If HSBC requires electricity bill or pay stub, then a student cannot open bank account!
yokult 發表於 2011-6-30 13:27
For student, you can prove address indirectly, such as using bills in parent's name and then prove relationship - for example birth cert. At least this works a few months back.
HSBC doesn't require clients to have HK address to open oversea account. But you will have to bring your HKID plus passport (Canadian is fine) with $200 processing fee. (while Free for HSBC Premier clients, $100 for HSBC Advance clients) It takes around 1 month or so to have the a/c setup and they will mail a package to you (with bankcard if you choose to have one) Details you could go to http://www.hsbc.ca/1/2/en/person ... onal-banking-centre
Try to open a bank account at Hang Seng Bank. When I went back to HK a year ago, they let me open a bank account with my HK ID along with my canadian driver license coz they said at least there are some sort of "proof of residency" on the driver license already. At that time I was only back in HK for a week. Once you open a bank account and get bank statement then everything else is much easier for you to apply in HK since you have proof of residency in HK already. Hope that helps.
Thanks for sharing...but that means we have to stay in HK for over a month to wait for the first invoice to come to the place first. Then go to the bank to open an account...