Marshall Jamieson, WalletHub Finance Consultant
@bergman77
There are a handful of universal minimum Chase credit card requirements: 1) an SSN; 2) a U.S. mailing address; 3) enough money for monthly bill payments; 4) good or excellent credit; 5) fewer than five credit cards opened in the last two years (widely rumored but not confirmed); and 6) no bankruptcy on your credit report (widely rumored but not confirmed). In general, Chase credit cards aren't the easiest to get since most require a good or excellent credit score for approval (700 or more).
Most of those requirements are pretty standard, although some credit card companies offer cards to people with lower scores. But merely meeting those baseline criteria doesn’t guarantee approval. Each individual Chase credit card has requirements on top of that, which are tailored to identifying the right type of cardholder for that particular offer. For instance, you need at least $10 million in assets to qualify for the J.P. Morgan Reserve Credit Card.
But let’s focus on what you can control: your credit standing and ability to pay. You can easily check how you’re doing in both categories and take steps to improve before applying for a Chase credit card, if necessary. Below, you can find info on the most popular Chase cards’ credit requirements and minimum spending limits. This should help you estimate your approval odds. Seeing which Chase credit cards you’re pre-approved for isn’t a bad idea either.
Chase credit cards that require excellent credit
- Chase Sapphire Reserve®: $550 annual fee, $10,000 minimum limit
- J.P. Morgan Reserve Credit Card: $550 annual fee, no disclosed minimum credit limit
Chase credit cards that require good credit or better
- Chase Freedom Flex℠: $0 annual fee, $500 minimum limit
- Chase Freedom Unlimited®: $0 annual fee, $500 minimum limit
- Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card: $95 annual fee, $5,000 minimum limit
- Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card: $95 annual fee, $5,000 minimum limit
- Ink Business Cash® Credit Card: $0 annual fee, $3,000 minimum limit
- Amazon.com Credit Card: $0 annual fee, $500 minimum limit
- Disney Premier Credit Card: $49 annual fee, $5,000 minimum limit
- 9 other co-branded cards with $5,000 minimum limits
Now you know some of the tests you’ll need to pass to get a card from Chase. But this just scratches the surface of what Chase looks at for approval. They’ll also examine your debts, credit utilization, and a whole host of other factors.
If you have limited or damaged credit, your chances of getting a Chase card are almost none. Instead, I’d recommend the Capital One QuicksilverOne Cash Rewards Credit Card for limited credit rewards, the Journey Student Rewards from Capital One if you’re a college student, and Capital One Quicksilver Secured Cash Rewards Credit Card if you have bad credit.

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@blairville4
I applied and got denied because I had opened one credit card in the past 24 months before applying. My credit score is the in the high 700’s.
William Drake, WalletHub Analyst
@will_drake
You need at least good credit to get most Chase credit cards.
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