This document is an Internet and home printer friendly version of the NatWest application form. Before completing the application form you must read the Terms and Conditions available on our website. To apply for this account, the printed application must be completed and returned together with any necessary supporting documentation to the following address: NatWest Global Employee Banking Eastwood House Glebe Road Chelmsford Essex England CM1 1RS Depot code 028 Please make sure that you fill in all required sections.
International Personal Banking - Application for a Select account Welcome to NatWest International Personal Banking. Please complete this form and return it with your certified copies of identification documents and verification of identity form to: NatWest Global Employee Banking, Eastwood House, Glebe Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1RS, England. Depot Code 028. Before signing the application form you must read the International Personal Banking Terms and Conditions, available on our website. Your Information For details of how we and others will use your information, please look for the padlock symbol and in the accompanying Terms and Conditions. Are you using the services of a relocation company as part of your move to the UK? Yes No If yes, please state who 1. Personal details - main applicant Surname or family name (as shown in your passport) First name(s) (as shown in your passport) Middle name(s) Previous names (including maiden name or change by deed poll) Are you known by any other name? Yes No If yes, please specify Gender Male Female Permanent UK address (or temporary if permanent address not yet available) Last overseas residential address Date of birth Country of birth Town of birth Country of permanent residence Country of residence for tax purposes Nationality Government issued Personal Identification Number i.e the number on the ID document you are providing - Passport, driving licence etc Relationship status Single Living with partner Married/ In a civil partnership Widowed/ Surviving civil partner Divorced/Separated/ Dissolved Telephone number (home)* Page 1 of 7
Telephone number (business)* extn Mobile telephone number* *For non UK residents please include area and country codes Email address Memorable word (Please choose a memorable word of no more than 15 characters. This may be used to confirm certain transactions) Number of dependants Residential status Home owner Tenant-Furnished Tenant-Unfurnished Living with parents Other If other, please specify Expected arrival date in the UK 1.1. Employment details - main applicant Occupation Employer s name Employer s address line 1 Address line 2 Address line 3 Address line 4 What is your annual salary? (including any bonuses and allowances) 1.2. Contact details - main applicant Please tell us which telephone number is best for us to call you to confirm some security details. Home/Business/Mobile What time would be most convenient for one of our operators to call you? UK time If you are applying from a country outside the UK, please be aware that you will be called back during business hours UK time. 2. Personal details - second applicant Surname or family name (as shown in your passport) First name(s) (as shown in your passport) Middle name(s) Previous names (including maiden name or change by deed poll) Are you known by any other name? Yes No If yes, please specify Gender Male Female Permanent UK address (or temporary if permanent address not yet available) Page 2 of 7
Last overseas residential address Date of birth Country of birth Town of birth Country of permanent residence Country of residence for tax purposes Nationality Government issued Personal Identification Number i.e the number on the ID document you are providing - Passport, driving licence etc Relationship status Single Living with partner Married/ In a civil partnership Widowed/ Surviving civil partner Divorced/Separated/ Dissolved Telephone number (home)* Telephone number (business)* extn Mobile telephone number* *For non UK residents please include area and country codes Email address Memorable word (Please choose a memorable word of no more than 15 characters. This may be used to confirm certain transactions) Number of dependants Residential status Home owner Tenant-Furnished Tenant-Unfurnished Living with parents Other If other, please specify Expected arrival date in the UK 2.1. Employment - second applicant Occupation Employer s name Employer s address line 1 Address line 2 Address line 3 Address line 4 What is your annual salary? (including any bonuses and allowances) Page 3 of 7
2.2. Contact details - second applicant Please tell us which telephone number is best for us to call you to confirm some security details. Home/Business/Mobile What time would be most convenient for one of our operators to call you? UK time If you are applying from a country outside the UK, please be aware that you will be called back during business hours UK time. 3. Account information Source of funds to establish the account where are the funds held currently. What will be the source of initial funds that will be deposited into the account.* Source of wealth please provide details of where wealth originated i.e. savings from earnings, sale of property etc. Generic answers such as investments or savings are not acceptable.* * The Bank may require you to supply evidence to support the information you have provided. 4. European Union Savings Directive Now you are moving to live in the UK If you live in the United Kingdom and bank with us offshore then your accounts with us will be subject to the exchange of information measures of the EU Savings Directive. We will automatically exchange information, via our local Tax Controllers, with the relevant EU Tax authority regarding your identity and residence, the amount of savings income earned and the period it relates to. By completing and signing this application form you authorise us to exchange this information. In practise some UK residents who utilise the Global Employee Banking service may be exempt from the EU Savings Directive. In order to claim exemption, you will need to obtain a certificate of exemption from your home tax office (HMRC) and provide us with a copy of this certificate. Our Guide to the EU Savings Directive can be found at www.natwestglobal.com 5. Declaration and signature(s) I/We accept the Terms and Conditions that apply to the account and card that I/we have asked for. I/We understand that if I am/we are dissatisfied with my/our choice of account and decide to close the account