20th November, 2009 at 13:30, I came to Yuen Long Branch to open account for saving, and in ground floor i was informed about all possibility and was sent to first floor to open an account.
The first issues when i feel embarrass when they saw my passport with a lot of stamps and visas, the guy was show to all colleges and they was something laughing about. Well, I hold Ukraine passport and have proof of address in hong kong and I stay legally in hong kong what else do i need to open account receive/send money, i was thinking nothing, then manager came, and said what they cannot open me account, they cannot explain reason, just bank policy. they was asking what propose i need bank account and i told them for saving, i have some amount in hands and do not want to keep them in cash, well, i never had this embarrass experience with any bank before, i have many bank accounts in USA, Switzerland and EU, i have whole wallet of platinum and gold visa cards.
I do not want to open or do any deal with this bank again, i just want to point how "good team" you have. They said the only one reason to open account i should have contract with my employee, but i came to hong kong not for work, i dont have any employee and have no any salary.
This is only one bank i visited today, but will go another for sure