[candu]

Another use case where this is potentially useful: relocation. I've been rejected for financial things before after international moves, since I have no credit history _in that place_. Income? Doesn't matter. Previous history elsewhere? Doesn't matter.

This is _also_ an issue for self-employed people, contract workers, or...well, basically anyone who doesn't fit the "I stayed in one place and work full-time" mould.

[samstave]

Well gee... there should be a passport depository box for workers who go to a foreign country to work but are robbed of their passports and forced into slave labor.

[VrindaGupta]

Yes! Great point.