Without proof of ID the amount of money up to £700 per day can be sent (but not more than £1500 in total for 30 calendar days).

Proof of ID is required in the following cases

1. The amount of money being transferred is more than £700, but less than £1500 at a time or in total for 30 calendar days. The customer will be required to present his/her

  • national passport;

2. The amount of money being transferred is more than £1500 at time or for period of 30 days, the customer will be required:

  • national passport;
  • proof of address (bill* or bank statements*);

3. The amount of money being transferred is more than £5000 at a time, the customer will be required to present his/her

  • national passport;
  • proof of address (bill* or bank statements*);

4. If the amount of money being transferred is more than £8000 at a time or in total for 3 months. The customer will be required to present his/her

  • national passport;
  • proof of address (bill* or bank statements*);
  • proof of income* for the amount of money being transferred;

5. If the amount of money transferred at All Times exceeds £8000, the customer has to provide at least ID document in case if it has not been obtained previously. This is to identify our regular customers.

*not older than 3 months

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In case when national passport is in Home Office at the moment of transction, the customer will be required to show a letter from the Home Office confirming this. The customer will be required to show alternative proof of ID (Driving license). If due to any reason you are unable to present all the required documents please make a request with any documents you have (letters, bank cards, documents from the country of permanent residence) and our staff will consider your situation according to the requirements of law.

 

RATE OF EXCHANGE
Opal Transfer offices Bank deposit
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
American dollar (USD) 1.55
Euro (EUR) 1.22
Baltic states
American dollar (USD) 1.55
Euro (EUR) 1.22
Lithuanian litas (LTL) 4.25
Latvian lat (LVL) 0.86
Poland
Poland zloty (PLN) 5.34
Slovakia
Euro (EUR) 1.23
Czech Republic
Czech Koruna (CZK) 30.5
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Lev (BGN) 2.41

Important notice!

Only whole unit of the transfer destination currency can be transferred (no fractional units, e.g. cents, grozs, santims, etc.). For prepaid transfers where there is not exact amount to form whole unit of destination currency after currency conversion the destination currency will be rounded down to whole unit and the remainder will not be refunded.

In order to avoid rounding up, please deposit exact amount to form full units in destination currencies. For your convenience please use our Transfer Calculator above.

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What method of money transfer do you use most often?
From home, using Internet-banking
58%
Using the nearest branch of Barclays bank
24%
Using Opal Transfer office
19%
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