{COL Financial Tutorial} Sending Your Application to COL Financial

This is the fourth post in The Complete Guide to COL Financial. To read all posts in order, start with Who Can Open An Account then continue reading the rest of the series on this page.

Step One: Prepare Your Application Forms and Requirements

By this time you should have prepared the your forms and other documents. You will need to submit the following documents.

COL Financial Application Forms (CAIF & FATCA Forms) Click here on how to fill them up>>>
Photocopy of one (1) valid government issued ID (Note: Photo and signature must be clear. Please sign on the photocopy three times.)
Photocopy of the Billing Statement (Recent, no later than 3 months past)

Some additional requirements…

For In-Trust-For Accounts only: Photocopy/Certified True Copy of the Birth Certificate of the minor applicant AND Duly-signed ITF Supplementary Agreement
For Resident Foreign Citizens only: Photocopy of Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR) OR Work Permit from DOLE
For Non-Resident Foreign Citizens only: Photocopy of one (1) valid passport that is authenticated by the Philippine Consulate/Embassy AND Proof of Income

Note: If you have any questions or still unsure if the requirements are the correct, you can scan and email the documents first before submitting/mailing just to make sure everything is ok to avoid delays. Their email is helpdesk@colfinancial.com

Note: When I submitted my documents to COL Financial, I also included a short cover letter to express my interest to opening an account with them. You can see a sample of the cover letter, by clicking here>>>

Step Two: Submitting Your Documents

You can submit your documents personally to COL Financial. This is their address

COL BUSINESS CENTER
2403-B East Tower, PSE Centre
Exchange Road, Ortigas Center,
Pasig City, Philippines 1605

OR have your documents delivered by courier to COL Financial’s address. (I used 2GO delivery service and COL received my package the next day. I received an email from them the following day informing me of my COL Account No. and the status of my application.)

Step Three: Getting Your Account Number

Once your documents are received by COL Financial, a sales person will get in touch with you either via your contact number or email address. When your application is approved, they will provide you with your COL Account Number which you will need to fund and activate your account.

After funding your account, you will receive an activation e-mail with your password to access your account and get started.

Note: If your new account remains unfunded three months after their first notice of your approved application, you will be required to submit a new application.

{Go to the Next Post: How to Fund Your COL Financial Account}