Chile Forum

I found that it is difficult to opening a checking acct in Chile without proving that you have income in Chile but most banks will allow you to register/validate income obtained in another country in my case (USA) at the Chilean consulate in that country or at the cancilleria in Santiago.

In any case, I was able to open a checking acct with ATM, line of credit , and mastercard at the Vina del Mar branch of Bank Boston which is now Banco Itau without a problem.

Again, I have no income in Chile.

HI,

are there any new leads on this topic?? only thing i can seem to find is this:
i haven't really looked into this option yet, but if you'e got a spare £5000 (!) cater allen-branch of santander, will allow you to open up an account that you can use in the uk, (but also converts into US dollars) looks good if you're overseas as from what i can see in the terms and conditions they don't charge you for using overseas.

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in need of help!