or switch, with your approval, to another account within 14 days of the first payment into the account, no extra charges will be payable. I/We accept that to instruct you to do so, I/we must confirm my/our decision in writing, addressed to my/our branch. Where this application is for a joint account I accept the terms of the joint applicant's extra declaration below. In the case of joint accounts the following shall apply: We request you to open or continue to hold an account for us and until we or any of us tells you otherwise in writing: to pay any cheques where signed by any one of us or accept other instructions to make payment by any means (including electronically) from the account held in our joint names, even if this causes the account to become overdrawn or increases an existing overdraft; to return anything you hold for us as security, for safe keeping or for any other purpose when you receive instructions from any one of us; and to accept instructions to: a) view account and transactional information; b) to set-up, make, amend, cancel and query account: - transfers - payments - credits c) record, amend and/or query personal details (including contact details and address) for appropriate accounts to which any of us is a party. You may accept and act on instructions given in any form (including written and verbal) and by any means (including phone and electronic) that appear to you to be given by any one of us. For the avoidance of doubt, where we say written this includes electronic. We accept that you may require authorisation or instructions in a particular way and/or from more than one of us for certain types of transaction or activity. If one of us dies: any money in the account will be owed to the remaining account holder(s); and anything you hold for us by way of security or safe keeping will be held for the remaining account holder(s) and the personal representative(s) of the deceased jointly. We agree that we will be liable, together and each separately for any liability on the account and under this mandate. Credit reference agencies We may obtain information about you from credit reference agencies and Group records to check your credit status and identity. The agencies will record our enquiries which may be seen by other companies who make their own credit enquiries. We may use credit scoring. Your information may be linked to, and your application assessed using credit reference agency records relating to anyone with whom you have a joint account or similar financial association. Page 4 of 7
Fraud prevention agencies If false or inaccurate information is provided and fraud is identified or suspected, details may be passed to fraud prevention agencies. We may also obtain information about you from fraud prevention agencies. For details of how the information held by fraud prevention agencies may be used, please refer to the Terms and Conditions for the account under the heading 'Fraud prevention agencies' or contact your branch. Keeping you informed We would like to keep you informed by letter and by phone about products, services and additional benefits that we believe may be of interest to you. If you don't want us to do this, please place a cross in one or both boxes. Letter Phone We would also like to keep you informed via the e-mail address and mobile number you may have provided earlier in this form. May we keep you informed by electronic means, such as e-mail and mobile messaging? Yes No Giving your consent By signing this application you are agreeing that we may use your information in the way described in this form (including the Keeping you informed section) and in the associated Terms and Conditions which can be found on our website. All applicants sign here Main applicant Signature Second applicant Signature Date Date Page 5 of 7
Verification of identity form In order to process your application we need to verify your identity and the identity of the second applicant. When you have read the information on this page, referring to either a passport or European Economic Area (EEA) national identity card, please complete the details on this form. The details given should then be verified and your signature(s) witnessed by one of the people listed below (the countersignatory ). The countersignatory should also complete and sign the declaration on this form and certify the photocopy(ies) of your identity documents. Please note that we reserve the right to contact the countersignatory or request additional documentary evidence from you. Persons eligible to be your countersignatory An official from a bank or regulated financial institution* (if you are employed by a bank or a regulated financial institution* then an official from your employer is acceptable). An official from any branch of NatWest Bank. An Embassy/Consular/High Commission official (if you are employed by an Embassy, Consulate or High Commission then an official from your employer is acceptable). A Lawyer/Attorney/Solicitor (if you are employed by a legal firm this may be a Lawyer from within your company or firm. If your employer has an in house lawyer then this person is acceptable). A Notary Public. Please note, a countersignatory must not be a family member of the applicant(s). What to do next Please complete the form and return it, together with the certified photocopies of the identity document(s), application forms and letter of introduction from your employer to either your Human Resources Department, Relocation Management Consultant, or NatWest Global Employee Banking, Eastwood House, Glebe Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1RS, England. Depot Code 028. If you require any further information or assistance, please call +44 (0)1245 355628**, or e-mail employee@natwestglobal.com * An organisation supervised by the Financial Services Association (FSA) and required to adhere to the 1993 Money Laundering Regulations or the equivalent regulatory body and regulations in the applicant s country of residence. ** Our lines are open from 09:00-17:00 UK time, Monday to Friday. Page 6 of 7
