Finally Union Bank Salary Elite Account was opened today (on 30th April). But not yet activated.
Few pointers for those applying:
1) Go to branch with One Photo, Original PAN and Original Address Proof ID (eg Aadhar). As backup take your salary slip (they asked me to bring on phone, but didn't ask)
2) Check if they can open Salary Elite Account, with code SALEL
3) Once agreed, ask them to start the process in system. Herein they will fill details in system and then ask for OTPs - email and phone.
3) Once Account opened, they will still need a account opening form. Two routes here:
Some branch will ask you to fill in a printed form with all details manually. This is quite tedious and error prone.Other branch will use online tool call MyDiary wherein they fill in personal details in system (including account no. generated in Step 2). Post that a prefilled form is printed. We need to sign and submit. This is fast and error proof.4) Post this, while we get account no., they will need to scan documents and get account activated from backend.
PS: Union Bank systems are super slow. If account gets opened in one go, you are really lucky fellow.
EDIT: Backend team have started asking for payslip.. may be lot of accounts opened recently.
Further update to earlier post..
Direct opening on joint account was technical challenge.
So they opened Solo account (on 30th April) and after backend activation (on 2nd May) added second name too.
Today (on 3 May) visited branch, got passbook printed which shows both names added to the account. Account type (Salary Elite) is also reflecting in passbook.
Branch generated Token for Vyom (their mobile app), which came on SMS. Using this and CustID was able to log into mobile banking.
Debit Card will hopefully be delivered in 7 days.