sending money from Ghana to US

[OlivNonye 1]

Please is there a means I can use to send money to my wife in America from Ghana. Thanks.

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

***** Moving from CR-1 spousal visa to Africa regional forum as not visa related ****

There are many different methods, such as direct bank-to-bank transfer, which is safest, or via Western Union (it works both ways!). How much money are you wanting to send?

[OlivNonye 1]

350USD..

[Jand89 1]

Send it through western union transfer, use her name and city where she lives

Send it through western union, use her name and city where she lives to send the money

[slycordinator 6]

With bank transfers, you're likely doing an international wire. You'll need your friend's bank name, Swift code, main address (address used for wires) plus his/her account and name.

If your friend has a bank/credit union without its own swift code, you'll use the bank's routing number plus your friend's info and then they'll use an intermediate bank that receives the international wire that'll send a domestic wire to your friend. An intermediate bank usually takes a 20 usd fee for this...

[mansux 9]

Try transferwise.com Their fees are lower than the bank and it's really easy to send money with them

[OlivNonye 1]

Thanks all.