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

  • Pipas66@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    1 day ago

    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 ?

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      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.