FNB to Skrill account transfer

[Bellerophon86]

Hi All. Has anyone here done this before? I've tried it and it's a schlep. Doing it online you need to apply for a forex payment and during the application process you need to give a reason for the transfer. You can't use a 'Gift' as a reason because you transferring funds to a company. Spoke to a FNB forex consultant and he suggested I use 'Investment' as a reason. Using this I need a tax clearance certificate from SARS. All this just to transfer my own money. Anyone know of an easier way to do this?

 

[Voicy]

Yeah dude, Im in EXACTLY the same boat.

They gave me such a schlep about it too so instead Im just withdrawing cash from ATMs this side and depositing it into my norwegian bank acc. No SARS nonsense. Ive got quite a bit of investments and savings lying in SA still but since Im drawing a salary this side Im not too worried. Using FNB cc for all payments and my salary just for rent and internet debit.

I feel for you because its the dumbest thing...especially since FNB tells me I can just collect a SARS clearance form from my nearest branch. Yeah...nearest branch is 10,000km away.

EDIT: Just withdrew 2000NOK (R3.3k) and they charged me 4% on the transaction...nothing about sell/buy exchange rates, just used the current rate of 1.65 + 4%.