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I have given them my international bank account details to transfer the closing balance, they are saying that they can only send a cheque. None of HSBC letters have ever arrived at my international address and i know the cheque will not either. What are my options. I do have friends and family in UK but i find it hard to accept this on principle that HSBC have my funds and aren't playing ball in delivering it to where i am currently. This is very annoying and frustrating.0
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Not sure where you are in the Middle East but usually if you don't have a PO box then any letters sent via regular mail would need to be collected from your nearest branch post office.
Best thing to do would be to give HSBC your work postal address which presumably does have a PO box associated with it and ask them to use that as your correspondence address going forward. They can send the cheque to that.
That said given you won't be able to cash it without significant costs until you either visit a UK HSBC branch or open another UK bank account and scan the cheque in you may wish to agree with them to hold the funds until such time you can present yourself in a UK branch with identification to withdraw the remaining funds.1 -
eDicky said:taztheman said:eDicky said:BuildTheWall said:Many people moving abroad ignorantly change the address for their bank accounts and credit cards, only to find them closed due to banking regulations. Don’t change any addresses. Or change it to a trusted friend or relative’s home in uk. Change your mobile number - this shouldn’t trigger any alarm.1
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callum9999 said:I don't see a reason to change it if you still use a UK number, but I've had international numbers on most of my accounts at various times and it's never caused an issue. I guess because there are legitimate reasons why someone might have a foreign number but are living in the UK.
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I have not read this article but maybe it is helpful.1
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brianposter said:I have not read this article but maybe it is helpful.
So, nothing like the OPs situation.0 -
callum9999 said:eDicky said:taztheman said:eDicky said:BuildTheWall said:Many people moving abroad ignorantly change the address for their bank accounts and credit cards, only to find them closed due to banking regulations. Don’t change any addresses. Or change it to a trusted friend or relative’s home in uk. Change your mobile number - this shouldn’t trigger any alarm.1
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BuildTheWall said:callum9999 said:eDicky said:taztheman said:eDicky said:BuildTheWall said:Many people moving abroad ignorantly change the address for their bank accounts and credit cards, only to find them closed due to banking regulations. Don’t change any addresses. Or change it to a trusted friend or relative’s home in uk. Change your mobile number - this shouldn’t trigger any alarm.1
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In my case, as soon as i changed the address to overseas, they started chasing me to carry out 'safeguard review' the result of which was eventual closure of both mine and my wife's account. I now wish i hadn't changed the address as not having a UK bank account is causing a lot of issues. Not being able to open a new UK bank account from overseas is not helping either.0
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Depending on which issues your lack of a UK bank account is causing, it's probably worth looking at 'offshore' accounts offered by major banks in Channel Islands and Isle of Man, some of which proved GBP direct debit and standing order facilities in the same way as mainland banks.
Usually a minimum account balance is required for 'international customers', for example £75k in the case of Santander International:
https://www.santanderinternational.co.uk/international/
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