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Our newly arrived au pair has been told by Carphone Warehouse that she won't be able to get a phone contract until she's been here for 3 months. Can anyone shed any light on this? She really wants to get her phone sorted so she can chat etc and I don't really know what to advise...being a bit too old for this phone malarky...
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It's for credit check reasons i think and possibly also because i think you need 3 months in the country before being able to open a bank account. it's a big headache. i think i managed a way around it by giving a deposit of a couple + hundred pounds. but she can always get a pay as you go phone. there a good deals out there and cheap handsets. also to call home skype is great or just phone cards she can use from your landline. talk home usually works ok.
she has a bank account from our house here via an international account scheme that lloyds do, but she's not been here that long. they did mention the deposit, but to be honest i really don't want to do that as i never trust them that i would get it back again....

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