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Western Union Money Transfer
Western Union Money Transfer provides you an option to receive the money world wide. The Receiver/Beneficiary/customer can then go to any of our identified branches* offering western Union Money Transfer Service, fill out a simple "To Receive Money” Form and show proper photo identification. Once this information is verified and found to be satisfactory, the Branch will pay the Money.
Features
- Service approved by Reserve Bank of India.
- Beneficiary/Receiver pays no fee.
- Neither the Sender nor the Receiver has to have a bank account.
- Service is Fast, Safe, Legal & Reliable.
- Every transfer is protected by a world class security system.
- A single recipient can receive up to 12 remittances in a year
- No membership or account required
- No charges for the receiver of fund
- The receiver should not disclose MTCN to anyone
Benefits
- The money reaches you safely in minutes through secure Global Network.
- At present, Western Union has over 1, 20,000 Agent locations in more than 190 countries.
- Sender can send the money by filling a simple form “ To Send Money”
- Receiver can receive the money by filling a simple form “To Receive Money”
Permitted Remittances
- Personal Remittances towards family maintenance
- Remittances favoring foreign tourists visiting India
Not-Permitted Remittances
- All Trade related remittances, remittances towards purchase of property
- Investments or credit to NRE/FCNR Accounts etc
- Donations/Contributions to Charitable organizations
Cash Limits
- Single remittance should not exceed 2500$ or its equivalent
- Branches can pay up to Rs.49,999/- by Cash. All amounts of Rs.50,000/- and above shall be
- paid by Pay Order/Demand Drafts (without our Bank Charges) or Direct credit to the Beneficiary Account in the Branch.
- For Foreign Tourists amount exceeding Rs.50,000/- can be paid by Cash as per RBI permission
- Only 30 Remittances shall be permitted in a year by a single recipient.
Accepted Identification proofs
- Passport
- Driving License
- Ration Card
- Voters id
- PAN Card
- Refugee Card
- Bank pass book(where photo available)
- Army card
- Police card
- Student Id (Government colleges)
list of Branches where you can avail the western union money transfer facility.