Transfering Money between America and Egypt

[Heather&Ramy 22]

Hey everyone,

In the past, my fiancé has either used Western Union or simply bought things for me online or over the phone using his credit card directly. He doesn't like Western Union because of the fees, and he wants me to buy him a very expensive professional camera for his business and bring it the next time I come. However, so far it looks like the companies selling this camera won't accept his credit card because they require one connected to an American address. I don't have a credit card, and even if I did or if I convinced someone else to lend us the money or use their cards, he would still have the problem of how to transfer money to America to repay them. Has anyone figured out the best way to do this kind of stuff?

I'm also curious about it because I'm going to be moving to Egypt to stay the rest of the time waiting for the visa and I have various bills to pay in America. Does anyone have experience putting money from Egypt into their American bank account? Are there any shared international banks between us that I'm not aware of? Is it possible to use an ATM or go to a bank to put money into my American account or onto my debit card? Last summer I was working in Egypt and I just kept all my salary in cash and until I left and carried it onto the plane. But I didn't have bills to pay in America back then.

I couldn't figure out where I could get any of this information. Then today I realized that this is something that anyone else with a foreign fiancé would have to deal with! What do you guys do?

[texas-gal 3]

Look into paypal. That's one way that I have and know some other people have transferred money between American accounts and foreign accounts. There is a small fee for it but the fee seems to be pretty low in comparison with other ways to transfer money.

[amysaid 9]

You could not pay me enough money to live in Egypt right now! My husband won't even go there with our daughter because he's afraid for her safety with the current atmosphere there. Four years ago I would have gone in a heartbeat, but now, no way. We all know the torment of being away from the one we love but please consider your safety.

That being said, we use Western Union. There are fees but honestly it's not that bad. Unless you are transferring thousands of dollars or something. That was the easiest, most reliable way we came up with when my husband would send me money when he lived there, and it's how we send money to his family now.

[shekooo 4]

u can go for moneygram ,in the united bank ,many branches ,western union doesnt send to states it just recieves,goodluck

[sparkles_ 456]

HSBC bank is what people say to try and use....I guess it is internationally well known for what you mentioned and has branches in the US big cities as well as Europe and Egypt.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Also if a person has a bank account in Egypt then it's pretty easy to wire money to a bank account in America. I'd inquire with your bank about how to go about it so you know their procedures and fees. Our family does it all the time online back and forth between here and there and we don't have to use Western Union or anything else.