Hi guys, considering setting up transfer wise to send idr to my girl friend in Bedulu. Is it possible to send her a debit card and top it up from Aus.

Ginand T

Or is there another option.

Fred2

Have her open a bank account then use transfer wise to top it up , Would not send a card from Australia

spicyayam

Yes, it would be best she has a bank account here in Bali. You should be able to receive money on the same day. Not that I would recommend Western Union, but I read that people are having trouble receiving money in Indonesia from them.

harryopal

Fred2 wrote Have her open a bank account then use transfer wise to top it up , Would not send a card from Australia

Definitely the best option. If you use your Australian bank to make the transfer you will get a dreadful exchange rate. If you open the Transferwise web site you can see immediately what the amount is that would arrive in the Bali bank account. From personal experience I can assure you that your Australian bank will effectively rob you with their exchange rates.

Juggler

I inadvertingly ripped up my Oz sim card. I had to get one sent from oz to here. the only secure way was with DHL(oz post was like up to 2 months) and it was $90aud for an envelope that still took 5 days to get here in this covid world. Get her to open up an bank account here and use transfer wise, as the others have recommended. Once the money in your oz transferwise account (usually overnight) it will hit her account in about 5-10 minutes and the exchange rates are the best

PERtoDPS

I agree make a local account, mail doesn't seem to be moving very fast at all I sent some t shirts to Australia on xmas day with JNE's fastest express service and paid top $ (and got taxed top $) they are still sitting in Jakarta. Never had any dramas with WU either and the rate is pretty close if not same as transferwise.

JackStraw

Why are you sending her money? she doesn't have a job?