Bank Account
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 02/20/2006 - 10:03In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Hello and welcome,
There have been a few threads about banking before, one of which is here... [url]http://www.italymag.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=2640&highlight=account[/url] or here [url]http://www.italymag.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=877&highlight=bank+account[/url] for your information.
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Stephanie
[QUOTE=ROBREYNO]Ciao, fellow Italy-lovers!
Having been led to the forum by various links when frantically searching for help or advice, I decided to join and try to put a little back for all the help I have gleaned over recent months.
We are currently about to buy a new apartment in Abruzzo, and all seems to be so easy compared to the UK. The biggest problem is getting the time to visit and sort things out, when a few things are hard to do from home. Does anyone know if it's possible to open an account with an Italian bank from the UK?? I have rung several of the names I can find but they do not seem to have the facility.[/QUOTE]
nO IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF NOT HAVING THE FACILITY THEY DON'T TRUST YOU which is different.You must go to the bank and produce satisfactory documentation proving your true identity if you only have a passport you are not allowed to have a normal bank accountant but only a non residents account which are quite expensive but obviously necessary.You can do most operations on these accountantsbut remember that a non residents account is in fact a " foreign account" in fact under italian law it is foreign money held by a foreign person on italian terriritory ie. not in italy that is also why it's expensive.If you ever come and live here you could ,of course,get a normal bank account.