I moved to Canada, but kept my US cell phone acct. I want to make payments for apple with a Canadian Credit card & get rid of the US credit card. When I enter the change on apple “payment change” it won’t accept my US phone number inconnunction with the Canadian address. How can I solve this issue? I want to pay with a Canadian credit card.
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iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 17
You cannot. If your Apple ID is set to the U.S. it will only accept US payment methods.
If you need to use Canadian payment methods, then you need to change your Apple ID to Canada.
click here ➜ Change your Apple ID country or region - Apple Support
I read you are discontent but remember that this is a user to user forum. Nobody here works for Apple. If you want Apple to hear Product Feedback - Apple
It also isn't clear if you set your country to Canada. As stated earlier, you probably have to have your country set to Canada in order to use a Canadian card. The actual phone number may be less of an issue than making sure your payment and ID are all for the same country.
I am seeing this as an issue where you have a US number but want to have it associated with a Canadian billing address. I suspect that Apple has ways of making sure that people setting their account to a particular country actually are resident of that country. It could be it doesn't like your configuration and wants to see it all of one country.
Yes. But that doesn’t help me pay with a Canadian credit card. I live in Canada. I should be allowed to use a Canadian credit card despite having an American phone service (which has a North American plan). Maybe Apple could continue in the footsteps of it’s innovator and try thinking outside the box on this issue instead of trying to reduce people into cookie cutter situations. We’ve become a global world. I use a global phone. But I can’t use the credit card of my country of origin because they can’t configure payment with a Canadian address and international phone plan. Come on Apple! Time to get with the times!!!!
The Phone service and your Apple ID region are not related to each other.
Your Apple ID can be set to Canada and you can use Canadian Credit card to pay for Apple services, and still have a US based phone number from a US carrier. The method of payment for your US plan is unrelated to your Apple ID.
How do I change my region to change my payment method on my Apple ID?
