Caja fuerte in a bank

[Conalson]

Hi I finally sold my apartment last Yr and the money was deposited in a bank account. I'm now back and want to get this money safe from some 2001 nightmarish stuff. I know I can take 10k back in cash but I had been told some banks offer the service of putting your dollars in a safe obviously for a fee. Do all or any banks offer this service. Fairly stressed with this now. Will appreciate any feedback. Thanks

 

[antipodean]

Most banks and branches do offer safety deposit boxes.
You don’t need to have an account with the bank but it helps as often they have wait-lists plus you get discounted rental fees.
The rental fees are different according to the size of the box you rent.
Non bank options also exist like Hausler (they have a branch at Alto Palermo) or INGOT (a secure building downtown) They can usually help arranging the safe transport of money too.

 

[lunar]

You don’t need to have an account with the bank but it helps as often they have wait-lists plus you get discounted rental fees.

I had an account with HSBC where my salary was deposited to (caja sueldo). They made me to wait for 3 months before allowing me to get a safe deposit box (it was not a wait-list, they had boxes available). So, I take this "don't need to have an account" with a grain of salt, but YMMV, naturally.

 

[Traveler]

Hi I finally sold my apartment last Yr and the money was deposited in a bank account. I'm now back and want to get this money safe from some 2001 nightmarish stuff. I know I can take 10k back in cash but I had been told some banks offer the service of putting your dollars in a safe obviously for a fee. Do all or any banks offer this service. Fairly stressed with this now. Will appreciate any feedback. Thanks

It's my understanding you can travel with more than $10k but must declare it and risk getting set up by unscrupulous border agents. Do your own research.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

At Santander Rio at Tribunales (Viamonte) they have empty boxes.

 

[Quilombo]

It's also important to remember the stories of ant robberies, basically they steal a couple hundred bucks every once and a while so clients don't realize it and bam, thousands are missing.

Also, if your fear is of a 2nd corralito (not an unreasonable fear) I would trust my apt more than a safety deposit box at a bank, after all,
would you really put it past this government to not raid them too?

 

[Conalson]

Thanks for all these replies. Has anyone ever used trans secure or green armour for the safe transportation of money. Thanks in advance

 

[Conalson]

Hi

I'm back with this dilemma. I'm not able to transfer the proceeds of the sale of my apartment to my account in Europe. Apparently if I had a dollar acct in my home bank I could but I can't make any progress re this with my own bank. Everyone says I should get them out o the argentine but I find putting it ino some safety box so alien and it doesn't fill me with confidence. So I can take 10 grand home with me but the rest I'll have to leave in a security box. Would people recommend a bank over privately owned security house. It goes without saying everything has risk. I get that any advice would be greatly apreciated

 

[lunar]

 

[jblaze5779]

You can take note than 10k with you at at time. You just need to declare it if more than 10k. I would have all your paperwork in hand so you can explain where it came from.