opening an account from the uk

[LOUISE HANNAH]

Has anyone opened an account from the Uk before moving to Oz.?
Looked on a few sites, but they all require your tax file number.
Can anyone reccomend a bank or website to go on

Louise

[Kiki]

Hi there,

I spoke to HIFX just this week and they passed my details onto WPac Bank. They have sent me an application pack out for a deposit only account. Once you get to Oz you just activate it and bobs your uncle.

Kimberley x

[suzer]

I'd highly recommend Westpac..don't use ANZ for sure, even though they allow you to open an account before arrival. Unless you need to open one before getting there to transfer money ahead of time, it's easy enough to do on arrival. And if you do open one ahead of time, you don't have full access until you go to the bank when you arrive and finalise opening it anyway.

[graandjac]

:)Hi Louise, we too have used westpac, which you can do online and they then send you the account nos in the post or give them a call and they then can send you the forms.

Scooterdan has done the same , but also he has opened an online hi interest account as well as the normal deposit account, but this account has to have a minimum deposit at any one time to avoid any charges (same as here) So far westpac have been very good and helpfull. Cheers Graham

[scooterdan]

Hey!

Can fully recommend WestPac, we were contacted through HiFx, and used them after we were told they were good. When we sent of the forms, via email, we got out account details within days. After i had confirmation of numbers i rang WestPac to get online access, only a 2 minute wait we had, and the lady was very friendly and helpful. We now have online access to make sure our transfers get there!!

We do have the high interest and got charged AU$5 for the first month but now we have the minimum amount in we dont get charged on that account.

As they say in OZ.... No worries mate!

Dan and Steph

[LOUISE HANNAH]

Thanks everyone for the advice
"Westpac it is then !!"

Thanks again

Louise & Chris

[Trakki]

Just been looking at the westpac web site and I am a bit confused

It seems that you have to pay a monthly fee on all the bog standard accounts, is this right? or am I missing something?

[scooterdan]

Hey!

I believe you have to pay for all Oz banks.... a small fee...usually around AU$5. On some accounts if you have more than a certian amount the charge is waived.

Dan and Steph

[graandjac]

Hi Tracey, as i believe it you pay $5.00 per month but if you have more than $3,000 then its free. Cheers Graham

[woody crew]

Has anyone opened an account from the Uk before moving to Oz.?
Looked on a few sites, but they all require your tax file number.
Can anyone reccomend a bank or website to go on

Louise

hi ya, we opened an account with westpak in nov last year and it was open with in 3 days, you can then send your money over as soon as you have all the account details. once you arrive ain oz you just have to go to your chosen bank and take in your documents, easy bank account active. we opened ours while out on hols and as long as you keep a certain amount in there then you do not get charged, we used westpak, they are friendly and very helpful