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Canadian National needs account!
roger_c
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I need an account to pay wages into from a part-time job I have, which is all legitimate as I have a working visa and pay tax on this.
I tried HSBC to get a "passport" account, but they have been very annoying. Can anyone else help? Thanks
I tried HSBC to get a "passport" account, but they have been very annoying. Can anyone else help? Thanks
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roger_c wrote:I need an account to pay wages into from a part-time job I have, which is all legitimate as I have a working visa and pay tax on this.
I tried HSBC to get a "passport" account, but they have been very annoying. Can anyone else help? Thanks
My mum has been having similar problems trying to open a business account. She's American yet she's lived and worked here for over 40 years. I don't think banks make it easy for "foreigners" no matter how legitimate they are."She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
Moss0 -
roger_c wrote:I need an account to pay wages into from a part-time job I have, which is all legitimate as I have a working visa and pay tax on this.
I tried HSBC to get a "passport" account, but they have been very annoying. Can anyone else help? Thanks
If you want to open a Passport account, its probably better to apply online than in a branch as I don't think most staff are that familar with them.
Otherwise, have you considered:
a) opening a savings account instead or
b) opening an account with an Canadian bank with a branch in the UK (normally London)
Regards
Sunil0 -
Good Luck is all I can say :rolleyes: .
My American BIL was in the UK on a film company work contract for 6 months and he desperately tried to open a bank account here so that he didn't have to have his pay put into his US a/c and with his only access to it being through an ATM ( with a big fee generated each time too).
No bank that he tried would co-operate even with all sorts of paperwork available to prove his status. Their only helpful suggestion was that he open an account with a US branch of a bank that also operates in Europe and then it could work that way. He gave up in the end.
It would probably work the same way for you (but with a Canadian branch lol
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