Hi there Tony. Best wishes for a happy new Year to you both.Originally Posted by \\\\ToNy////
hi all, we are having a great time together, but now we need a little advise,
my wife has been here since november and the first thing we tried to do was try to get her registered at the local doctors, but came to a halt because they said she needs a bank account, so we went to barcleys and was basicly told "no", cant remember the reason, so then we went to my bank "loyds", iwe filled in the application form and i wrote an introduceing letter, all was going well and they sent a letter saying that her new account is set up, all they need now is proof of id and proof of address, proof of address is the problem because she dosnt pay any of the bills there, all the bills are in her sisters name, we could put one of the bills in my wifes name but the next paper bill is months away, so we had the idear of getting her a phone contract in her name but payments through my account, but im guessing that they will want her to have a bank account first? any advise?
wife already has her NI number and is now searching for a local job, i would like her to find a nice little job in a card shop of flower shop, but will have to wait and see.
is there anything that we should be doing in her 2 years here before she applies for british citizenship, some one mentioned recepts? but i think recepts will be useless if not in her name and i can see how recepts are of any proof of anything?
any advice would be very appreciated.
oh, and while im here ill wish you all a happy new year
This is tricky, as I know you don't want to antagonise them.......but it's an absolute disgrace.
A bank account is not required to register for a GP
You can of course be refused to join the list of patients. But normally only if you don't live in their catchment area (bit like schools) or they have officially closed their list of patients as they already reached their limits.
You do have some options to try:-
For the surgery to refuse your wife it needs to have reasonable grounds for doing so. Nothing to do with race, gender, social class, age, religion, sexual orientation, appearance, disability or a medical condition etc. It must also give you reasons for its decision in writing.
As far as I know not having a bank account is not a reason for refusal.
Try to contact to your local Primary Care Trust (PCT) and tell them you have such problems registering the GP. They will nearly always be able to help you fix it up.
Try asking your Council to include your wife on the bill and confirm in writing asap for ID purposes. I'm sure they will understand and help you.
The worst case scenario I guess is that you pay for a bank account. This is very easy for your wife to secure with the HSBC Passport Account:-
http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/current-ac...k-bank-account
But it costs £8 per month so only good advice as the very last resort if all else fails.
So sorry to hear about this problem. It really is a disgrace and makes me so mad.
