Paypal account Jugaad
By Techgirl

For our non Indian readers,  the word ‘Jugaad’ in India means working out quick, cheap and workable solutions to any problem.  A lot of India’s early successes in IT-BPO were because of a can do attitude and Jugaad -  many IT companies used pirated software till they got their payments from America and could buy licensed software.  Many BPO companies told white lies about the educational qualifications and English skills of their employees sent for On the Job Training in London, but once they reached UK they quickly learnt the ropes. 

Regular readers of Techgoss are well aware that a large number of our articles are crowd sourced.  People send in tips, story ideas and even articles. Many of our contributors have full times jobs in IT-ITES, and so prefer using a pseudonym.  A  Tipster wrote in about how this Jugaad spirit lives in our brothers and sisters in Pakistan as well.

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Unlike India, PayPal has no services for locals in Pakistan.  But Pakistan, like India, has many freelance techies, web designers, programmers etc who earn lots of money supporting clients in USA and Europe.  And PayPal is a good way to get paid across countries as it is the largest online payment system in the world.

ProPakistani has detailed how Pakistani’s are using the following steps to get a ‘Verified PayPal Account’ as if they are based in USA

Things you need for Verified Paypal Account in Pakistan:

- First of all sign up for paypal account with USA address (you can get a legit USA address easily)
- Secondly apply for Payoneer prepaid MasterCard which is issued by USA based Choice bank

Most of you are likely to be familiar with Payoneer and may have Payoneer account – if so, and then you are minutes away from getting your paypal account verified. If not, then you may need to get a Payoneer Master card, which may take couple of weeks.

We are assuming that you have a Paypal account with USA address and an activated payoneer master card.

Verify your Paypal account in Pakistan:

You can do so by following steps

- Login to your paypal account
- Make sure My Account tab is active; if not, click on it
- Under My Account Overview, click the link that says ‘Unverified” beside Status
- Enter payoneer card number, 3-digit card code. Billing address (Guide instructions are provided on the screen)
- Confirm.
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