Just got back!
#16
Re: Just got back!
I would try a different Barclays branch. There are times when the services on offer can be affected by the people working at that branch. Sometimes a branch employee will tell you a service can't be offered for xyz reason, then you go to a different branch and suddenly it's not an issue. There are a few UK banks in the states and the possibility for you to join one of them online in the states could be an option for you. Maybe that way you could get the account in the States and you then will have an established history with that lending institution.
Also have you thought about adding your name to a utility bill account of your partner's or another family member if that person has one? If that is legal that could be a remedy. People do it all the time in the States.
Also have you thought about adding your name to a utility bill account of your partner's or another family member if that person has one? If that is legal that could be a remedy. People do it all the time in the States.
#17
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The idea that you could walk into a Citizens Bank branch and ask them to open an account with RBS in the UK is simply not going to work, and I suspect that many of the branch staff at Citizens aren't even aware that their majority shareholder is RBS.
#18
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If you have previously been a customer of a UK bank then it’s worth approaching them as you are usually on their system still even with a closed account and they can reactivate your account and just update your address.
#19
fstanfield
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Location: North Yorkshire UK
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Re: Just got back!
Thank you all so much for your replies. My partner called the council and we are going for a meeting so that I can go the council tax route. Also on the utility part of it for heating he uses oil so if he added me to his oil account would that count as a utility bill? I will see if there is a Lloyd’s bank in Yorkshire and see what they have to offer. So thank you so much for all your help and I will let you know my progress on the Bank status.
#20
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A "utility bill" would usually mean water, electricity, or gas, or probably phone (land line). I am sceptical that internet/ cable phone would count.
#22
fstanfield
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Joined: Sep 2001
Location: North Yorkshire UK
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Re: Just got back!
I am a dual citizen UK/ USA. I moved back to the UK in December 2018 but I am going to the USA for 3 weeks in May. My question is when I am booking my flight to the US which passport number do I use? Also when I get to the airport which passport do I use when I leave the UK? Also on the way back which passport do I use to check in at the US airport? I know that once I get to the UK I go through immigration with my British passport.
Thank You!
Thank You!
#23
Re: Just got back!
I am a dual citizen UK/ USA. I moved back to the UK in December 2018 but I am going to the USA for 3 weeks in May. My question is when I am booking my flight to the US which passport number do I use? Also when I get to the airport which passport do I use when I leave the UK? ….
Under US law you are required to enter the US using your US passport, and if you try to depart the UK using your UK passport the airline will require you to have an ESTA (otherwise they won't let you board the aircraft) which you aren't eligible for if you have a US passport, so you pretty much have to use your US passport for the flight if you are a dual US/UK citizen.
….. Also on the way back which passport do I use to check in at the US airport? I know that once I get to the UK I go through immigration with my British passport....
Last edited by Pulaski; Apr 22nd 2019 at 6:59 pm.