Help with moving to Egypt

[speedwing]

sorry meant 2k - 5k

Originally Posted by speedwing

Hi, you can open an account with any Egyptian bank, all you need is your passport, 2 utility bills with your Egyptian address and depending on the bank anything from 2000k to 5000k

[micki moo]

this is the problem, you read so many different stories you end up not understanding any of it.

Originally Posted by speedwing

Hi, you can open an account with any Egyptian bank, all you need is your passport, 2 utility bills with your Egyptian address and depending on the bank anything from 2000k to 5000k

[New Gal]

Alternatively, you can open an account with HSBC or Barclays over in Hurghada as both have a presence there and these can be separate to any UK accounts so you wont be tied to the UK in that sense.

[micki moo]

Hi, thanks, i presume i could open them when i get there or do i need to do so before i come from the UK

Originally Posted by New Gal

Alternatively, you can open an account with HSBC or Barclays over in Hurghada as both have a presence there and these can be separate to any UK accounts so you wont be tied to the UK in that sense.

[speedwing]

Trouble is NG they charge very high rates

Originally Posted by New Gal

Alternatively, you can open an account with HSBC or Barclays over in Hurghada as both have a presence there and these can be separate to any UK accounts so you wont be tied to the UK in that sense.

[micki moo]

thats exactly what i heard the charges are extremley high. I think I might stick with an egyptian bank when I arrive there , or try the egyptian bank in london see if I can open it here put my money in here and just use it or transfer it there, it seems so easy but I bet you anything it wont be

Originally Posted by speedwing

Trouble is NG they charge very high rates

[Jack.Ishac]

micki moo. : Listen if you got any problem just Send Me Privet Message me i think i can Help cause i have Friends everywhere but when you ( all ) need something Important ......

[MaidenScotland]

Micki, I would strongly advice you not to give anyone that contacts you through here information about your banking arrangements.
Your money is your business and there are plenty in this country who would like to get their hands on it.

[New Gal]

Speedwing and Micki Moo, you don't get charges if you open and account over there. Don't open one here and use there as then you will be charged but if you open an account over there you don't get charged.

Or so Barclays informed me???

[micki moo]

Hi, I decided quite a while ago that I would be turning up with suitcases only and the rest i would buy there. As you say people are coming over so they can bring the rest ha ha ha. Its not the stuff anymore its probably everything else, time scales which as I am enroling my daughter in a school there I have to try to stick to, there is an easy way of moving to egypt but as yet i have not found it.

Are you buying a property there?

Your quite right unless you are there or have great people like this forum to guide you its really hard and I am not the most patient of people so maybe a tiny bit harder for me.

I am living on google but that is sooooooooo condradictory that I must stop, let life take its course and go with the flow, so easy to say just a damn sight harder to do.

Originally Posted by New Gal

Hello, just seen all this as not been on properly for a while.

I am moving to Hurghada 08/01/2010 and have really seen a change in my perspective since I first started planning in April.

All these questions that you have can only really get sorted once you are there, frustrating but real. Theres lots of British and Europeans over there and most are really helpful.

One thing to consider is how you will get things over, what is essential to take and when.

For example, my brother is coming over about 4 weeks after I go with 2 suitcases for me and I have friends already keen to come and see me so dribs and drabs can come with them.

Shipping stuff over or using DHL etc is more hassle than its worth as you will have to pay to receive your stuff and thats whatever they decide to charge you on the day.

On the plus side, Hurghada is quite developed its not like you can't get things.

Just try and relax, think of what essentials you REALLY need to take over initially and take the rest from there.

All the best to you, feel free to get in touch if you want a chat, any advice or even just to rant x