Pre-departure Account Opening Application

– Guide to completion

To better understand you and your needs, we’ll collect your personal information throughout this application. Your data privacy is
very important to us and we carefully manage the information you provide, following our Privacy code.
Any question marked with an asterisk (*) is a mandatory question. Any questions that are not applicable for you can be filled in
as N/A. The application should take approximately 10–15 minutes to complete.
You can select “Save” at any time to stop and come back to the application.
When you are finished, please review all of your answers and save the document on your desktop. You will be uploading the
completed version of this document to digitally sign and submit.
Hover your cursor over the question mark icon < > to reveal a more detailed description.
If you need any help completing this form, please visit our International Services page to find the phone number for the
application team in your country.

You will need these documents to complete the form:

• Your Passport
• Canadian Visa (Work Permit, Study Permit, Permanent Resident Card, Landing document or Confirmation of Permanent
Residence document)
• Note: IRCC Study Direct Stream (Student GIC program) participants will require an acceptable secondary ID document
in addition to your educational institution acceptance and enrolment information.

The application is divided into 6 sections:

• Section 1: Personal Information
• Section 2: Basic Information
• Section 3: Contact Details
• Section 4: Financial Details
• Section 5: Transaction Information
• Section 6: Branch Selection

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Section 1: Personal Information

Personal Details

*Title: Please select.
1.
*First Name (as it appears on your identity documents):
2.
*Last name (as it appears on your identity documents):
3.
*Have you had any previous names or are you known by any other names? : Yes No
Previous/Other First name(s):
Previous/Other Surname(s):
4. *Date of Birth(mm/dd/yyyy) : 5. *Gender: Please select.
6.
*Country of birth: Please select. Prefer not to say
*Nationality and any countries you are a citizen of :
7.
Second Nationality: Third Nationality:
Please indicate your spoken language preference : English French Cantonese/Mandarin

Section 2: Basic Information

Purpose of account
The pre-departure account opening program is only available for individuals who are moving to Canada. The following questions
will help us understand how and why you are coming to Canada.
*What is the main reason for opening the account? : Please select.
8.
9.
*Your Immigration authorization type: Please select.
10. *UCI number (shown on Canadian Visa or Confirmation of Permanent Residence ):
11. *Visa issue/acceptance date(mm/dd/yyyy) :
12. For all students: Name of your educational institution for study :
13. For Student Direct Stream participants: Program of study :
14. *Expected date of arrival in Canada(mm/dd/yyyy) :

Identity Details
15. *Passport No.: *Country of Issue: Please select.
*Expiration Date(mm/dd/yyyy) :
16. For Canadian citizens and Student Direct Stream participants:
Secondary ID Type : Please select.
Secondary ID Number: Expiration Date(mm/dd/yyyy) :
Country of Issue: Please select.

17. *What type of chequing account do you want to open with HSBC? (Note: International Student Program participants
can only open the HSBC Limited Chequing with Student Discount until after the account is activated.)
H
 SBC Premier Chequing H
 SBC Advance Chequing H
 SBC Limited Chequing
with Student Discount
All eligible newcomers will receive no monthly banking fees for 12 months. See www.hsbc.ca/newcomer for more
information. Other service fees still apply. See the Personal Service Charges/Statement of Disclosure for details of which
services are for a fee.
18. *Do you have an existing relationship with HSBC? : Yes No

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19. What other countries or territories do you have an existing HSBC relationship in?
Argentina France Mexico United Arab
Emirates
Australia Greece New Zealand
United Kingdom
Bahrain Hong Kong Oman
United States of
Bangladesh India Philippines
America
Bermuda Indonesia Poland
Vietnam
Brunei Japan Qatar
Other:
Canada Jersey Saudi Arabia
China Macau Singapore
Czech Republic Malaysia Sri Lanka
Egypt Malta Taiwan

Section 3: Contact Information

Let us know where you live and how we can get in touch with you if we need to.

Phone and Email Details

20. *Primary Phone Number: Type: Please select.
Alternate Phone Number: Type: Please select.
Alternate Phone Number: Type: Please select.
21. *E-mail Address:

Current Residential Address

We need to understand where you have lived for the past 3 years. If you have been at your current address for under 3 years,
please also provide your previous address where indicated.
22. *Country: Please select.
*Street Number: *Street Name:
*City: State/Province/County:
Zip Code/Postal Code: *Residential Status? Please select.
*When did you move to this address(mm/dd/yyyy) :

Previous Address
23. Country: Please select.
Street Number: Street Name:
City: State/Province/County:
Zip Code/Postal Code: When did you move to this address
(mm/dd/yyyy)
Previous Address
24. Country: Please select.
Street Number: Street Name:
City: State/Province/County:
Zip Code/Postal Code: When did you move to this address
(mm/dd/yyyy)

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Mailing Address
Click here if your mailing address is the same as your current residential address.
25. *Country: Please select.
Street Number: Street Name:
City: State/Province/County:
Zip Code/Postal Code:

Section 4: Financial Details

Next, we need to know your employment, income and tax details.

