Collecting social security

Dont know about the US Social Security collecting aspects. Perhaps the US embassy's citizen services might be able to give you additional pointers

But opening a bank account is very easy - pop into any branch of any bank and in 15 min you can open a US / EUR / RON checking account or all 3 of them. Perhaps a foreign bank might be a better choice like ING.

Here are some links that you may find useful:
http://romania.usembassy.gov/acs/banking.htmlhttp://www.banking.ro/banci.php

Cheers

Thank you.

I'm in a similar situation. I live in Pitest, Romania. Currently my SocSec is auto-deposited in my account in Florida. To my knowledge there is no direct deposit agreement between USA-Romania that would allow Soc Sec to direct deposit to a Romanian Bank...or to a Euro/USA bank in Romania.  I can receive my monthly check at the Embassy in Bucharest...but then I have a paper check and last time I checked with the bank I use...BRD...they said they would accept the check to my accunt but would noit make funds available for maybe 6 weeks.Currently I use my debit card to withdraw from my Wells Fargo account in Florida...inefficient but it works.
I'm in process of looking for possibly an international/internet bank. no luck to date. I also plan to spend some time talking to banks in person.  I doubt I'd have this problem if I was General Motors, hahaha.  Let me know what you find out? Thx!