Yet Another Banking Question

And since my whole life is currently revolving around a fiancee visa and moving to the UK I have to pose the following question to the UKY gurus and cross my fingers for a good answer.

I'm looking at banks in the UK and getting more and more discouraged regarding the difficulty in setting up an account (even though Bush and Blair are so BFF). My fiancee is thinking of switching banks from NationWide to perhaps HSBC. Now here's my question:

If my fiancee sets herself up with an HSBC account in the UK and I set myself up with an HSBC account here in the States, is there any possibility that getting a UK account would become easier for me when I arrive? Or even just become joint to her account?

You'd think I'd be stressing going down to LA for the visa, but nope, banking is my stress. -eyeroll-

Thanks everyone!

-Raul-

Don't know HSBC's policies but the easiest way to do it is just get yourself added to her account when you get here to the U.K......they may ask for ID, but other than that it should'nt be a problem, it's what I did with Lloyd's and it was a snap.

If you set up an HSBC account in the States and hold it open for six months, they will allow you to open a UK account with them at any branch in the states so long as you prove your UK address.  This is what I did, open the HSBC account in the states hoping for me to open one in the UK, I ended up opening an account with Lloyds TSB.

 (even though Bush and Blair are so BFF).

Does that mean what I think it does??? 

BFF= Best Friends Forever... I had a giggle at that too when I read it 

If he stays with Nationwide you shouldn't have too much trouble being added to the account.

I got my fiancee added to my Nationwide account fairly easily. Just needed a council tax bill, and documents to show where she's lived over the past three years(driving licnese, bank statements) and her passport.

BFF= Best Friends Forever... I had a giggle at that too when I read it 

I had something more obscene in mind. Bad bad me! 

well, I hope I am right anyways!  I have a friend who likes to say that as a joke.

I won't even try to guess what you had in mind. 

Thanks so much for the insight guys! You guys are totally BFFs aka Best Friends Forever.

And some of you...Stop thinking dirty!  But seriously, thanks everyone! Lots of helpful info.

-Raul-