Hi all,
Looking forward to arriving in HK soon. I'm supposed to start working while in quarantine, and I'm pretty sure I need an HK bank account to be paid. Can anyone recommend any way I can open one entirely from a hotel room (online or phone in English?) I know this is hard and the main banks aren't an option; I just need something into which my salary can be deposited until I can walk out of the hotel and have more options for opening an account traditionally. Ideally, I'd like a bank that I could use an ATM to get cash out from right after I leave quarantine as well (I know about ZA bank and welcome hearing about experiences with them but they're less than ideal to that end.)
Any options for dealing with address requirement in this situation also? I'm afraid I will be hotel-based for some time even after quarantine.
If anyone is wondering, I've tried the option of opening an account remotely from my country via HSBC first (AFAIK the only bank offering the possibility of doing this from here), but after weeks and weeks of appointments they completely just ghosted me (feel like you maybe need a multimillion dollar salary for them to treat you well?) and my application is frozen in limbo and it doesn't seem worth it to try to engage them again in this process given I will be in HK in person sooner than they can help even if they cared.