What do you need to open a bank account these days ?

[glennk]

I need to open a new bank account. What proof of id are they likely to require ?

[gozzer]

I need to open a new bank account. What proof of id are they likely to require ?

 

A full picture driving licence, and/or a current passport. A few recent household bills wouldn't go amiss, Glenn.

 

John.

Edited September 26, 2007 by gozzer

[glennk]

Cheers John,

 

Heading down there this afternoon to open anew one. Thanks for the help

[Elton]

A quid would probably be handy

[jedibond]

Not in my bank Elton

[snotty]

So if you've been driving for a few years and not had to renew your paper licence for any reason, and you don't have a passport 'cos you don't travel abroad, you have the devils own job proving who you are in your own country.

Birth certificates are accepted if original, no photocopies, but if you have to send it away and your original gets lost in the post you're bu@@ered.

The post office checking facility for documents only works if you have a passport.