Hi folks, should have made it clearer. On opening account with nationwide i gave my UK address but said that soon Iwould be residing in France and would that cause a problem with documentation, the answer was that it made no difference where I lived once the account was open so long as I informed them of my change of address. This seemed acceptable to me as you say other banks don't really want to know if you move abroad, or if they allow you to keep your account you get stung for withdrawing or transferring funds. Hope this clears up my previous post and sorry for raising undue expectations I will try it out in France and if I get problems will post another message Regards pete