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[wanderingsalsero]

What does it take to get a bank account in Colombia?

Anybody know?

And also, do they customarily give a credit or debit card with one of the major 'logos' ......i.e. Visa, MC or Amexco?

Thanks,
Art



P.S. I'm thinking that I might be looking for a teaching job down there, probably in Barranquilla, sometime around February or March. Or I might just be kinda semi-retired, doing some internet work, and want a local bank account.

[windowlicker]

Colombian banks are pretty strict about opening accounts. You need a Colombian ID card, which you get after acquiring a visa. I'm nearly positive it's impossible to open an account without a Colombian ID.

Yes, when you open an account they automatically give you a debit card with a major logo.