New Passport, New Bank Account?
This is a true story about a Finnish girl who gets some troubles in the China bank.
When
I applied for a new passport in Finland this January as the old one is
going to be expired this year, I had no idea that getting a new passport
could also affect my Guangzhou bank account. In Finland the passport
number changes every time you get a new passport. And in China your passport number becomes your identity number that is needed in many official documents and papers.
So
yesterday I went to the ICBC, a bank where I’ve been a customer for
four years now. Visiting the bank is never a quick trip and this time I
had to wait hour and a half before it was my turn. When I handed in my
papers and documents for changing euros to renminbi, I also mentioned
that I have a new passport now. He started going over their computer
system and seemed a bit puzzled. He called over his supervisor as well
and they asked me if I happened to have my old passport with me as well.
Luckily I did.
They
had no idea how they could be certain that I had changed my passport
legally, which is a bit strange to me as changing a passport is
something everyone has to do. They demanded me to get a document from my embassy to prove that I had gotten a new passport.
In the end they changed my euros to renminbi by using my old expired passport! Next time they told me to get the document from my embassy.
I can still access my online bank and withdraw money, but if someone
sends me euros, there’s no way I can get them changed to renminbi!
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