Hi Mukesh, I heard that among the international banks, ICICI is a lot more blind-friendly. Try opening an account with them if Citibank is not cooperative. Geetha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mukesh" <mrmukeshsharma@xxxxxxxxx> To: <accessindia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:43 AM Subject: [AI] Re: ergent please see this > Hello Sir, > I am a partially sighted and I can sign but my signature do not match. I > practiced many time and still not able to get consistency. I also faced > the > same problem which Madhu has and with the same bank. > I was asked by bank authorities to get a joint account where my partner > will > have to sign and he should not be a Blind person. For me they Said I can > give LTI / RTI or I may sign also with the following instruction : > If I sign then I will not be able to withdraw mony or issue cheque as the > signature will not match. > If I give LTI then the bank will not issue me a checque book as they don't > have facilities at every or any branch to match the LTI / RTI. > Above all they will not issue me a debit card stating : > If I loss my card? > If some one sees my pin code at time of entering in ATM? and so on. > I am not putting any question but if any one has the answer then do let me > know > > I am still waiting for 15 August 1947. > Thanks > Mukesh Sharma > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessindia-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:accessindia-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dr. Anand Deep > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:21 AM > To: accessindia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [AI] Re: ergent please see this > > Why don't you learn how to sign? Each one of us has learnt signing and > practiced it the hard way. There is no shortcut for this. Even with a > joint > account, the first name has to be yours. So you have to sign. Learn > signing > and practice it hard. it is not necessary that you should be able to spell > your name in your signature. A signature is anything that you can draw > repeatedly and that resembles your name. That's it. Corporate accounts are > better than normal accounts. Your salary will get deposited in your salary > account and you will be able to draw money with a debit card. There will > be > no minimum balance requirement on such account. If you open a personal > account, you will have to maintain rupees 5000 as minimum balance always. > -------------------- > With Regards, > Anand Deep, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "fayaz pasha" <fayazjpasha_21@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <accessindia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 9:48 AM > Subject: [AI] Re: ergent please see this > > >> The problem is that i have still not opened my account with citybank. >> They say that cannot agree for thumb impressions. I fear if one day >> some how there is any change while sign my account may be blocked. >> I really don't understand why >> Regards Fayaz >> Geetha Shamanna <geetha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Citibank does not have a special policy for the blind as far as I >> know. I have had a Citibank account for several years now and have had >> no problems issuing checks, etc. They have never made a fuss about my >> signature not matching. >> >> I do not understand your problem. Did you use your thumb impression >> when opening a Citibank account? Since Citibank issues debit cards to >> all its account holders, one does not need to sign when withdrawing >> money. So what exactly is the problem? >> >> Geetha >> ---- Original Message ----- >> From: "fayaz pasha" >> To: "access india" >> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 10:25 PM >> Subject: [AI] ergent please see this >> >> >>> Hi friends, >>> I'm stuck in a precarious situation. >>> I was appointed as a HR executive at transworks pvt ltd. Transworks >>> has it's employees account with citybank. The bank is not willing to >>> consider my application because i used my thumb impression I have not >>> been able to draw my salary of this month on this issue. The problem >>> for me is that my company cannot transfer the amount to my personal >>> account, they insist on a corpret account with citybank or HDFC bank. >>> People who hold citybank account please help me in this regard. Is >>> there any policy that they follow for their blind customers? I'm sure >>> they have one! in general what is the policy that the banks follow >>> for their blind customers. >>> I keenly awaight your reply >>> Regards Fayaz >>> >>> J Fayaz Pasha >>> # 31 B street, >>> SH road Shivaji Nagar, >>> Bangalore 560051 >>> Mobile 09341935651 >>> Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partneronline. >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send a message to >>> accessindia-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the subject "unsubscribe" >>> withoutthe quotation marks. >>> >> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send a message to >> accessindia-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the subject "unsubscribe" >> withoutthe quotation marks. >> >> >> J Fayaz Pasha >> # 31 B street, >> SH road Shivaji Nagar, >> Bangalore 560051 >> Mobile 09341935651 >> Yahoo! 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