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<blockquote data-quote="MysticRiver" data-source="post: 43000" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Not much of any benefit that I can think. It takes hardly 30 mins to finish all the formalities of creating a bank account.</p><p></p><p>The ATM card will take around 1-2 weeks to be delivered, but you need an address for that anyway. Also several banks in Aus (Commonwealth Bank for sure) offer the ability to use your mobile phone to withdraw money from any ATM booth, so you don't need to worry about ATM card that much.</p><p></p><p>However, if you want to transfer money to Australia beforehand, you might want to open an account now.</p><p></p><p>Other than that, I can't think of any advantage/drawbacks (ofcourse make sure those banks won't charge anything extra for offshore account).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MysticRiver, post: 43000, member: 1"] Not much of any benefit that I can think. It takes hardly 30 mins to finish all the formalities of creating a bank account. The ATM card will take around 1-2 weeks to be delivered, but you need an address for that anyway. Also several banks in Aus (Commonwealth Bank for sure) offer the ability to use your mobile phone to withdraw money from any ATM booth, so you don't need to worry about ATM card that much. However, if you want to transfer money to Australia beforehand, you might want to open an account now. Other than that, I can't think of any advantage/drawbacks (ofcourse make sure those banks won't charge anything extra for offshore account). [/QUOTE]
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