Home Country."
See the requirements in this document: Set up Apple Pay - Apple Support
I will let you do the assessing but it would not surprise me if you might possibly encounter issues with adding addresses and/or identity verification and/or country settings in doing all this.
Thanks for your reply.
I should have been more clear.
I guess my question is whether or not the "+" will appear in the upper right corner of the Wallet app once I'm in the US.
Right now it's not there because my current location doesn't support Apple Pay. When I get to the US will it suddenly be there?
Can I add Apple Pay to my iPhone while in the US?
