Boar Slayer

Hi everyone, I've just joined. I think we'll all need all the help we can get with the dreaded Brexit!
A friend who lives and works here and owns her own home has just been told by the bank that Brits will have to have a Carte de Sejour to open a Bank account. Our passports will no longer be good enough for ID?
Anyone else heard this?

cyrian

Welcome to the forum.

https://www.britline.com/create-acco...-document.html

This is the current page from Credit Agricole Britline for the documents required.
This states that the accounts are for those who live in France or visit France regularly.
I suspect that some organisations including some town halls are jumping the gun without knowing what the eventual status of Brits in France or French citizens in the UK will be.
For a definitive answer - ask the bank - I bet they don't know.

Boar Slayer

Yes, that's what we thought - getting ahead of themselves. But once they've got it in their heads there's no persuading them otherwise! Love French bureaucracy!

EuroTrash

I'm not quite sure how to interpret this. You say she's been told they "will have to" - well yes they will, almost inevitably, when Brexit happens. So if the bank is simply looking ahead and giving people advance warning so that they can prepare themselves, then fair enough, can't knock them for that. Is this in fact what you're saying, or are you saying the bank is already insisting on it as of now?

Boar Slayer

Her bank - Postale - is insisting that it's for all new accounts now.

petitefrancaise

I'd go to a different branch to verify before getting my knickers in a twist about it.

AFAIK Brits cannot get a carte de sejour right now because we don't need them.

InVinoVeritas

You can open an account with La Banque Postale over the internet and UK nationals are still in the list of those allowed to do so. I think this is probably more fake news.

EuroTrash

As PF says, if they're being arsey then go to a different branch or a different bank.
It's not about ID though is it. You have to "prove" your place of residence, for reasons of fiscal accountability/money laundering and all that, and that could reasonably involve proving that you have the legal right to live at the address where you claim to be living.

EuroTrash

Alternative facts

petitefrancaise

My local La Poste was awful, hideous, absolutely,incredibly pig-headed, ignorant little sh**s in there. Everyone avoided it, they were just notorious for doing their best to annoy you. I only ever went in there if I had to collect a parcel that I'd missed delivery for. Otherwise, like the rest of the town, I went 3 miles to the next one. If they had told me something like this, I would not have taken a blind bit of notice and just gone to the other branch.

Vinosity

I had major issues when trying to open an account with La Poste too, as they were demanding information from me that I didn't have (CdS etc); and didn't require.

I told them to get stuffed, in my best French.

petitefrancaise

"putain!!!"

or as my toulousaine kids say "putaingue"!

What is it about La Poste? I once tried to open savings accounts for the kids, and I had only brought the "abbreviated" scottish birth certificate for my eldest which doesn't list the parents. I had all the stuff for all the other kids. Nope. Couldn't possibly open an account for her. Desole....
pffff!

dmu

[QUOTE=petitefrancaise;12209093]"putain!!!"

or as my toulousaine kids say "putaingue"!

/QUOTE]

A bit off-topic, but ours weren't allowed to say either at home while they were kids, and we used "purée" or "punaise" instead! But must admit that I occasionally explode with a "pu-taingue" when I'm shocked! More satisfying than an English oath!
P.S. To get back on topic, the Caisse d'Epargne might suit.
https://www.caisse-epargne.fr/ile-de...u-quotidien_fr
indicates ID, proof of domicile less than 3 months old (utility bills....), and proof of "economic activity" (payslips...) within the last 3 months.
It doesn't mention Carte de Séjour for non-EU citizens, but why worry about such a requirement when Brexit hasn't been triggered off yet?

EuroTrash

I have a French friend who always says flûte! instead of zut!

dmu

I say both when in company. "Les 5 lettres" when alone or with OH!! (And funnily enough, I NEVER say the literal English equivalent!)