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Offline Karennina

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Changing an account to a joint account
« on: June 08, 2014, 14:20:04 PM »
Is it just the normal documents you take to the bank please when changing an existing account to being a joint one, I am assuming that hopefully it will be a simple task? I do so hope I am not assuming wrong  ;) 

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Re: Changing an account to a joint account
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2014, 14:56:52 PM »
It was easy when we did it in February.. Took about ten minutes...

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Re: Changing an account to a joint account
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2014, 15:17:57 PM »
Easy enough with Finansbank, five minute job - as long as you have passport, proof of address etc.

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Re: Changing an account to a joint account
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2014, 16:40:16 PM »
ok thanks very much  :)

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Re: Changing an account to a joint account
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2014, 16:46:41 PM »
When we did it I had to get a tax number additional to the one that my missus already had.

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Re: Changing an account to a joint account
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2014, 18:57:05 PM »
I've added both my kids to my finans account. They both had to get tax numbers. One did the forms when over, the other did the forms another time, sadly by that time they'd lost the form from the first one!
Managed to redo while all together in Antalya and the forms were couriered over to Fethiye.
Only problem is if I decide to change to a different product we would all have to be present to sign, but for rolling long duration savings accounts they don't need to sign each time.
I did it to save any problems with accounts being frozen should the worst happen.

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Re: Changing an account to a joint account
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2014, 19:57:30 PM »
Be careful when doing it, don't do it while mid way through an investment period, we did it and lost 29 days of interest, not an inconsiderable sum. You live and learn.

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Re: Changing an account to a joint account
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2014, 20:30:22 PM »
You don't have to do it globally, bear in mind that the investment account are "temporary".  Do your TL & GBP accounts but tell'em to leave investments alone.

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Re: Changing an account to a joint account
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2014, 14:32:11 PM »
Thanks again everyone for info husband already has a tax number i don't know why we never opened it as a joint account, we are doing it for the same reason as you Linda the more I hear about Turkish beauracracy the more I realise I must attend to things out there and stop putting things off!

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Re: Changing an account to a joint account
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2014, 17:21:02 PM »
And Karen make sure you specify either to sign.  We did this and I just go on my own now, makes for an easier life!




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