Individuals

1. HK ID Card

2. Proof of Residential Address (In English) - (Refer list of Acceptable documents as "Proof of Residential Address")

3. Passport & Resident Visa for non permanent residents

4. Latest IRD Tax Statement / Salary Certificate / Employment Contract / any equivalent document as proof of income.

• All documents to be produced in original for verification.
• All applicants are required to visit in person. (For non face to face account, please refer to additional requirements)
• Initial funding should be originated from client's own Account with other Bank

Note: To comply with various regulatory requirements and operation needs, the Bank will perform customer due diligence, checking, relying on the available information/documents. The Bank reserves the sole and absolute right to seek further documents in order to conclude its due diligence. Account opening would be the sole discretion of the Bank and subject to meeting the extant KYC/AML/regulatory requirements and any information that the Bank may require

1. Passport

2. Proof of Residential Address (In English) (Refer list of Acceptable documents as "Proof of Residential Address")

3. National ID card or any other Government ID Document in the country of residence or Resident Visa (In English)

4. Latest Income Tax Statement in country of domicile / Income Proof / Employment Contract / any equivalent document as proof of income.

• ​​​​​​​All documents to be produced in original for verification.

• All applicants are required to visit in person. (For non face to face account, please refer to additional requirements)

• Non English documents need to be translated into English by a certified translator.

• Initial funding should be originated from client's own Account with other Bank.

Note: To comply with various regulatory requirements and operation needs, the Bank will perform customer due diligence, checking, relying on the available information/documents. The Bank reserves the sole and absolute right to seek further documents in order to conclude its due diligence. Account opening would be the sole discretion of the Bank and subject to meeting the extant KYC/AML/regulatory requirements and any information that the Bank may require

The following documents may be downloaded from our website www.hdfcbankhongkong.com:

1. Personal Account Opening Form

2. FATCA Declaration for Individual

The same is available on the Form Centre on the home page. It is a writable form hence the applicants can type in details & then print for signatures.

1. Personal Account Opening Form & FATCA Declaration to be duly certified by a suitable certifier to confirm that applicants have "signed in his / her presence".

2. Suitable Certifier has to certify all KYC documents in following manner:- "He / she has seen the original documentation and that the copy of the document which has been certified is a complete and accurate copy of that original. The signature and official stamp of the certifier should be placed on the first page of the copy document and the number of pages should be recorded". Name, Designation& Professional Membership number (if available) of the certifier required.

A suitable certifier will either be:

a) an embassy, consulate or high commission of the country of issue of the documentary evidence of identity;

b) a member of the judiciary, a senior civil servant or serving police or customs officer in a jurisdiction that is a FATF member or an equivalent jurisdiction;

c) a lawyer, notary public, actuary or a practicing chartered accountant / company secretary in a jurisdiction that is a FATF member or an equivalent jurisdiction; or

d) a director, officer or manager of a regulated financial institution incorporated in, or operating from, a jurisdiction that is a FATF member or an equivalent jurisdiction.

• Passport
• Driving license
• Telephone / Mobile bill within last 3 months
• Electricity bill (not older than 3 months)
• Any other utility bills (not older than 3 months)
• Account statement/credit card statement / advice, sent to its customer (not older than 3 months) issued by an authorized institution, a licensed corporation or an authorized insurer
• Property Registration documents/Ownership proof copy
• Lease deed/Rent agreement copy which has been duly stamped by the Inland Revenue Department
• Letter from any recognized public authority duly verified from original
• Letter from employer on Company letterhead with authorized signatory name and designation in case of employed applicant.
• Rates & Taxes bill within last / current quarter.
• Checking the Voters Rolls maintained by the Registration and Electoral office in Hong Kong.
• National ID Card with address.
• A record of a visit to the residential address by the HDFC Bank official
• A letter from an immediate family member at which the individual resides confirming that the applicant lives at that address in place of domicile, setting out the relationship between the applicant and the immediate family member, together with evidence that the immediate family member resides at the same address (for persons such as students and housewives)
• Mobile phone or pay TV statement (sent to the address provided by the customer) issued within the last 3 months
• A letter from a Hong Kong nursing or residential home for the elderly or disabled.
• A letter from a Hong Kong university or college.
• A current Hong Kong domestic helper employment contract stamped by an appropriate Consulate (the name of the employer should correspond with the applicant’s visa endorsement in their passport)
• For non-Hong Kong residents, a government-issued photographic driving license or national identity card containing the current residential address or bank statements issued by a bank in an equivalent jurisdiction.