Sending money to the U.S.

[Melrose Plant 1]

I know I've posted this on here before, but maybe some new eyes and new minds will have some ideas.

Does anybody have any idea what's the best way to send money from Vietnam to the U.S.? There seem to be so many ways to do the reverse, but my mother-in-law was told by her bank that she needs, in addition to my bank account number, my social security number and our marriage certificate. Uh, no. Not going to fall for that one. Surely there has to be a way. Anyone? Anyone?

We have people in Vietnam checking into it now. Surely we are not the only ones.

[What's next 1]

western union. you'll pay a bit more but you'll get peace of mind.

have you taken a look into paypal?

[hieumin 2]

open new accounts with wells fargo in both vn and us then do wired transfer, fee around less than $10 dollars for every $3000.

[Melrose Plant 1]

open new accounts with wells fargo in both vn and us then do wired transfer, fee around less than $10 dollars for every $3000.

We just checked out this possibility, and all I can find online is sending money to Vietnam, at the stated rate of $10 per $3000. I will try to contact Wells-Fargo to find out if this will work in reverse. I hope somebody at the bank knows what the hell I am talking about.

[Passing.star 0]

monegram. delivered to the receiver minutes after you send the money and way cheaper thaan Western Union --- that's if moneygram is available in chine but you can check the area covered one their website: www.moneygram.com

[Anh map 2,098]

HSBC bank operates in VN and the US. That may be easier. From what I remember reading a while ago it is tougher to send money out.

[Melrose Plant 1]

The wife just opened a new account at Wells Fargo today. They said it was quite easy to send money either way through their affiliates in Vietnam. We shall see. Thanks to all who replied and I will let you know if the money transfer was successful.

[Melrose Plant 1]

At last, we were successful at sending money from Vietnam to the U.S. I think it would have been easier to try to make my dog quit barking at the postman, but we got it done.

Here is what we did: Evidently, as mentioned by some previous poster, Wells Fargo has some agreement with Vietinbank, and maybe others. So, my wife opened a Wells Fargo account. Her mother went down to Vietinbank there in Hanoi and attempted to send money. They refused, saying how can they be sure her daughter is really living in the U.S.? OK, so we sent our marriage certificate, and a copy of her passport. That still wasn't good enough for them. Then we sent a dentist bill and the Wells Fargo ATM card thingy, which had her name on it and our address. I guess that did the trick, because we got the money, albeit minus some weird and as-of-yet undisclosed additional fee, but we got it.

Apparently, Vietnam banks do not really like to send money to the U.S. They're fine with receiving it, but sending it really sticks in their craw.