hi guys. some of my savings kasi are in Yen. Kaso mababa yung exchange rate ngayon so di pa namin napapalit. My question is how were you able to bring other currencies in Aus? Tama po ba na ito gagawin namin?
- Change some of our peso to AUD (~1000 AUD) - to be used for transpo, food, etc
- Maintain our local bank account and credit card
- We have saved some USD, so we were thinking of bringing some of it for emergency, and the rest will be used to open an account at Citibank so we can withdraw if in case kulangin kami
- Ilagay sa maleta yung Yen at ipagdasal na hindi mawala yung maleta.
i know this might sound stupid for some, pero i really have no idea what to do. yung bank kasi na napagtanungan namin, sobrang laki ng kelangan na maintaining balance for a yen account kaya hindi na ko ng-open, Kayo ba, how di you mange your finances? May tinira ba kayo na savings sa pilipinas or dala nyo lahat ng savings? if dala nyo lahat ng savings (other currenies), paano nyo dinala? salamat sa sasagot!
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In HSBC AU its 2000 AUD and 1000 AUD equivalent for every currency. Dont put a lot of money/bills on your luggage!
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By the way P100k na lang ang maintaining balance ng HSBC currently. Whether you open a Peso or $ account.
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Note also when you bring in usd bills may note handling fees ang HSBC AU pag deposit, nagulat ako kasi sa pinas pag nagdeposit ka over the counter alang charge.. D2 meron..
Yup tama ka i think its net worth 100k php. Disclaimer: i do not work for HSBC or any bank.
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Thanks sa info.
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IELTS:L:8.5 R:9 W:7 S:7 O:8
ACS Applied: June 9, 2012
ACS+ve: July 7, 2012
NSW Applied: August 6, 2012
NSW ACK: August 10, 2012
NSW Email Requesting for updated EOI: August 22,2012
EOI Invite: August 28, 2012
Visa Lodged (190): August 31, 2012
Medicals: September 19, 2012
Medicals Referred to MOC: September 20, 2012
PCC (NBI): September 20, 2012
CO allocated: October 6, 2012
Applied PCC (Japan): October 8, 2012
Visa grant! Dec 12, 2012