State Bank of India

I wanted to open an account (NRE) so I went to this bank I thought they will help as I already have an account back in India.
Well This bank operate as a separate bank (California SBI) and don’t help you at all. Though I have SBI account back in India, SBI (NRE PUNE) asked me to do an attestation here in California and guess what SBI (San Diego) charged me $ 25 for that.
Well for an account opening you need 1000 rs in you account so I made $ 30 DD and SBI (San Diego) charged me $ 10 for that.
This doesn’t stop here… I had to forward my packet on my own !!! oh really !!! that costed me $ 70.
Total 70+25+10 = «$ 105» for an account opening.
This doesn’t stop here — SBI (NRE PUNE) they don’t have courtesy to even let me know that packet has arrived or something. I called two days, back to back, to check if my packet has arrived (bcz on fedex It was showing me that it has been delivered).
While talking to this guy in India I am on hold and listening this (Aho Joshi madam te packet aala ka baghata ka jara) WTH !! and after 5 min or something I get response I wanted to hear «packet pochala».
Finally they opened an account and gave me some kit so that I can access my account online but it took more than a week for them.
They also charged me 100Rs for check book. May be they will charde for my debit card as well.
Guys please don’t go for SBI NRE acoount.
After I told this shit to one of my friend he went to ICICI and guess what, how much he spent to open an account …$ 0.0
They picked his Self attested documents from his home and they gonna open an account in 48 hrs once they receive the packet.

Hey, it’s a bank. If you find yourself in bombay or Mumbai or the local quikimart and need some greenbacks or rupees… You will be glad you banked here. No ATM withdrawal fee