Open UK bank account

As anyone who has tried to open a UK bank account will no doubt tell you, it is a far more complicated process than you might hope for. Plenty of red tape, residency requirements to be met, forms to fill in and documents to submit make the whole process of opening a UK bank account a huge hassle. Most banks won’t even open an account for you unless you have lived in the UK for three months!

What many people don’t realise is that there are people who can cut through the red tape and make the process a whole lot easier - someone else to handle the hassle so that you don't have to.

1st Contact, the global immigration and finance leaders, have spent the last 16 years dealing with issues related to immigration and have used their expertise and experience to develop a product specifically to make life easier for people moving to the UK.

The Kickstart package is probably the easiest way to open a UK bank account and includes a UK mobile phone SIM card, a comprehensive Guide to London, job and CV assistance and a UK bank account – opened on arrival.

We give you a choice of three different leading UK banks and book you into a meeting with our local branch. You will meet with one of our bankers who will open an account for you on that day. Our introduction to the bank guarantees that you will be able to open a UK bank account and avoid the usual three month residency requirements.

What this means is that when you arrive in London, you are comfortable in the knowledge that you are well on your way to being settled already, and won’t have to spend the first few weeks wading through admin.

You may also elect to order the Kickstart Visa package, which includes the application, processing and delivering of your UK visa.

       

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