This why I find the “no fees” so amusing. There’s always a fee.
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Well, the transfer is free, they never claimed free fx.
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Yes, that’s always the case with any bank in HK.
I wrote about HSBC Taiwan though lol
Are there any HSBC accounts in Taiwan that you can apply for without their high minimum income/amount requirements for Advance and Premier accounts?
yes, the HSBC integrated account
Is it on here: Bank Accounts - HSBC TW
Same here 
Yes, NTD saving account.
I’m struggling with HSBC.
I’ve a Uk address & info but they say because I’m not resident I cannot open account.
Did anybody open an account regardless ?
You need to have an HSBC Premier account in another country first. Then, you can use the international account opening process. Then, you won’t need UK residency - it should be enough to say that you want to “save and invest” into the UK.
I didn’t even need a UK address - the Taiwan address was sufficient (they do however note that not all features will be available to international customers).
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In my case, I sent them a slightly angry email that I am waiting for their call - then, someone called back within a couple of hours…
I remitted funds from HSBC HK to my hsbc Taiwan account today. Had to visit branch as amount more than can convert to nt$ online, then withdrew in cash. Of course they asked why such a large amount why not transfer. Explained why, all good.
They just called me out of the blue two days late and we were done after 4 minutes… 
Such a weird setup process
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well, they called me a full week earlier than the appointment I booked haha.