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I did open all my accounts through my Premier manager.
I think more recently, the Premier managers ask you to open your account through their respective app. You can then link the accounts yourself and ask your manager to confirm to the other countries that you are P1PA (Premier one > Premier All).
 
Yes, it is still possible but at current interest rates, blocking 50k USD does not make much sense. You will be better off paying $50 per month in the US.

HSBC Premier has many benefits, among them are worldwide free withdrawals with certain cards, worldwide free wires/SWIFT, ability to easily open bank accounts in otherwise difficult to access jurisdictions. Free coffee in the morning from a Jura machine is another plus.
 
HSBC is certainly not a perfect bank. On the other hand, it's "too big to fail," and it's definitely a far better choice than some banking experiment from a banana republic.

However, opening an HSBC Premier account isn't easy and requires a balance between $100,000 and $300,000, depending on the country. That is unless you already have an HSBC Premier account in some country.

There’s a certain lifehack. A solution.

Opening HSBC Premier in Turkey.

https://www.hsbc.com.tr/en/hsbc-premier/hsbc-premier

To open HSBC Premier in Turkey, you need 1 million Turkish lira...

which currently translates to just under $30,000.

After opening HSBC Premier in Turkey, it becomes significantly easier to open HSBC Premier accounts in the USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, or the Isle of Man.
can you say something about if this is still a good solution that works today ?
 
I went to the HSBC on Mete Cd. near Taksim Square a few weeks ago when I was in Istanbul.
I inquired about the requirements.
The account manager there said one needed to prove regular monthly income for 12 months
She wouldn't say how much
I explained that I have been living off capital gains for the last year
That was not good enough even if amounted to a substantial amount.
I am finding for various reasons, it is useful to have a regular income of a few thousand
I just relocated to Paraguay and set the RUC with active VAT submissions.
Can I achieve this via an alien, non-resident US LLC and transfer some crypto to the LLC, sell it and set up a regular income stream of dividends/salary?
 
Do you remember whom you spoke to? I think they just want people with normal jobs. From my experience some payslips are enough with most banks.

Not sure about your income structure etc. But you may want to declare about 50k per year in income somehow is you want to play banks and residencies. Just have a US LLC and then send money to your own account each month. It does the job in most cases. Sometimes they may want to set a tax bill.
 
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Do you remember whom you spoke to? I think they just want people with normal jobs. From my experience some payslips are enough with most banks.

Not sure about your income structure etc. But you may want to declare about 50k per year in income somehow is you want to play banks and residencies. Just have a US LLC and then send money to your own account each month. It does the job in most cases. Sometimes they may want to set a tax bill.
DIdn't get the name
Woman in her 30s sitting in the first office on the left past the guard.

Yes that sounds like what I'd like to set up - 4-5K a month should be sufficient now that full meals that include a nice piece of meat are costing me 6 EUR :cool: - actually that's at the upscale mall - in the less glamourous parts, it is half of that.

Do I need to generate actual profits, or just evidence of transferring money is sufficient?
 
I think they just want people with normal jobs.
Banks more than ever want customers with regular salary income they can easily track and trace.
No wonder why people with perfectly legal but not standard income need to waste substantial time and money to uselessly form and maintain bank-friendly corporate structures, or turn rogue, in order to freely enjoy their money.
 
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I don't know where you live. But in case wearing a niqab is legal, do you think you would get many guys trying to walk you out of a night club?

Many things are legal, but maybe just not very smart. Walking into a retail bank with only investment income is maybe a bit dumb. You either may want to go to the wealth management section and let them manage it, or you get a proper residence and pay yourself some nominal salary. It at least declare it as self-employment income.