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[quote=JIMMYB,506940]Discouraged by the staff at the Citibank, Noyan went to an ICBC branch to open an account. The staff looked at his Chinese permanent residence permit carefully and then asked “Don’t you bring your passport? You can use your passport to open an account.” Noyan insisted that he wanted to open an account with his green card. Also he showed the guidelines to the staff. The lady was embarrassed and called her manager to confirm whether the green card can be used for opening an account. Ten minutes later, she told Noyan that he could use his green card to open an account.

Noyan read the registration form carefully and found out the Chinese permanent residence permit was listed as one of the valid identification papers. He asked the staff “Aren’t you familiar with the form?” The staff just said “Sorry, I didn’t know it.”

After opening an account at the ICBC branch, Noyan still had a doubt “Do all the foreign invested banks follow the same procedure?” He went to the Standard Charted Bank to confirm this. He showed the green card to the staff and told her he wanted to open an account. The staff refused and asked him to provide his passport. She told him that foreigners couldn’t open an account without passport. Noyan took out the printed guidelines and asked her to confirm this with her manager. Five minutes later, she told him that he could use his green card to open an account. Noyan asked “Why couldn’t you look up the regulations first?” The staff said “Sorry, we just updated our regulations and I didn’t see the guidelines before.”
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