Barclays shutting our account- anyone else? - Page 2

Yes same here. I rang them to give my Sisters address in uk. They said I could do that. Can't change my address online so they are sending me a telephone  banking code. When that arrives ill phone back and they will change it. 

You are right, Darro. We  have been with RBS since we moved to Spain many years ago and have had no problems  "so far". Last week we even received their new style debit cards with an expiry date 06.26 !  We have no UK address by the way.  But, of course, tomorrow is another day !

I'm with Santander.  I use my parents as a 'care of' address.  Never had any problems in the 3 years I've been living in Spain.  When my debit card is due for renewal I have made sure the card is sent to them.  They then forward it on to me.

My understanding is legally, for many banks (not all), if you are a resident in another country, regardless of brexit, you cannot have a UK account.

I've used my sons UK address for 8 years on my Barclays account and never been questioned about it. They sometimes ask me to confirm my personal details on the Barclays app but otherwise all OK.

Steve 

All Banks are by law are not allowed to have non uk residents operating a UK Bank Account without a UK address they will all close these Bank Accounts eventually watch this space !

I don’t think this is necessarily so, as I stated earlier, I have asked both Nationwide and HSBC and they both confirmed that they will not be closing accounts. We do not have any UK address, of which they are both fully cognisant.

And they are both, to my knowledge, fully compliant with UK banking law.

Having just retired from working in the banking industry for 42 years trust me all non uk resident will eventually have there bank accounts closed!

I can only speak for Barclays, they closed my daughters account a while back because she is EU resident and does not have a UK address.

They’re not accepting Uk address any more as they are checking it all out this time. It has specifically stated in their letter and email that you must live at the address provided 😢

Cheers

Joan

Can you explain why mine is still open at Natwest then? They are well aware that I don't have a UK residence and send any papers to my Spanish address.