How to open an account abroad

To complete your application you may be asked to provide:

If you're applying for a joint account, you'll need to provide details for both applicants.

It's free to open an account abroad if you're an HSBC One, Jade or Premier customer. The annual account and monthly maintenance fees are also waived.

For staff- or phone-assisted account openings, certain charges may apply. A monthly fee may also apply to your account if you’re unable to maintain the eligibility criteria. Before opening your overseas account, your Relationship Manager or International Banking Centre case manager will let you know if any fees apply.

For the account opening and monthly fees to be waived, you must either:

The minimum Total Relationship Balance and other account opening requirements vary by market.

From submitting your application form to your account being opened, the process takes around 14 days (it may be faster in some markets if you apply online).

Within this time, you’ll need to provide all your documents and have them verified.

Please make sure your personal and contact information is up to date before you apply. If anything needs updating once you've started, you'll need to start your application again from the beginning.

This and other factors that are out of our control, such as a surge in customer enquiries or time differences, may increase the time it takes to open your account.

Yes. If you have a credit history with HSBC, we can transfer it across so you can also use it in the country or region you're opening your new account.

This is subject to subject to qualifications, status and local laws and regulations.

Yes. When you apply for your account, one of our international case managers can provide a free review to discuss your international banking needs and to explain how we can help.

You can also see what other support we can offer on our international services page.