Jersey residents

JerseyG

Why won't so many of Martin's recommended banks (Santander, First Direct) allow residents of Jersey to open UK accounts? Our daughter who is at university in the UK is still not allowed a UK Account! NatWest seems to be the only one happy to allow us their online and telephone banking. Grrrr!

dr_adidas01

JerseyG wrote: »

Why won't so many of Martin's recommended banks (Santander, First Direct) allow residents of Jersey to open UK accounts? Our daughter who is at university in the UK is still not allowed a UK Account! NatWest seems to be the only one happy to allow us their online and telephone banking. Grrrr!

Lets look into the crystal ball and see,....... the mists wont clear... sorry.

How would any of us ordinary MSE posters know why the banks you mention don't allow residents in jersey to open an account in the UK, why don't you give them a call and find out?

Also it maybe to do with the fact your not part of the UK, Jersey maybe a British crown protectorate, but you have your own laws and government and parliament.

The reason you have access to natwest is because they have an international office in jersey which they use to provide off shore accounts.

zerog

If your daughter lives in the UK legally (which if she has a Jersey passport will be the case), she should be allowed to open an account just like any newcomer - but maybe not a student account.

System

As usual, the Channel Islands (and Isle of Man) wish to treated as part of the UK when it suits them and not part when it doesn't

I noticed a few weeks ago that 'Jersey Royal' potatoes has a British flag on them plus a EU Protected Geographical Indication when they are not from Britain and Jersey freeloads on the UK's EU membership.

DevCoder

Jersey is part of the British Isles, so might explain the flag.

How does Jersey freeload off the UK regarding EU when Jersey is not a member state or an associate member of the EU? The only thing Jersey has is the ability for free trade within the EC.

System

Jersey is a Crown Dependency which could account for the inability to open a UK based account, especially as their financial system is not connected to the mainland system

System

It's still not part of the UK - using a British flag is misleading.

Jersey gets free access to the EU market by virtue of the UK's membership contributions to the EU pot. Jersey doesn't pay a penny. I call that being a free-loader.

krisdorey wrote: »

Jersey is part of the British Isles, so might explain the flag.

How does Jersey freeload off the UK regarding EU when Jersey is not a member state or an associate member of the EU? The only thing Jersey has is the ability for free trade within the EC.

bouncydog1

Hsbc will give CI students student accounts but she will need to open the account in Jersey.

dr_adidas01

krisdorey wrote: »

Jersey is part of the British Isles, so might explain the flag.

How does Jersey freeload off the UK regarding EU when Jersey is not a member state or an associate member of the EU? The only thing Jersey has is the ability for free trade within the EC.

Jersey is not part of the British Isles at all!! Had you read my previous post I pointed out that Jersey is a British crown protectorate, but has its own laws, government and parliament.

If you need clarification on this fact then this might help you!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey

colsten

dr_adidas01 wrote: »

Jersey is not part of the British Isles at all!!

It is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles

But what Heng Leng said is still correct. The British Isles are not a member of the EU, and the UK flag is not the British Isles flag.

DevCoder

dr_adidas01 wrote: »

Jersey is not part of the British Isles at all!! Had you read my previous post I pointed out that Jersey is a British crown protectorate, but has its own laws, government and parliament.

If you need clarification on this fact then this might help you!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey

Thanks, but as Im Jersey born and lived in Jersey all my life, I think I know whether we are part of the British Isles or not...