How to open an overseas account

Depending on where you're applying for an account, we might ask you for:

If you're applying for a joint account, you'll need to provide details for both applicants.

There are no charges to open an account overseas. If you're a Global Private Banking, Premier or Premier Elite customer, you also won't need to pay any annual account and monthly maintenance fees if you meet the eligibility criteria*.

A monthly fee may apply if the eligibility criteria is not met.

To waive the account opening and monthly fees, you'll either need to:

The minimum Total Relationship Balance and other account opening requirements vary by market. Visit your local HSBC website for more details.

*Maintenance fees are charged if Total Relationship Balance falls below USD$2 million for Global Private Banking, SGD$200,000 for Premier, and SGD$1,200,000 for Premier Elite respectively.

Total Relationship Balance includes deposits, investments and/or insurance. Terms & Conditions apply, and requirements vary by market.

It takes about 14 days once you submit your application to open an account overseas. It may be faster in some markets if you apply online. During this time, we'll ask you to provide all the documents and have them verified.

Check that your personal and contact information is up to date before you apply. If anything needs updating once you've started, you'll need to start your application again. This and other things that might be out of our control, like lots of applications or time differences, could increase the time it takes to open your account.