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If you attempt a RV loan with USAA (or other banks and credit unions) as a full timer, be aware you will likely have to educate them on the Patriot Act (they will tell you no loans for full timers).

 

 

The problem is "probably" the CIP (Customer Identification Program) rule (31 C.F.R. 103.121), which is the regulation implementing Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act that requires a financial institution to get the following customer information (bottom of page 480 from PDF above):

(1) Name;
(2) Date of birth, for an individual;
(3) Address, which shall be:
(i) For an individual, a residential or business street address;
(ii) For an individual who does not have a residential or business street address, an Army Post Office (APO) or Fleet Post Office (FPO) box number, ***********or the residential or business street address of next of kin or of another contact individual;********************

​Invoke the next of kin exemption, bump up through supervision and management until you reach someone who can over ride the generic patriot act stonewall.

​Alliant and Good Sam have it figured out - others don't yet.

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Full Time 17 years with no problem.

 

Keep your FICO score in the 800's and they are glad to give you a loan.

2 years ago got a 5 year 0% interest on my toad. :) Still getting some interest on the CD that I was going to use for a cash payment. ;)

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800's intetesting. We pay all our bills on time, etc. We do not have credit cards. Don't need them. That simple fact keeps ours in mid 700's. Have bank loans, etc.

Maybe not using a CC makes the difference in points. No CC to use you are loosing out on some of them with benefits that put cash back in your pocket.

 

I use my Discovery Card to pay my supplemental RX part D, and cell phone every month for the 1% back. Then other things they give 5% back on that changes every 3 months..

Right now anything I order on Amazon gets that 5% back. And some 3 months a year that 5% is good for gas/diesel buys.

Anything owed on the card every month is automatically paid from a bank account.

 

Visa I have 2 cards. One with only 1% back pays my monthly Exede Internet and is carried(stored in safe) as a back up if my other main Visa card is lost or stolen.

Main used card gives me year around 3% back on gas/diesel($3 diesel is 9¢ a gal discount) and every week 2% on all grocery's I buy then 1% back for everything else.

All statements are paid off every month on both of them.

 

Doing that probably gives me a higher FICO score. OH!! That score comes every month FREE with the Discovery statement. And last month Bank of America started to include the score in their monthly statements.

 

I also have a couple Debit cards I use when I need some pocket cash to pay for some Passport America campgrounds. Walmarts are good for $100 or more when needed.

 

Did you know most vehicle insurance company's use your FICO score to set what your cost is?

 

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Been full time for over 3 years with the Escapees address and no problems.

 

After I retired and sold the house, our credit score dropped to around 730, with nothing but two credit cards paid off monthly.

 

We bought a trailer and financed a small portion of it...no problem financing. Now our credit score is back up to about 830. The only thing is the added small loan.

 

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Touching back on this issue (I am the OP).

 

FICO score has NOTHING to do with this - mine is well over 800.

 

It IS the Patriot Act combined with using a legal domiicile of a mail forward address.

 

​I joined Alliant Credit Union yesterday in preparation of a future RV loan. Today my on line access was blocked.

When I called I was transferred to the fraud department. As soon as I established myself as a full time RV traveler, with Escapees membership as the authorization to join Alliant Credit Union, and the legal domicile of a mail forward address, she knew the issue - and knew of the next of kin work around.

 

It was exactly as I stated in the first post on this thread. I will simply need to provide a next of kin letter so the credit union can comply with Patriot Act requirements.

 

Just because "some" have not had this issue "yet" does not mean it is not a real issue, and becoming more prevalent. If you established banking connections before the new requirements you were not affected. Going forward, when opening stock broker accounts, bank accounts, credit union account you very likely WILL BE.

 

The solution is simple, but you may have to educate those you deal with.

 

Older thread, same issue: http://www.rvnetwork.com/index.php?showtopic=112212&hl=+americas +mailbox&page=2

Folks, don't be so quick to tell people experiencing this issue that it does not exist!

 

, **** It's the CIP (Customer Identification Program) rule (31 C.F.R. 103.121), which is the regulation implementing Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act that requires a financial institution to get the following customer information (bottom of page 480 from PDF above):

(1) Name;
(2) Date of birth, for an individual;
(3) Address, which shall be:
(i) For an individual, a residential or business street address;
(ii) For an individual who does not have a residential or business street address, an Army Post Office (APO) or Fleet Post Office (FPO) box number, **********or the residential or business street address of next of kin or of another contact individual;************

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Dan - SKP club member

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We are members of Alliant and,are happy.

Never any issues. Its really not a new subject. Just do business with companies who want our business

Yes many banks won't finance a loan for a fulltimer but unfortunately it started before the Patriot Act. Banks are reluctant to loan money on a moving object that they might not be able to find if they need to

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I'm not sure, I could be wrong, I am many times lol lol lol but I believe that the Patriot Act expired last year and was not renewed. Many financial institutions have internal policies that mirror the old Act and are not aware that the Act is no longer law, yet continue to enforce their company policy as if it were the law.

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Following a lack of Congressional approval, parts of the Patriot Act expired on June 1, 2015.

With the passage of the USA Freedom Act on June 2, 2015, the expired parts were restored and renewed through 2019.

 

The Patriot Act, as a whole, is still in effect. There are a lot of parts that are not controversial (or at least, not as controversial) and they will remain in place.

However, certain provisions that give the NSA authority to spy on both Americans and foreigners were set to expire.

 

Google Search "Patriot Act"

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  • 3 years later...

It's going around.  Someone with the same unique grammar was doing the same thing over at Rvforum.net, reviving old threads with marginally relevant one line comments.  When the postings started including links to an obscure RV website, she was banned.

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