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Lincoln23
Joined 2021
Posts: 13

2 years ago

Wire Transfer-Expats from USA

2 years ago

Short Version: Anyone who has experience in completing a wire transfer from a USA financial institution to Colombia of $100K or more USD online or successfully completing this transaction while physically remaining in Colombia, would you mind sharing your experience or who you used to process the transfer?

Long Version: My wife (Colombian) and I purchased a pre-construction condo in Bogota in March 2020, wired the money from our USA account the same month, construction completed and closing processed May 2021. We were required to be physically at the financial institution that transacted the wire when it was sent. I’m not 100% sure I want to reside in Bogota full time, so we have discussed possibly purchasing a 2nd home in or around La Mesa. We will be moving to Colombia sometime between Jan 2023 and Jan 2025 and will live there at least a year before making any decision on a 2nd home. The issue will be sending a wire transfer when we are living in Colombia. Every financial institution we asked back in March 2020 required our physical presents inside one of their branches in order to process the wire. I really don’t want to travel back to the USA just to send a wire transfer, and I haven’t found anywhere online where we can send a wire while we are physically in Colombia over $10K USD. Has anyone had success in wiring $100K plus USD from their account in the USA, while physically remaining in Colombia?

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