Employment Details
26. *Pick an option that best describes your employment status : Please select.
If your answer to question 26 was Retired, Unemployed or Full-time student, please answer only question 27a with your previous
occupation. For all other responses, please complete questions 27a–g.
27. *a. What is your current occupation? :
b. Name of employer’s business
c. What is your current job title?:
d. Company Website:
e. Industry/Nature of Business: Please select.
f. Employer’s Street Address:
City: State/Province/County:
Zip Code/Postal Code: Country: Please select.
g. How long have you been with this employer?:

Please refer the list below to answer questions 28 to 30.

• Ambassador • Leader or Senior Official in a • Senior Executive of any National
• Deputy National Government Political Pressure Group NGO
Minister • Member of a Ruling Royal • Senior Executive of any State
• Enforcement Agency or Family Owned Enterprises
Intelligence Services • Member of the National • Senior Member of a Diplomatic
• Head of a Supranational Body Legislature Group
(e.g., United Nations, IMF, WB) • National Government Minister • Senior member of the Judiciary
• Head of Regional Government • Political Party Officials • Senior member of the national
• Head of State or Head of • Political Pressure Group/Labour police service/law
Government Group Senior Official • Senior/high profile politician
• High Ranking Military Official/ • Regional Government Executive • State agency official
Personnel • Senior Civil Servant in National • State corporation executive
• Large City Mayor Government

28.
*Are you currently acting or have your ever acted in one of the capacities in the list above? Yes No
29. *Are you a close associate of anyone acting in one of the capacities in the list above? Yes No
30. *Is any member of your family acting in one of the capactities in the list above? Yes No

Income Details
31. *Primary source of Income: Please select.
32. Additional source of income :
33. *Gross Annual Income/Salary: 34. *Source of wealth :

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35. *Tax Residency Details

To comply with Part XVIII and Part XIX of the Canadian Income Tax Act (commonly referred to as “FATCA” and the “CRS”,
respectively), HSBC must request information about your tax residency and U.S. Person status.
Please complete the following table indicating where (i) you are tax resident and (ii) your TIN for each country indicated.
Outside Canada, a TIN is generally a tax number used in that jurisdiction to identify an individual or entity (or a functional
equivalent in the absence of a TIN).
Country of residence for tax purposes and related Taxpayer Identification Number or equivalent number (TIN): If a TIN is
unavailable please provide the appropriate reason A, B, C or D as indicated below:
• Reason A – My country of tax residence doesn’t issue TINs to its residents.
• Reason B – I’m unable to get a TIN or equivalent number (If you’ve chosen this reason, please tell us why you’re
unable to get a TIN in the table below)
• Reason C – No TIN is required. (Only choose this reason if the authorities of the country where you are tax resident
don’t require the TIN to be disclosed)
• Reason D – I will apply or have applied for a TIN, but haven’t received it. I will give this TIN to HSBC within 15 days of
receiving it.

If no TIN available,
Country of Tax Residence TIN
enter Reason A, B, C or D
1
2
3

Please explain in the following boxes why you are unable to obtain a TIN if Reason B was selected.

1
2
3

U.S. Person and related TIN

36. *Are you a U.S. Person (this includes a U.S. tax resident or U.S. citizen)? Yes No
If "Yes," provide the U.S. TIN:

Section 5: Using Your Account

Answering these questions helps us look after your money and prevent fraud.

Funding your account

You are permitted to make an initial deposit of up to and including CAD $30,000 before arriving in Canada.
37. *How do you plan on making an initial deposit into your account?
Cash deposit in Canada
Wire from Please select. prior to being in Canada
Wire from Please select. after I arrive in Canada
38. *Source of Funds for first deposit: Please select.
39. *Approximate amount of first deposit (CAD)

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Payments to and from your account

40. *Are you planning to receive international payments into your Canadian account? Yes No
Use the chart below to list the countries/territories you expect to make or receive international payments to/from, as well as the
related details.

Approximately
Payment Approximate Value
Country Name how many times Reason for Payment
Type Each Month (CAD)
each month
Receive
Send

Receive
Send

Receive
Send

41. *Will anyone else be making weekly or monthly payments into your account, except for salary, rental income or
dividends? Yes No
42. *Other than you, will there be anyone providing instructions on deposits and withdrawals for this account?
Yes No
43. *On average, what is the value of funds (in $CAD) that you intend to retain in your account?

Section 6: Branch Selection

44. Help us find a branch for you or use our branch locator tool to choose one yourself.
I choose Transit Number :
Choose for me the branch nearest my address I will be moving to.
Choose for me the branch nearest my address that supports my language preference.
I will be moving to:
Address:
City:
Province:

When you become our customer, we may use your personal information to provide you with information on products and
services that may be of interest to you. You have the ability to opt out of receiving this information. For further details and to
opt out, please view the "Your Optional Consent to Use Personal Information to Tell You About Offers" section of the Personal
Banking agreement.
Please take a moment to check that everything is correct and completed. You can edit anything that’s not right. Save the file
to your desktop and return to the HSBC application page.
Now, you will need to upload this document. Proceed to the next step for instructions to upload this application.

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