Basic Bank Account -POA

lufcgirl

Hey, after reading the topics on basic bank accounts...I feel I want to open one however having a problem with address proof.

I don't have a bank account and so have no statements, and moved into my flat last month. The only things with my address I have are:
*Offer of employment for my new job
*Payslips from my previous job (I was weekly paid)
*TV Licence
*Tenancy Agreement (private landlord)

As I also have a passport, proof of ID isn't a problem. Does anyone know of any banks which would accept any of these as proof of address?

nzseries1

My sister's OH opened a Halifax Easycash account with no proof of address. They just sent him a form saying "please sign this to confirm that you live where you say you do". So that would be an option. You even get a debit card (Visa Electron).

Make sure you specifically ask for Easycash, or else you will be applying for their regular account.

jonesMUFCforever

Get a PAYE tax coding letter from the Inland Revenue.
This together with your passport should be ok.

Your tenancy agreement probably won't do if it is a private landlord - they normally want one from 'a trustworthy known local agent'.

rolandpol

lufcgirl wrote: »

*Tenancy Agreement (private landlord)

Take that and your passport to your local yorkshire bank & you can open an account. They'll accept it. How do I know?
cus I took an A4 piece of paper with my signature & landlords signature on it, to my YB and they said that was fine.

aslong as its an original document with your signature on it as well as your landlords, they'll accept.

lufcgirl

How cool! I think I may have an account with citibank now. (Even though their call centre in India doesn't know what a TV Licence is). Apparently if I get my tenancy agreement witnessed by a bank it's ok to send with my passport...fingers crossed!