Western Union is an international transfer system that has branches and service points in many countries of the world. The advantage of this system is that it is not necessary to open a bank account to send or receive a transfer.
Initial steps to receive a transfer
Usually a Western Union transfer reaches the recipient in just a few minutes. This means that you can almost immediately go to the nearest service point and get your money. True, sometimes transfers from the CIS countries can arrive with a delay of up to two days. By the way, you can get your money only at service points and branches of various banks that cooperate with Western Union. Usually, the payment is made in the currency of the country of the recipient of the transfer. But in Russia and the CIS countries, the payment of money transfers from abroad is made only in US dollars.
If a transfer has come to your name using the specified system, you will need to find out where the nearest Western Union point is. This can be done on the official website of the company. Then take your passport and go for the transfer. Actually, another identity document may be sufficient to receive a translation. We are talking about a military card, a residence permit, a temporary document issued instead of a passport. This document is required to be presented to the cashier.
Registration of documentation for receiving a translation
The cashier will certainly ask you to fill out a special form of the Western Union system. To speed up the receipt of the transfer, the sender must in advance provide a unique code consisting of letters or numbers. Once again, check the correctness of filling out the application according to the established template and give it to the cashier along with an identity document. Get ready to inform the service point employee about the transfer amount and the sender's name. It is possible that you will have to give an answer to the security question, if this was provided by the sender as an additional measure of personal identification.
After that, all that remains is to sign the form for receiving funds. Then the cashier will have to give you a copy of the form and cash. But such a difficult situation may arise when a person simply does not have the opportunity to receive money on his own. Then you should draw up a power of attorney to perform an operation for another person and certify it with a notary. It is also necessary to inform your authorized representative of all important data that will be required to receive the transfer.
