You wont get credit approval if you dont have credit score or prior credit card. Best bet for you would be apply for Bank of America secure card. You have to  deposit initial fund of 200 to 500 dollars. It sounds like debit card as you are using your own money but its actually a credit card which will create credit history with due course of time. You can still keep the credit card  though. After one year you can request for money back and by that time you will have some sort of credit history to apply for another card.