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Student Accounts in the UK

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  • 16-08-2010 7:40pm
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    Stephen REA37G
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭


    Hey,

    I'm moving to London in September to start uni. Have been looking at the various student accounts with the different banks, however all of them say you have to be 3 years resident in the UK to apply for the bank account.

    Is there any way around this or is there a special international student account that any of the banks do?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks :)


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    catbear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,092 ✭✭✭catbear


    http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/personal/current-accounts/passport

    You should try the banks around the uni again when you have an address with bills in your name etc...


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    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    AFAIK all student accounts have that condition (mine has a UK nationality requirement but they haven't enforced it with me so far...)

    You can open a regular account with no issues though. I know the benefits (i.e. free overdraft :D) aren't the same but it would get you through basic banking.


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    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    Your university should be able to give you a letter saying you are a student at the university and you can present that to the bank when you go to open your account. At my registration day the uni asked me if I wanted one and they just printed it out and I brought it down to my local Lloyds branch.


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    Stephen REA37G
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭Stephen REA37G


    I've done that with Lloyds (was over in London on Weds). Got a letter from the uni to say I was going to be studying there. But they still wouldn't give me a student account because of the 3 year residence thing...


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