SBI Account Opening Online: The State Bank of India (SBI) is the largest Indian commercial bank. It is in news these days for two reasons — waiving off the minimum balance limit on SBI Savings Account and cutting SBI FD interest rates. Still, SBI is the most preferred choice for Indians, when it comes to Savings Account opening. Having an idea about the importance of digitization, SBI is offering its customers various SBI online services and SBI account opening online is one such service that a bank customer should know. SBI gives an option to its customers to open SBI Savings Account both offline and online but SBI online service helps you save time. However, SBi cautions its potential customers that before initiating the process for SBI account opening online, the SBI applicants need to ensure the required documents for SBI Online KYC, otherwise, the SBI online account open form will get rejected.

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According to the official website of the State Bank of India  — onlinesbi.com and sbi.co.in — one can initiate the process for SBI account opening online by logging in at the home page of its official portal. At the SBI home page, one needs to click at the 'Apply Now' option that will redirect the applicant to the SBI account opening online process. For convenience, here is the step by step guide on how to initiate the process for SBI account opening online:

1] Log in at official website of the SBI — onlinesbi.com or sbi.co.in;

2] Click at "Apply Now" option on the SBI home page;

3] Select 'Savings Account' option;

4] SBI account opening form will get opened on your computer screen;

5] Do the SBI Online KYC by filling up the details like name, address, date of birth and other various details and click at "Submit" button;

6] Once Your SBI account opening form is submitted, the nearest SBI branch will inform you to visit its branch with your KYC documents, you had submitted while filling the SBI account opening form online;

7] After submission of the documents, the SBI branch will initiate the verification process; and

8] Following approval, the SBI account opening online process will be activated within 3-5 bank working days.

To avoid rejection of the SBI account opening online form, one must ensure the following documents for SBI Online KYC:

1] Identity proof — Passport, Driving License or DL, Voter ID, Aadhaar Card;

2] Address Proof — Passport, Driving License or DL, Voter ID, Aadhaar Card;

3] PAN Card;

4] Form 16 (In case the PAN Card is not available); and

5] Two latest passport size photographs.