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UK bank account - how to be paid to Belgium
hi,
It seems virtually impossible to open up a UK business account if you are not resident in the UK. I seem now however to have found an online option (cashplus) that can accommodate me. The problem however seems to be that you can only do payments and transfers within the UK for this apparently. Any ideas on how I could transfer any funds from this account to Belgium and possibly vice versa. It comes with a MasterCard, is this an option?
Any answers gratefully appreciated
You need to be UK resident for cashplus, too.
Oh yes, so I see. However, it seems to be an odd sort of "bank", more of a credit card. Good luck.
having worked as a contractor coming from the UK, basically it's more or less impossible to open a bank account in Belgium without some kind of proof of "residence" abroad. Luckily I had a bill from Briitish Gas which satisfied the requirements.
Personnaly I kept my UK account, and also have a Swiss account, where they don't ask too many questions as long as you pay cash into the account on a
regular basis.
@B
Worth adding that CashPlus do not allow incoming payments from foreign bank accounts (no IBAN number is provided). If your clients are outside the UK, you could have difficulty being paid.
I would think that the most professional way is to get the UK based company to pay the money into a Belgian account. It's not a problem for them as their bank will do all the business and any charges will be for you to pick up.
I have a pension from a previous UK employer and they dithered no end over how to pay it over here and wanted to charge me £8 a time but, when they spoke to their bank, it was no problem. They pay exactly the same amount as if I was in the UK; I'm sure that I don't get the best possible exchange rate but the money arrives in my Belgian bank every month.
You maybe able to have the money sent to Currency fair they will then exchange it and forward to Belgium Bank. I recently moved some money from my Brother to a Belgium acc, and they are not expensive. My difficulty was ID
We transferred cash from a house sale via a currency agency, the solisitctor paid them, they paid us. All declared and legal. Do you have anyone in the UK whose address you can "adopt" maybe by warrant of a ulithily bill? The company was something like transfer wise. I'm not clear if the company your working with can pay them and they you. Might be worth looking at. This obviously has a small cost
