How can I, a colombian citizen living outside the US, open a savings
account in an american bank over the internet (without having to travel to the
US)? Which banks offer that service?

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Clarification of Question by uniandino-ga on 20 Mar 2005 18:20 PST

how can I open such account (savings / checking) with 500 US dollars
in the United States overthe Internet?

I cannot vouch for the trustworthiness of this, but here is a service
that may be of interest to you:

http://www.allthings-nice.com/valis.htm