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majlo's avatar
majlo
Newbie Caller
3 years ago

When entering the States

Hi guys, I am from Slovakia and I am going to visit the States for my Exchange Visitor Program. I am planning to enter the States on 04/01/2023 and I want to activate eSIM (Magenta program) on my iPhone 13  immediately when I arrive at the airport. When I begin checkout for eSIM I need to fill in the personal information as the phone number. It is impossible to put there my Slovak number, can someone help me with this problem? Thanks, Marek.

  • gramps28's avatar
    gramps28
    Router Royalty

    The only other thing I can think of is to port your current number to Google voice when you activate your plan if it's possible. The Google voice number will use your Tmobile plan for calls and text.

    I have my current number and move to a different state and got a Google voice number with the local area code.

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    gramps28
    Router Royalty

    You need an unlocked dual sim phone, one for your current number and one for the new Tmobile number. You can ask your current carrier for rates if you're going to have friends call you on your current number.

  • majlo's avatar
    majlo
    Newbie Caller
    gramps28 wrote:

    You're going to need a USA number because tmobile can't port an international number.

    Can you tell me, what is the best option for me in this case?

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    gramps28
    Router Royalty

    You're going to need a USA number because tmobile can't port an international number.