Hello everyone,
I am planning a permanent move from Florida to Puerto Plata. Will be looking for a house or apartment to rent and hope to get residency as a pensioner in the near future.
I plan on maintaining a physical address in Florida, so I can receive mail and packages if needed.
So I have gotten a Virtual Mail Box with iPostal1 that will scan my mail daily and for an additional fee will shred, open and scan pages of documents and/or forward any letter or package to anywhere in in the DR via regular mail, DHL, FedEx or UPS.
i have a cell phone that takes multiple e-sim cards at the same time, and my dilemma is as follows:
I am hoping someone here could enlighten me on how to keep my current US cell phone number in addition to getting a local plan with Claro.
There may be something I do not know yet or don't realize that could be made easier.
I have looked into all VOIP services and none of them are supported for Two Factor Authentication (2FA) with US Banks, credit cards or even my state pension board.
That is extremely important to maintaining my banking and credit cards in the USA.
I currently pay for OpenPhone, which is basically a VOIP service that uses an app to make calls using cell or wifi data.
It costs $21 a month in addition to my VZW plan, which I keep it turned to OFF for data and calls and I would only use it for Two Factor Authentication with US Banks or Credit Cards.
In that case I would turn the data and calls back to ON, on Verizon and pay the $10 per day of use as part of their International Daily Pass. However, I anticipate that this situation would happen maybe only once or twice a year.
That set-up allows for seamless calls and texts with friends and family back home on the OpenPhone App, while using the data from my local plan with Claro.
So my total monthly cost is:
$35 Verizon Wireless
$21 Open Phone App
$22 Claro Local Plan
What are you guys doing in order to keep your US number with a US Carrier (specifically and only for 2FA authentication) and not having to pay 3 different services and having 3 different cell phone numbers as it is my current situation?
Thanks in advance.
Jose