Thanks for sharing this - I just got the letter with my sort code and account number and have managed to get set up for online banking and the mobile app now (Still havenāt got the card yet but it has let me set up Google Pay). Now just to wait for the switch to complete.
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Just got a paying in book 
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I did yesterday tooā¦ theyve also just paid me the Ā£200 switch bonus.
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Finally got around to setting this up
Switch finishes 01/06
Already met the app and pay in requirements
How long after the RBS switch completes have people recover confirmation that the bonus is on the way?
I switched into NatWest in March and received the bonus then. So Iām hoping I will get it for RBS now too!
If you got the switch bonus from NatWest then you wonāt get one from RBS too.
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They will, many have been successful. Not actually heard of anyone be rejected for it.
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Wow. Left hand not talking to the right hand then.
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Haha yeah pretty much, likely more a deterrent than a fixed rule.
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Its down to the poorly written terms that states a period that you canāt have had a switch rather than date from.
Basically means that Ā£600 is up for grabs
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Oh donāt worry after reading back on this thread Iām already almost done with NatWest (which I actually want to keep) and now Iām working out a game plan for my old HSBC account thatās been laying dormant. Iām thinking RBS > Ulster > Lloyds > First Direct.
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Heads up on the Ulster its completely different from RBS/NatWest.
Fill in old school form online to apply (pretending your in N Ireland with your nearest branch) > get your application in the post printed with your answers > sign and send back in the pre-paid envelope. Ignore the ID request to send back or in branch its not needed. Wait a week and account opened, then wait to be told a new switching date ignoring the one you gave originally. Ā£200.
You need a lot of patience with Ulster. Theyāre not consistent with how they do it. I got a text with a link for ID, son got a letter for ID and wife got letter followed up by, so far, three emails looking for more ID.
Lloyds may have expired by the time you get Ulster!
I think its lucky dip, my wife got her account opened in a week from starting online and posting back. Then cass completed and got paid three days later.
But ive read on here peoples taking ages so she was lucky. The no need for ID helped.
I would put Ulster at the end of any switching chain
The only problem with that is that youāre stuck with the Ulster account rather than a sensible one.
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Whatās wrong with Ulster? I thought it was the same proposition as NatWest just a different colour.
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Ah fairs, still unsure how itās not sensible though.
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Not that sensible in terms of operating. Three weeks or more to open an account. If you hit a problem, how long would it take them to sort it out with that speed iof admin? For example, they have asked the wife three times for a copy of her visa. She has a residence permit which they have a copy of and doesnāt have a visa.
Ah so your sole experience impacts your āsensibleā comment.
While there has been comments of inconvenience in account opening, that doesnāt make it not sensible.
Letās hope they sort it soon for your partner.
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No, that is one example. I live in NI and there are quite a number of people who find it less than convenient to use i.e. there are lots of examples of poor service.
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