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[madxkilla]

So I got my wallet stolen during a visit to the States which had my KB check card in it. I walked over to my neighborhood KB, with my passport and 통장, to get issued a new one but the teller informs me that the account was made under my previous passport (that I turned in because it became expired) so it is not accessible to me anymore. Their advice was for me to somehow find a copy of my old passport (which isn't going to happen) or itll be hard for me to see my money. Isn't having a current password with the correct name and the 통장 enough verification? Has anyone dealt with this problem before?

To those who used a passport to open a checking account, make sure you inform the bank before getting rid of the passport due to expiration!

[Wildbore]

Bring a Korean to sort out the problem.

[madxkilla]

I was with a korean at the time.

[PigeonFart]

If there's any common sense in this world, your new passport should be acceptable. Fair enough if they want to look for more proof for security reasons, but in the end you will get your money eventually (even without a photocopy of the old passport).

Go back there again, if it's a new bank teller you might find them to be more helpful and understanding.

If it's the same person who remembers you, tell them you looked for a photocopy but couldn't find one. They will have to concede and let you access your account. Your identity hasn't changed, only your passport NUMBER. Your name and date of birth and nationality are most likely to still be the same!

[littlelisa]

Is your ARC linked to that account? Your ARC might be enough..

[Squire]

Wow, that's pretty bad. It might sound obvious, but doesn't your employer have a copy of your passport? Or the local education office if you're in a public school?

Saying that, the number of times my school ask for information I've already given them it doesn't seem like keeping records is much of a priority here

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[randall020105]

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[hogwonguy1979]

Its not just Kookmin that has idiots for bank employees Woori is just as bad. I lost my wallet in Phnom Penh a couple of weeks ago ( a real brain fart on my part) with all my ccs, ARC etc, good news is my passport and a lot of cash were up in my room. Called Woori canceled my cash card etc, asked them what I needed to do when I got back to Korea to get a new card. They told me to go to immigration apply for a new ARC (they give you a "temporary ARC with your pic ex date etc), go across the hall and get a "Certificate of Alien Registration" (pretty much a paper report with your vital info, mine was 3 pages long as I've been here a while) thats stamped etc. Bring those, your passbook and your passport to any branch and they will issue you a new card on the spot.

I went to the Yongsan-gu chang office, by Noksapyeong with all the paperwork and they refused to give me one, said I needed my actual ARC to get it, they didn't believe all the paperwork immigration gave me. Told them my wallet was lost etc that I called them and thats what they told me to bring. I asked them to call downtown and the person they had me talk to said the information I was given earlier in the week was "wrong" and that I had to wait to until I got my ARC this caused me to go apeshit, I had virtually no cash despite being paid they day before, all I had was my Samsung card which was delivered to my house 4 hours after I got back to Korea.

Wound up calling customer service my self when I got back after nearly getting arrested. They said the branch made a mistake, I wound up going to the Itaewon Branch and I had a new card in 10 minutes.

Bottom line is except for Shinhan the banks here are very anti-foreigner and will go out of their way to make life miserable. The only reason I didn't close my account that day was we have decided to go home at the end of the year and changing banks now would be a huge hassle.

OP hope it works out for you maybe you got the same incompetents i had. I sure miss my credit union back in states

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