For me, in Ireland, cashing a US check through my bank teller costs 150ish eur (that's one hundred and fifty, not a buck fifty) and takes 6 weeks. They basically have to hand process it and send it to their US correspondent bank.
At one point, I got tax refund and stimulus checks from the Treasury, and it turned out to just be easier to endorse them to my remaining US account and mail them to the branch that has my account.
In theory I could use the bank's remote deposit capture service, but: 1) The checks were too big, there's a ~$2500 limit on RDC, and 2) The bank has complained in the past that I'm not supposed to use it when I'm overseas. There's some regulation that they're worried about.
I've seen a couple of checks in Ireland that haven't been from the US, mainly tax refunds IIRC, but they're super rare and no ATMs will take them. They'll take Euros for deposits, but not checks. So it's a trip into see the Cash desk at the bank.
At one point, I got tax refund and stimulus checks from the Treasury, and it turned out to just be easier to endorse them to my remaining US account and mail them to the branch that has my account.
In theory I could use the bank's remote deposit capture service, but: 1) The checks were too big, there's a ~$2500 limit on RDC, and 2) The bank has complained in the past that I'm not supposed to use it when I'm overseas. There's some regulation that they're worried about.
I've seen a couple of checks in Ireland that haven't been from the US, mainly tax refunds IIRC, but they're super rare and no ATMs will take them. They'll take Euros for deposits, but not checks. So it's a trip into see the Cash desk at the bank.