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Opening a Bank Account

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  • 05-07-2011 8:13pm
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    odds_on
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    How does Irish citizen who is returning to Ireland after a number of years abroad (outside the EU), open a bank account?

    He has a PPSN.
    However, he cannot provide an address until he buys a property and he cannot buy a property until he has transferred his money from abroad into a bank account here. A never ending circle it seems.

    Any ideas?


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    nlgbbbblth
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    Irish driving licence with address on it.

    Foreign bank statement with address on it.

    Get on the electoral register...


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    daithijjj
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    odds_on wrote: »
    How does Irish citizen who is returning to Ireland after a number of years abroad (outside the EU), open a bank account?

    He has a PPSN.
    However, he cannot provide an address until he buys a property and he cannot buy a property until he has transferred his money from abroad into a bank account here. A never ending circle it seems.

    Any ideas?

    I was in the same boat. Went into PTSB and they sent me a form through the post, i brought it back into the branch and that was good enough for them to open an account.

    You may need to find somebody in the branch with a bit of empathy for the situation. Not a, 'computer says no', type.

    Alternatively, somebody already with a bank account could go into their branch and act as a guarantor for him just so he can open an account.


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