For those who consider or have a bank account in Georgia

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Yes true. However⁠ they will ask the length of time you have been resident there. They will ask⁤ old address and if that is CRS country and falls in same year they will⁣ report to there also.

What a fine selection of sh*tholes you provided to choose from smi(&%......im joking ns2.

You can look at Dominican Republic or Namibia etc conf/(%.
 
Where do⁠ the banks ask for this info? On the CRS self certification form or the account⁤ opening form? And how to get around this in case I had no tax residence⁣ from Jan to Sep 2020 and had tax residence in a non CRS country (let's⁢ say Georgia) from Oct till Dec 2020?

True, haha. Dominican Republic might be a semi-decent︂ option if they have territorial tax system.

The question is, if it's actually worth trying︃ to avoid CRS if I'm not doing anything illegal. Like would it be in issue︄ if I get reported to a CRS country with territorial tax system (for example Panama︅ now or Georgia after 2022) if I legally don't have to pay any tax there?︆
 
The Philippines is a good option︅ i believe, will investigate there when the fearmongering on the virus settles a bit ...︆
for instance I changed my country of residence at a swiss bank to Thailand and︇ I only had to signed a few documents with a TIN but without providing any︈ proof of residency.
 
They will ask on the opening application forms how long you have been at that address⁤ most of the time for bigger banks. I remember Lloyds and Barclays Jersey asked me⁣ this at one point. I think they wanted addresses for last 3 years at the⁢ time but I suppose you can be liberal with truth. 😕

Yup no point avoiding CRS. If you︄ get reported to a territorial tax country where your resident nothing will be done anyway.︅
 
for geogia banks in these days they are worst than kgb, i wait 3.6 m‌ from turkmenistan , all papar work ok

medical suplies for local hospital, tbc and bank‍ of geogia they simply refuse operation for political concern,,

they are reaaly a*****e , the⁠ i open accoutn the said non probelm , than when they see swift from central⁤ bank they just send back funds

bunch of idiots
 
the Bank of Georgia ask me to visit their branch during the Covid-19 time to⁢ break my Term deposit...or I have to notary and apostille the POA to someone in︀ Georgia to break it...

what make me not happy is: they allow me to open︁ term deposit via their mobile app - easy and simple, and then when I need︂ to break it, it's like a trap...quite similar to your issue...they are idiots~
 
Sounds normal. I think I mentioned‍ on another thread that when I took my money out of BOG during anti Russia⁠ protests and tried to close things down they wanted me to travel there also...lol.

P.S Account had a Georgia address though as I have residency there smi(&%
 
I also have a Georgian address there.⁤ The lady was so nice to put that one in (I asked her a drink⁣ and a dinner and talked abt my intentions of living in Georgia maybe have distracted⁢ her compliance handling. (However up until now I still have no residency in Georgia as︀ they raised the limits and are shut until now).

You can get the cash cover︁ loan, no idea how that one works but it is advertised to use that one︂ instead of breaking the time deposit. No idea how well that works. I might have︃ to start to draw down cash by card soon as I am unsure how well︄ the wire procedure will work.
 
They put your Georgian address without any proof at any time, no need︁ to ask a drink lol.

Wire transfers work fine as well.
 
Lol I did not know that at‍ that time, but nevertheless it was well invested time and money to get literally sucked⁠ into Georgian culture. 😉😉
 
Yep - this is super annoying. Especially as your deposits won't even⁢ break upon expiry, but rather automatically renew for another (shorter) period, usually at a lower︀ interest rate than the original, unless you specifically terminate it.

The situation is much better︁ with SOLO (their version of private banking), as then your banker can terminate your deposits︂ remotely.

Or another solution is to create separate deposits, $5,000 at a time, as 5k︃ is, I believe, the limit under which deposits can be terminated (or "violated", as their︄ app calls it, lol) through Internet/Mobile Banking.
 
puuh then i am lucky as︀ i have several of below 5k $ term deposits.
Is it the same for tbc?︁ I specified there no auto-roll over.
Also do you know if they give you a︂ hard time when you want to send money out of Georgia or is it better︃ to draw down with the card?
 
Term deposit under 5000 GEL (about︀ USD 1500) can break via internet/mobile banking...not 5000 USD~

It's as funny as their country's︁ bank deposit insurance, which used to be only 5000 GEL per person (now change to︂ 15000 GEL)...
 
Deposits with TBC are problematic to begin with. For non Private Banking clients,⁠ you need to physically visit a branch to even open one. I suspect the same⁤ will then be true for terminating it.

Sending funds out of Georgia is rarely a⁣ problem. The banks here are far more likely to give you hard time over receiving⁢ funds than sending.
 
I managed to do it by just mailing back⁣ and forth. And the auto-reniew is off as specified in the contract they mailed me.⁢ So lets see how it will play out.
 
Granwasa said:
@Benzouser, Armenia is far better than Georgia, regarding banking.
The country it is one of the main Russian epicenter, which you will notice by yourself once there. Smooth bank operations and no plan for CRS.
A trip over there would be definitely worth it. The capital Yerevan is very modern and there are more banks than fountains.
The most established ones:
  • Ameriabank. The biggest in the country.
  • Inecobank. Great mobile banking.
  • Converse Bank. Great costumer support.
  • Araratbank.
I hope to have been helpful.
Granwasa.
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I think thats why Kim Kardashian made a trip there. Secret local bank account 😉
 
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