Receive payment from friend, Ukraine

[bshumylo]

Hi I'm originally from Ukraine, my billing address is there. But now I'm in Sweden. So when my friend from Argentina tried to send me money, it doesn't work. He could not send. So, how to receive payments from another people? Or it is unavailable?

[kernowlass]

@bshumylo 

Paypal is country specific so if you move countries you have to open another paypal account in the country you reside in and add an address / phone number / bank accounts / cards from within that country.

You should really withdraw any funds / resolve issues / remove cards and bank accounts before you move countries. If you don't then you may have problems doing so once you have moved and may need to contact customer services for help to resolve things.

[bshumylo]

Well, thanks for explaining. In case, I'm abroad temporarily, should I create new account? Because, I don't have permanent address and local bank account.

[kernowlass]

@bshumylo 

If its temporary then up to you but if you don't have a permanent address its unlikely you can open a paypal account.

However..........

The option to 'receive' paypal payments is sadly not available in Ukraine.
You can only 'send' payments for purchases.

Paypal varies a lot country to country and can only offer the services that the banks / governments of that country allow it to offer.
There are quite a few countries unable to receive paypal payments.