Hello!

My fiance got his visa yesterday - YAY - and now we're working on all the little details to get him over here smoothly. Does anyone know of the most painless way to transfer his savings over to dollars? We've looked at Paypal and regular his-account-to-my-account transfers, and of course everything charges a fee. We're still looking, but I just thought I'd ask in case anyone found a good way to do this. Any experiences?

Thanks!!

Congrats on your visa

I used a company called FX Solutions and found them very good. www.fxsolutions.co.uk

Good luck

Helen

Use a broker. They beat the banks hands down on exchange rate.

We use HIFX. Easy to set up an account and funds arrive within a couple of days from start to finish with no bank charge for receipt.

www. hifx.com

Congratulations on visa!!!

Good luck and very best wishes, daisy

I use http://xe.com There is no "per transaction" fee, so I can spread my transfers over several months, reducing risk.

Bartek

Excellent, thanks very much!

I use Customhouse when I transfer $$$ from Canada to USA, not sure if they do Europe, better rate than the banks

How much are you talking about ??

I think you can bring up to $10,000 in cash into the US without needing to declare it. If thats correct (you might need to check that) then you could do what I did and change money at the post office which doesn't charge any commission. If I remember rightly I brought about $4,000 with me and wasn't asked any questions at all.

Mark

I just did wire transfer. Worked perfectly fine, with a fee of course.

...and if you bring more, you just have to declare it - that's all. The problem is, carrying cash is risky. What if it gets stolen ?


Yes, it does. It's hidden in the exchange rate.




Customhouse = xe.com. Yes, it is perfectly possible to send money from Europe to the States using either service.

Bartek

Yes Customhouse is xe.com. I have had no problems with customhouse. I have left a Cdn bank account open and left my parents the bank card to it. So if for some reason I geta Cdn cheque i mail it to them, they deposit it into the Cdn acct then I transfer it with customhouse. Much better rate than the bank with no fees at all. Takes af e days to iniatially set up the account as you have to send in documents (or scan and email, or fax) they do a phone interview, plus the $$ transacton takes 3-4 business days. But it still comes in handy

Hey there...

I didn't bother transferring anything. I got offshore accounts - one in dollars one in pounds - and there's no fee to transfer between the two accounts. Of course, you still have the exchange rate to worry about.

The only thing that sucks is that I get charged for ATM withdrawls. Boo!

Anyway, I didn't notice where you're from, but I used Lloyds TSB international, who have been really really good so far.

I had a settlement settled (was hit by a motorbike while walking in a park 2 years back) which was 5 figures in US dollars while I was in the US and my Dad transferred it for me via wire transfer from my bank in N.Ireland to my bank in Texas. Think it only cost about £25 so it was good for us. The exchange rate sucks right now to transfer dollars to pounds but to exchange pounds for dollars you are getting a fantastic rate!