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Luxie,

As Otterpop said, it's just the regular monthly paper statement. Instead of it having your US address on the top of the statement it should show your name with the UK address. If your US bank sends statements overseas then you should just request a simple address change. They'll know what to do. That really did the trick for me 

very clear, thanks a bunch 

Thanks for the advice, everybody. I bank with BOA and SunCRUST..I mean, SunTrust; do they send statements overseas?

And, yes, you all guessed correctly: I am a "working journalist". But I'm old school; I prefer the terms  "newspaperman" or "reporter."