Verification of identity form To be completed by the applicant(s) in BLOCK CAPITALS To be returned to NatWest Global Employee Banking, Eastwood House, Glebe Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1RS, England. Depot Code 028. 1a. Main applicant Your full name (as shown in your identification document) Passport/EEA National Identity card no. Country of issue Date of issue Applicant s signature in presence of countersignatory Date of expiry 1b. Second applicant Your full name (as shown in your identification document) Passport/EEA National Identity card no. Country of issue Date of issue Applicant s signature in presence of Countersignatory Date of expiry Countersignatory s declaration I have examined the original(s) of the above referenced identity document(s) which I confirm contains a photograph which is a true likeness of and relates to the named person(s) whose signature(s) to this form I have witnessed and certified photocopy(ies) are attached. The certified photocopy(ies) should be of the following pages from the referenced identity documents: photo, signature, key personal details, any validity extension and any marital status change. Write on the copy This is a true copy of the original and include the countersignatory s signature, date and stamp. Countersignatory s name Status (e.g. Bank Official, Embassy Official, Notary Public, Solicitor/Lawyer) Name of Bank/Embassy/ Notary Public etc. Address Telephone number extn Countersignatory s signature Date Official stamp International Personal Banking- regulatory status The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited trading as NatWest (NatWest). Registered Office: PO Box 64, Royal Bank House, 71 Bath Street, St. Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PJ. Regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission. Business address: PO Box 11, 16 Library Place, St. Helier, Jersey, JE4 8NH. NatWest - regulatory status National Westminster Bank Plc. Registered in England No. 929027. 135 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3UR. National Westminster Bank Plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Page 7 of 7
Natwest International (Offshore) The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited trading as NatWest (NatWest). Registered Office: PO Box 64, Royal Bank House, 71 Bath Street, St. Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PJ. Regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission. Business address: PO Box 11, 16 Library Place, St. Helier, Jersey, JE4 8NH. Credit cards are issued by National Westminster Bank plc. Registered office: 135 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3UR. Only available to over 18's. Subject to status. Cards are only issued to people who meet our criteria. NatWest is a member of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc - Registered in Scotland No 90312. Registered office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2YB. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. The latest report and accounts are available at www.investors.rbs.com NatWest places funds with other parts of its Group and thus its financial standing is linked to the Group. Depositors may wish to form their own view on the financial standing of NatWest and the Group based on publicly available information. The latest report and accounts are available at www.natwestinternational.com/financial-results With currency accounts there is an exchange rate risk if the currency is not the depositor's reference currency. If you pay into your account at a NatWest branch in the United Kingdom, National Westminster Bank Plc (NWB) agrees to receive the money from you for transfer and credit to an account held by you with The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited trading as NatWest (NWO). NWB acts as your agent, and if NWB is willing to accept the funds from you and NWO accepts the funds for credit to your account, the credit will be shown on your bank statement. National Westminster Bank Plc. Registered in England No. 929027. 135 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3UR. National Westminster Bank Plc. is authorised and regulated by the Financial Service Authority. NatWest is not an Authorised Person subject to the rules and regulations made under the UK Financial Services & Markets Act 2000, and therefore deposits made with branches, all of which are outside the UK, are not protected by those rules and regulations covered by the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme. As at 31 December 2012, RBS International trading as NatWest's paid-up capital and reserves exceeded 1,829 million. UK resident depositors may be subject to declaration and taxation of resulting income. Our services are not offered to any person in any jurisdiction where their advertisement, offer or sale is restricted or prohibited by law or regulation or where we are not appropriately licensed. If you are not satisfied with any of our products or services, we have a complaints procedure that you can use. A leaflet, giving details of the procedure, is available from your branch upon request. Calls may be recorded. NatWest is a participant in the Jersey Banking Depositor Compensation Scheme. The Scheme offers protection for eligible deposits of up to 50,000. The maximum total amount of compensation is capped at 100,000,000 in any 5 year period. Full details of the Scheme and banking groups covered are available on the States of Jersey website or on request. NatWest, and Select are registered trademarks of National Westminster Bank Plc and used by permission. NatWest Plc. (Onshore) National Westminster Bank Plc. Registered in England No. 929027. 135 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3UR. National Westminster Bank Plc. is authorised and regulated by the Financial Service Authority. National Westminster Bank Plc is a member of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme established under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The Financial Services Compensation Scheme, set up under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, covers your account. For money held in a bank or building society in the UK the scheme will cover up to 85,000 of your claim. Most people who make deposits, including individuals and small firms, are covered. Deposits in all currencies are treated the same. For more information on the conditions of the scheme, please contact the FSCS at www.fscs.org.uk If you are not satisfied with any NatWest product or service we have a complaint handling procedure that you can use to resolve such matters. NatWest is covered by The Financial Ombudsman Service. If you are still not satisfied after following the NatWest procedures, you can ask the Ombudsman to review the complaint. You can find out more about The Financial Ombudsman Service in a leaflet available from any branch or by telephoning NatWest. Alternatively you can write to: Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR or telephone 020 7964 1000. Calls may be recorded. NET 4013 Apr 2013 N5296 3/13