Documents to get you started
- For Individuals (Person residing outside Bahrain)
- Account opening form
- Photocopy of passport/photocopy of valid visa/work permit/residence card.
- Address proof: Telephone bill/electricity bill/bank account statement.
- Valid Identity card: Government issued for self-employed, and company issued for salaried individuals.
- One photograph
- Client profiler
- Supporting income documents if investments exceed $100,000.
- *Self attest all documents. Bills and bank statements not more than three months old.
- Corporates/partnership
- Board resolution authorising the opening of an account with the HDFC Bank-Bahrain Branch.
- Certificate of Incorporation or registration (or similar document) (certified copy).
- Memorandum and Articles of Association or other constitutive document (certified copy).
- Licence or registration certificate from any other relevant regulatory authority (certified copy).
- Certificate of Good Standing (or similar document).
- Audited annual accounts for the past two years.
- Documents confirming signature authority for accounting opening and operating signatories (Resolutions by the Shareholders or the Board, Power of Attorney (certified copy).
- Certified passport copy of each authorised signatory.
- Certified National identity copy of each authorised signatory (certified copy).
- List of principal beneficial owner(s) (persons or entities holding more than 5%, directly or indirectly, or having effective control over the company’s assets) and passport copy for each beneficial owner (certified copy).
- Proof of address of the company – latest electricity bill (certified copy).
- *Bank statements/bills should not be more than three months old.
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