hey guys. so finally made it to Tainan w the fam. exciteeeeed! it was wonderful walking out to the 7-11 at 2am to get my jetlagged babies some microwaved dumplings and just… feeling in asia. anywho. need to exchange a large sum of cash (we decided to bring just under the immigration limit, and l…

So I got a bit lost reading your message but I suppose you want to open a bank account to deposit the 10000? Go to the local immigration office with your passport and an address, ask for your record of id number. With that and again your passport start touring the branches of the banks you’d like to…

I’m not a big fan of government run banks in general due to them being super slow and mass hoards of old people that go there to hoard money… however… in your case since you don’t have an arc yet , I find government banks such as Taiwan bank and mega are good since there is little fuss to open an a…

Thanks guys. So the immigration office is not at the airport, but downtown somewhere? I’ll but for it Tuesday than n than go check banks. As you mention… what would than be your choice of bank WITH an ARC? And what’s the difference? Should I change banks when I get mine?

If you use Paypal there is only one bank, Yushan bank. (Esun bank). I know that BOT (Bank of Taiwan) do US $ accounts, have pretty good exchange rates and there are several branches in Taipei. Don’t know about other banks. We also work with Union Bank for business, It’s a smaller private bank.

Are you in Tainan, aren’t you? So this article should help you find the immigration office: [image] Tainan City Immigration Office Tainan City Immigration Office Tainan has one of the quirkiest little government buildings I’ve ever come across. This posting of the Taiwan Immigration Age…

awesome! thank you! found this on the Tainan NIA Tainan National Immigration Agency No.370, Sec.2, Fuqian Road, West Central Dist, West Central District · 06 293 7641 the link sends you to a page that promotes free tablets w 10gb data for all new tourists. (free 30day rental, than you can re-che…

So I’m finally in Taipei trying to open an account without an ARC with no luck. I only asked various banks near the Immigration office so perhaps that’s the reason I have been refused? They all cite some new law or regulation that won’t allow a foreigner to open an account with just the ID number. T…

Nope. It’s a new rule to combat money laundering.

Hey, at least you have an account. Does the post office account come with a debit card?

Yeah, and my bank keeps demanding my passport! I refused, told my APRC should be enough :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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