Any recent information on opening bank accounts without DNI?

[jbeas176]

i am going to try banco galicia at las heras y ugarteche when i get there in october i hope they are agreeable. i miss not having a bank account. i own property and have a cdi.

 

[barbablanca]

It is possible to open, but you need to get a CDI first

I've heard CDI is one way of doing it but not if you're applying for residence as it conflicts with CUIL.
What worked for me is getting CUIL in local ANSES and opening an account in Santander with CUIL, precaria and passport.

 

[Hellek]

I'm a non-resident seeking to buy real estate. Santander refused, stating at least precaria would be needed (in line with what barbablanca wrote above) and they can't open a bank account for a non-resident.
Galicia accepted me, based on DNI and Passport. They also asked a few of the typical KYC questions (income and wealth situation and if I will be able to provide documentation on that, haven't been asked to provide any specific documents yet though).
Now awaiting the account details, then the interesting part will be if I can really just wire and withdraw USD that easy. I would be positively surprised if it works.

 

[MarshallE]

I'm a non-resident seeking to buy real estate. Santander refused, stating at least precaria would be needed (in line with what barbablanca wrote above) and they can't open a bank account for a non-resident.
Galicia accepted me, based on DNI and Passport. They also asked a few of the typical KYC questions (income and wealth situation and if I will be able to provide documentation on that, haven't been asked to provide any specific documents yet though).
Now awaiting the account details, then the interesting part will be if I can really just wire and withdraw USD that easy. I would be positively surprised if it works.

I have Santander and Galicia both. You just have to keep trying various branches until you find one that will do it. I will note that Galicias online banking straight up doesn't work if you don't have a DNI. While Santander has around 90% functionality including transferencias