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> It's an increasingly major process to open one No disagreements with your post otherwise, but I haven’t found this to be the case personally. I’ve opened two
by Marsymars 4y ago
> It's an increasingly major process to open one
No disagreements with your post otherwise, but I haven’t found this to be the case personally. I’ve opened two bank accounts in the past year without much hassle - one a joint account at a big bank with my partner that we were able to do fairly painlessly from our house. (Opening account in her name was online, but then we had to call in for someone to manually add me to it while we were both present for security purposes.) The other at a credit union just last week - I showed them my driver’s license, answered a few questions about what products I was interested in, bought a share, and walked out with a bank card.
- rationalist 4y agoWhich credit union? All the ones I've encountered incorrectly state that they require Social Security Numbers by law. The law only requires that they have a numerical identifier, so a state ID/license should work as it apparently did in your case. Edit: I guess the downvotes are for assuming everyone's in the U.S., sorry!
- Marsymars 4y agoServus, it’s a credit union in Alberta/Canada.
- citrin_ru 4y agoTry to move to another country. Take e. g. the UK. To open a bank account you need a proof of you address in the UK like an utility bill (or anther's bank statement). To rent a flat you need a bank account because most agencies/landlords don't accept cash and would ask you to wire a holding deposit/rent/fees. Catch22. And the government in most cases knows you address anyway.