Thanks everyone. I originally tried to set an account up in the UK. None of the major banks that I tried could help me because I'm not a UK resident. The reason for me setting it up at the moment, is to arrange the Direct Debit Mandate for my first UK mortgage, but without owning the property, I can't set up the account. It's a catch 22 situation. I might set up a Sterling account here, then cancel it when I actually own a property there. I'll ask BoI first about the account that Theo has