Bank account for EU citizens

BenS1

I'm asking this on behalf of my 2 flatmates. They are from Romania, and want bank accounts. They are working on a self-employed basis, after finding work knocking through doors. They earn about £80 a day through the jobs they are doing, and they are paid cash in hand.

We have payment meters for gas and electricity, so we can't add them to the bill list. We have a landline in someone else's name, but the person doesn't live there. Landline is paid at a paypoint every 3 months. I pay for the broadband that uses the landline, but banks don't seem to accept that as a utility bill.

What's the easiest bank account for them to open? They have passports and identity cards so ID ain't a problem, just proof of address.

Alter_ego

Perhaps their HMRC notice of tax coding would prove identity/address

Doshwaster

Alter_ego wrote: »

Perhaps their HMRC notice of tax coding would prove identity/address

If they are earning cash by working door-to-door then I suspect that HMRC have never heard of them...

HSBC do an account designed for new arrivals into the country
http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/personal/current-accounts/passport

vaporate

Doshwaster wrote: »

If they are earning cash by working door-to-door then I suspect that HMRC have never heard of them...

HSBC do an account designed for new arrivals into the country
http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/personal/current-accounts/passport

If you want to pay £8 a month...

Try something else. Natwest step account or something similar.

Alter_ego

Doshwaster wrote: »

If they are earning cash by working door-to-door then I suspect that HMRC have never heard of them...

My point exactly.