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sumrit

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  1. When my wife needed a bank account it was to pay her salary to her own account. And, because her work was pre-arranged, she started work just three days after she arrived in the UK. My wife worked for a company that was attached to the NHS and she was paid monthly, directly by the NHS. She needed the bank account in her own name to prevent any possible fraud Are you suggesting its now impossible for anybody to open a bank account in there own name when they first arrive in the UK?? or even add their name to somebody else's existing UK account.
  2. I don't know if they still do it but at one time banks would only give new applicants a basic account with restricted options, plus opening saving accounts were not an option. When my wife was about to come to the UK, my niece who worked for a UK bank, suggested this option. For me to open a standard current account in my name (with no restrictions) and add my wife as a joint account holder. A short time after that I could remove my name, leaving my wife as the sole account holder, but without the restrictions of a basic account. Then, my wife, having an existing account, could also open any account (current and savings) at any bank in just her name. Of course it would need a second person to (temporarily) open an account in the UK, but it worked for us.
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