Manila: Hong Kong Dollar bank draft for police certificate

[Stuckinthevoid 1]

My fiance spent three years working in Hong Kong 15 years ago and needs to acquire a police certificate. This is the last issue we have to resolve before her K1 interview.

We have been trying to acquire the bank draft in HK dollars that is required to get her police certificate, but none of the banks will issue it. As we read in other posts here some BPI branches will do it (and my fiance has an account there), but they have recently changed their police and cannot issue bank drafts at BPI in Hong Kong dollars. We have tried many other banks but none will issue the draft.

Has anyone recently had success in Manila with acquiring a bank draft in HK dollars? If so, which bank? Did they require an account there?

Thank you.

[rawkus212 0]

Have you tried BDO? They have branches in HK

[Stuckinthevoid 1]

Yes we tried BDO. They require that you have an account for 6 weeks before you can do a bank draft.

[rawkus212 0]

Yes we tried BDO. They require that you have an account for 6 weeks before you can do a bank draft.

You might want to find a friend that has a BDO account to speed up the process. 6 weeks is not that bad, just state that in your case to the embassy.

[sweetmomma 1]

I acquired HK$ bank draft at Wells Fargo.

[Stuckinthevoid 1]

I acquired HK$ bank draft at Wells Fargo.

Sweetmomma, Wells Fargo Center in Fort Bonifacio? Did you need an account? This is great news!

[sweetmomma 1]

Sweetmomma, Wells Fargo Center in Fort Bonifacio? Did you need an account? This is great news!

I have an account at Wells Fargo and I ordered my HK$ bank draft thru phone and they delivered the check in 3 days.

You can order HK$ bank draft and pay in cash at Wells Fargo branch https://www.foreignexchangeservices.com/FES/stores/locator.html

[rawkus212 0]

I remembered I had to get one from HSBC Binondo when I took an international exam but it was a US ($) draft demand. Try giving them a call.

[Ed and Gina 45]

Does your fiance have any friends in HK whom she trusts? She send her docs and money to her TRUSTED friend. Her friend can then get a bank draft then hand deliver the papers. My wife had to do that. She worked in HK for 18 years!

Make sure that she submits the docs AND fingerprints in strict accordance with HK Police guidelines - per their website. She'll need to have Red Ribbon Authentication.

[CjBryan19 11]

I sent mine May of 26th my fiancee has issued his personal check for the payment but before end of June they send it back to my fiancee they said they cannot process my police certificate because they want a bank check or bank draft and fiancee did as they told and re-mailed it to hong kong the same day. Getting a bank draft here or money order is such a headache it took me so long i have BDO accnt but they did not issue me unless u open for check account

[Ontarkie 13,920]

~~Moved to the Philippines forum from, K1 process and procedures~~

[Stuckinthevoid 1]

We were wrong. It takes 6 months after opening an account to get a bank draft. The only banks we have spoken to that will do a bank draft in Hong Kong dollars are HSBC and PNB. However, they will not allow you to do a bank draft until 6 months! I also tried contacting bank of america (as I have an account there) to see if they could send me a bank draft withdrawn from my account but they said it was not possible.

We are in a serious bind over this issue, as our K1 Visa and CRBA interviews are in three weeks while we have spent the last month trying to simply get this bank draft so we can get the police certificate. Has no one managed to get a bank draft in Hong Kong dollars without having an account open at one of these banks? Can anyone please help us?

Thank you.

[Greenbaum 12,258]

Stuckinthevoid, on 04 Jul 2014 - 03:28 AM, said:

We were wrong. It takes 6 months after opening an account to get a bank draft. The only banks we have spoken to that will do a bank draft in Hong Kong dollars are HSBC and PNB. However, they will not allow you to do a bank draft until 6 months! I also tried contacting bank of america (as I have an account there) to see if they could send me a bank draft withdrawn from my account but they said it was not possible.

We are in a serious bind over this issue, as our K1 Visa and CRBA interviews are in three weeks while we have spent the last month trying to simply get this bank draft so we can get the police certificate. Has no one managed to get a bank draft in Hong Kong dollars without having an account open at one of these banks? Can anyone please help us?

Thank you.

Have you read some "older" threads on this subject? Maybe this will help http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/420435-hong-kong-police-clearance-problem/

If you have a friend living in HK that you trust maybe you can send everything to them plus wire the money and asked that they complete the transaction in the monetary note in which HK Police require as well as hand deliver your documents and payment to HK offices as noted in the instructions/website.

[Greenbaum 12,258]

Found this if you need it to contact HK Police for any clarification. For enquiries, you may write to the HK Police Office at, e-mail eo-cncc-ib@police.gov.hk or call (852) 2860 6558 or fax (852) 2200 4321.

Edited July 5, 2014 by Greenbaum

[Stuckinthevoid 1]

We already called HK police and they told us that they still recieve transfers from PNB and HSBC but the other banks they no longer recieve transfers from (ie. information in older threads regarding BPI and BDO transfers are outdated and no longer relevant...hence my specific question regrading information from people who've done it successfully recently). HK police also do not have any other payment options like wire transfers or paypal. PNB and HSBC both require accounts that have been valid for 6 months. We do not have trustworthy friends in HK.

We gave up and I bought a plane ticket to Hong Kong to deliver the application myself.

Edited July 5, 2014 by Stuckinthevoid