Update: I went into Poalim to open an account and they told me to fill out a form and if corporate approves me ill get a call to come back and open an account. They said out of the over 200 applications they received that month they approved less than 10. Obviously that call never came.So i went back to Leumi to figure out what to do an asked if theres any way to leave the account open. She said sure, ill just change it over to an Israeli account with your visa. And thats what happened. Im still with Leumi.
Huh ? They told me that the visa won't help . Weird . I'll try again .You did all this with the Para branch of le'umi ?
No. You cannot do anything in any paran branch.
So you opened another le'umi account where ?
I never opened a second account. The original and any account changes need to he done by the main branch of King George
Is that because you had an account already or can American students open account now for under a $50k deposit ?
Bank Leumi just sent me a letter saying they are closing are accounts of foreigners with less then $50k. What other bank should i go with?
I guess it all worked out in the end
Emkay no wiki ??
using cc without foreign exchange fees wherever possible?
I'm sure this has been discussed before but can't find it. What's my best bet when visiting: changing at a money changer or using cc without foreign exchange fees wherever possible? Or something else I'm not thinking of?
Withdrawing money from ATM (with a no forex/foreign ATM fee debit card) is also a better exchange rate than money changer.
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Update: I went into Poalim to open an account and they told me to fill out a form and if corporate approves me ill get a call to come back and open an account. They said out of the over 200 applications they received that month they approved less than 10. Obviously that call never came.
Probably using a CC. You cant go wrong with that.
There are some places where foreign cards are not accepted. It's happened to me on gasoline, for example.