re: #269 iceweasel

Hey hoops— thanks! When are you moving?
(I’m currently enmeshed in trying to open a UK bank account from the US, massive headache but must be done, similar money type stuff.)

Oh dear God, I feel for you. I needed to jump through weeks of hoops to get that done, and in the end it took my company’s head office sending an official letter saying they were willing to vouch for me. (By that stage, it looked like they would have to hand me my first month’s pay in cash bundles.)

One option I heard about later is that HSBC will open a UK account for you from overseas. I’m not sure if that’s still true (or even if they operate in the US) but it might be worth a try.