Impossible to open a bank account?

Chrisjo1 · 2022-07-17T12:40:01+02:00

Came to Sofia a couple months ago and got a residence permit and am employed here. Went to UBB and Fibank. Filled the form for the pre application and KYC. Weeks have passed since and when I ask there still "additional checks" pending. Anyone else have this problem or recently successfully open a bank account? If so, which bank did you use?

Last activity 14 November 2024 by vessela47

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vessela47New member14 November 2024 14:47:42

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Hello everybody,

The procedure is as follows:

1, Apply for opening a special account - it is difficult, but not impossible. For non-EU citizens I recommend BACB (recently successfully opened 5 company's account - the bank fee for revising the applications is only 40 EUR)

2.Open a special account where the capital shall be transferred

3.Company incorporation

4.Buy a property under the name of the company

5,Transforming the special account into ordinary bank account if you would like to do so.

P.S. It used to work with FIBank, TBI BAnk and UniCredit, but not any more.

Warm regards,

Vessela

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