Question for Americans in Ireland.

FranknFurter

Wondering if anyone has any ideas.
A cheque issued from an american bank, that dosent have an Irish branch, how would ya go about cashing that here?
(Its made out to somone here whos an american citzen living here & we cant get somone there to forge a signature).
There has to be a way to do this?

All ideas appreciated.

b

KdjaCL

Lodge into the Bank of America (Dublin city) and wait.....wait....wait..... wait.... and wait some more


Usually takes about 10 weeks to clear. Next time get it sent to their family and bank transfer it over , a lot easier.




kdjac

zuma

What are you talking about exactly?

Got a check a couple of years ago drawn from some unknown bank in California.....put it into my account waited about a week and bam the money(after conversion due to weak dollar and charges) was in the bank.....simple.

I dont see where the confusion comes from?

PS
Im not american and neither was the person who gave me the cheque, it was placed into my BOI account...no problems!

Terry

message to all americans in Ireland.
you're very welcome here. cead mile failte and all that, but you're not Irish. honestly.
your great uncle, arthur O'Malley, may have moved to america 150 years ago, but this does not make you Irish.
i'm sorry to break it to you this way, but it's the truth.

KdjaCL

julep wrote:

message to all americans in Ireland.
you're very welcome here. cead mile failte and all that, but you're not Irish. honestly.
your great uncle, arthur O'Malley, may have moved to america 150 years ago, but this does not make you Irish.
i'm sorry to break it to you this way, but it's the truth.

As he types in English....


Zuma that check was to you so easier to lodge into your account, Shares checks i got from US were fine but if it was a personal cheque with my name on it i used my Bank America account as BOI wouldnt take them.


kdjac

FranknFurter

Problem is, the cheque itself is in the USA, what Im wondering is, can say his sister, lodge a cheque into his account over there without it being signed by him.
I know we can here, just not sure about there.

b

Terry

KdjaC wrote:

As he types in English....

one of the two official languages of this country...

Dermington

KdjaC wrote:

As he types in English....

kdjac

oooooooooooooooo burn :eek:

Pink Bunny

FranknFurter wrote:

Problem is, the cheque itself is in the USA, what Im wondering is, can say his sister, lodge a cheque into his account over there without it being signed by him.
I know we can here, just not sure about there.

b

If I'm understanding you correctly he has a bank account in the states and just needs to have his sister deposit it in his own account for him? Then the answer is yes, in fact I did that very thing today for a friend on holiday out of state. I just took her (unsigned) check into her bank and wrote "for deposit only" on the back and the bank lodged it into her account.

dermot_sheehan

FranknFurter wrote:

Wondering if anyone has any ideas.
A cheque issued from an american bank, that dosent have an Irish branch, how would ya go about cashing that here?
(Its made out to somone here whos an american citzen living here & we cant get somone there to forge a signature).
There has to be a way to do this?

All ideas appreciated.

b

Lodge it to a bank account here and it will take a couple of weeks to clear.

trillianv

Pink Bunny wrote:

If I'm understanding you correctly he has a bank account in the states and just needs to have his sister deposit it in his own account for him? Then the answer is yes, in fact I did that very thing today for a friend on holiday out of state. I just took her (unsigned) check into her bank and wrote "for deposit only" on the back and the bank lodged it into her account.

That's the best way to do it

julep wrote:

message to all americans in Ireland.
you're very welcome here. cead mile failte and all that, but you're not Irish. honestly.
your great uncle, arthur O'Malley, may have moved to america 150 years ago, but this does not make you Irish.
i'm sorry to break it to you this way, but it's the truth.

and JP---try answering on topic. I don't think your answer is of any relevance nor assistance...but thanks so much for your opinion!

FranknFurter

Thanks guys n gals for all the responses, turns out your right, just walked in an lodged into his account there

(JuleP, um, ok dearie, thank you for your totally off topic response, maybe next time you may consider startin a topic of your own instead of trying to ruin somone elses by (v pathetically imho) attempting to ignite some kind of flame war, if you want that I suggest you go to the thunderdome forum).

b

eiretamicha

julep wrote:

message to all americans in Ireland.
you're very welcome here. cead mile failte and all that, but you're not Irish. honestly.
your great uncle, arthur O'Malley, may have moved to america 150 years ago, but this does not make you Irish.
i'm sorry to break it to you this way, but it's the truth.

LMAO, and I suppose you're one of the people I saw on RTE the other day being interviewed about the world cup and claiming you're for Germany cuz you're German? Complete with Irish accent.

Americans are mixed-breeds, what does it matter to you which heritage they want to claim? They're not hurting anybody, they're just trying to find a race to belong to. One day they'll realize that they're American, until that day, jes let them be.

Disclaimer: I'm "The Yank", so no flames from any fellow Americans please.

Black Swan

FranknFurter wrote:

Problem is, the cheque itself is in the USA, what Im wondering is, can say his sister, lodge a cheque into his account over there without it being signed by him.
I know we can here, just not sure about there.

b

Yes. If the check is made out to the account holder. Go to the bank in the States where the account holder banks (any branch of that bank should work). Simply write on the back of the cheque where the signature normally goes: "For deposit only." Include a deposit slip for the account holder, which does not require a signature either. The money will be deposited into the account holder's account without their signature.

Oh, if you do not have a preprinted deposit slip with the account holders name and account number, then get a generic one at the bank and fill in the account holder's name and account number.

monkeyfudge

Watch out for the date as well... they do their dates backwards in the US.

I once had trouble sending a cheque to the US as the bank would not accept the date I'd put on the cheque.