Chile Forum

Hey Casey,
I'm from NZ too, and I have been transferring money from NZ to Chile via an automatic transfer. I'm transferring from my bank account in NZ (ASB) to the bank account of my Chilean partner in Banco de Chile. The first transfer I did from NZ i did manually - go into the bank, fill in forms etc. It took 3 weeks to arrive here in Chile, and then my partner needed to go to the bank to sign for it.
I've since done 3 more transfers, and i've done them all online. They have all taken about 3 days to arrive, and go straight to my partner's account. This past month I transferred more than $US 10,000, although it was in 2 transactions, and didn't have any issues in having the money credited directly.
Unfortunately, it might just be a matter of waiting ....

Rachel

Hi, Rachel:

Thanks for that anecdotes. It's much more helpful than the last post, which just seemed mean-spirited.

I hope it doesn't take three weeks. We've had to postpone leaving Santiago until the car purchase is finalized. We needed a sound vehicle to drive the Carretera Australe when fishing season opens. Yesterday I emailed the auto dealer than his bank may be sitting on the funds, and he's going down there to make inquiries Monday. I think we'll also have our NZ bank fax something saying we're customers in good standing.

BTW, you're the second Kiwi I've "run into" in the last two weeks. In spite of the minor inconvenience we love Santiago and have met some wonderful people. There are far worse places to be stranded.

All the best,

Casey