International Funds Transfer Crisis. HELP !!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Southern California
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<p>This is pretty urgent, really..</p>

<p>Could anyone please tell me just how a new, incoming international student can do the following at any cost, BEFORE landing on US soil :</p>

<p>1) Set up a local account in a financial institution near USC (yeah, such as Credit Union, BoA, etc)</p>

<p>2) Send funds by wire transfer to that newly created account (taking into account the HUGE delays in the process of international wire transfers)</p>

<p>3) Arrive at USC knowing that he's got sufficient funds from which to settle his USC bills within the deadline..</p>

<p>And yes, just in case you're wondering, this is a crazy situation - internationals are forced to register for classes just FIVE days before the start of classes, and forced to clear payments within a gap of just TWO days. Could we be cutting it any finer ? </p>

<p>Sincere thanks to anyone and everyone who can help me out here..</p>

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<p>wait i am international too and i taught it would be easy to do wire transfer thing. is it really this hard?</p>

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<p>hey! I’m an international transfer as well. I am interested in the 5 month payment plan and called the office of financial service about that same question … </p>

<p>In my case the answer was that : </p>

<p>we will register during the orientation. I will be able to enter the payment plan but my first payment will be done just after registration… then each payment will be due the first of every month… </p>

<p>As I understand, we are able to pay with credit, debit or electronic check … you should be able to pay with an account from your country … </p>

<p>this is where I found info (again this is about the payment plan, but I think that the payment methods should be the same). [USC-FBS</a> - sfs - payplan-tc](<a href=“Student Financial Services”>Student Financial Services)</p>

<p>you can also give them a call… hope the info is of any use, if you get some new info, it would be great if you post it to us :)</p>

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<p>USC’s credit union would be your best bet. It’s pretty easy to get an account as a student and I know most internationals did this. </p>

<p>There’s also a BofA across the street from campus, as well as a new Chase bank. Look on their websites to see if you can fill out an application online and what (if any) provisions are listed for international residents.</p>

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<p>Why don’t you just pay bills with a credit card? You can sign up for the USC Payment Plan to break it up into smaller chunks paid monthly too.</p>

<p>Anyways, you should be able to get a USC Credit Union account.</p>