Hi, so here’s the situation : I need to access government services in a different country to the one I live in permanently, and therefore I need a number in said country with the ability to receive SMS for login and payment confirmations. How should I go about it ?
I guess the easiest thing to do would be to wait for the next time I go there and buy a cheap SIM card there. But the problem is I’m only going to that country in a year from now, so I’d like to speed up things.
I thought about getting an e-SIM with the lowest amount possible of data, but it still comes out pretty expensive for just receiving confirmation messages.
Anyone have a better idea on how to do this ? How do double citizens go about this usually ?
Edit : didn’t think it would matter much, but the country I need a verification number in are Brazil and Colombia, while I am in the EU
I have a prepaid e-sim that I use for my second country phone number. I had to put 5 euros on it and pay 5 euros extra or something, and after that I only pay when I use up the money. Only disadvantage is you have to use it once every two months or they deactivate it.
That sounds perfect, did you buy the prepaid SIM when you were over there or did you manage to get it shipped to where you live ? And do you recommend the e-sim provider you have ?
I bought it while I was there, but online, so I don’t see a reason it wouldn’t have worked elsewhere. E-sim don’t need to be shipped, you just get an email and you need a phone that can handle an e-sim.