Your wife can open an account with HSBCOriginally Posted by axis22
Hi everyone,
Getting a bit worried about these documents required for ILR.
For example our electricity company despite several calls refuses to send our bills with 2 names on the front (EDF Energy).They say they can only stipulate one account holder and so it can't be done.So our bills have only my wife's name on the front.Has anyone else had this problem?
My bank(Santander) has refused to accept my wife onto my longstanding bank account because they say she has no credit history,but how could she have? It seems the only option is for me to join her new account with HSBC but this causes major upheaval to my bank and business accounts but i guess we have no choice.
kind regards
david and rose
Take a look here:-
http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/personal/c...ounts/passport
I realise there's a cost involved but may be useful as option in the short term.
Try not to get too hung up on documents/letters with both your names. Although that's the simplest it's often not the easiest.
The requirement from UKBA is principally to demonstrate that you have been living together at the same address (and still do) throughout the 2 years probationary period.
If you take a look at the ILR application form the UKBA do provide some of the most common examples.
Personally I haven't known any of the main utility companies refuse two named account holders before. But's that's not to say it never happens. Maybe just unlucky.
I know that most BT do not accept 2 names.
Better to do some search here as there are many posts with good examples for documents. You really don't need that many spread over the two years.
