Re: Desperate for business bank account

Tim Ward <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Jez T" <Take-out-the-dashes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

Most countries allow bank accounts to be opened fairly easily and
quickly. The UK is peculiar.

UK red tape i indeed very peculiar. Here in Belgium, I just have to show
my ID card to a bank,

Last time I tried to open an account in the UK, they would not accept my
passport as proof of ID - they wanted 2 utility bills.

They probably *did* accept it as proof of identity, actually - what they
*didn't* accept it as was proof of address, which is why people get asked
for utility bills. Not being a police state, we don't have to tell the
authorities every time we change address.

Which is what mmakes the UK peculiar. Other European countries
(certainly Spain and the Netherlands) do not seem to have a problem
accepting a UK passport in order to start an account... without
utility bills... that would have been strange as I never paid any
in either country.

Nor does America.

(Well, we do actually, we're supposed to register to vote. But that's a
different database run by a different public authority and the two aren't

Only if resident in a property on a specific date (which I forget).

Axel

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    ... my ID card to a bank, ... passport as proof of ID - they wanted 2 utility bills. ... Which is what mmakes the UK peculiar. ... accepting a UK passport in order to start an account... ...
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  • Re: Desperate for business bank account
    ... my ID card to a bank, ... passport as proof of ID - they wanted 2 utility bills. ... Which is what mmakes the UK peculiar. ... accepting a UK passport in order to start an account... ...
    (uk.consultants)