open bank account from abroad?
HI I will move to Canada in 2010 and want to open a bank account in advance from the UK. I have seen that HSBC does it but charges 100£, does anyone else know any other bank?
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If you check through the advanced search function, you should come up with all the info you need. There are many threads on this topic.
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You may also like to check out this link to the Federal Government's website that suggests possible accounts based upon your needs:
http://www.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/eng/consu...ob/default.asp Whilst it does not help you with opening an account from the UK (- why would you do that, it is quick and easy to do it once you are here?), it does throw up some very good suggestions. :thumbsup: |
Re: open bank account from abroad?
Originally Posted by silk1
(Post 8203972)
HI I will move to Canada in 2010 and want to open a bank account in advance from the UK. I have seen that HSBC does it but charges 100£, does anyone else know any other bank?
thanks Sam |
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£100 with HSBC was money well spent imo - I had cheques, debit card and credit card in hand before even leaving the UK.
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Originally Posted by G77
(Post 8205186)
£100 with HSBC was money well spent imo - I had cheques, debit card and credit card in hand before even leaving the UK.
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All of the banks do it, RBC, BMO, etc. You just need to go to the respective websites, they'll all have 'immigrant' oh sorry 'newcomers to Canada' sections, and you can open the accounts that way.
You won't get your debit card, and the liklehood of a credit card is slim due to the no credit history issue. That said you'll have a chequing / savings account number that you can use to deposit funds via wire transfer if you need to do that prior to you getting here - all you do to activate the account when you arrive is go into whichever branch you allocated to be your home branch - show originals of your ID and then you'll get your debit card, temp cheques and you're good to go. As was said above I don't really see the point unless you want to send money over before you get here - banks here give you your debit card on the spot - you don't need to wait for 2 weeks like in the UK. |
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Hi thank you all for the advise.
my only reason for opening the account in advance is to exchange pounds to CND at more favorable rates while they are still reasonable. They are going down the drain :thumbdown: I am looking at fixing the rates with forward contracts thought so that may remove the problem. |
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Have you thought of using paypal to transfer funds to Canada, i've heard its the best and cheapest way to do it.:)
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Originally Posted by simmo196
(Post 8205703)
Have you thought of using paypal to transfer funds to Canada, i've heard its the best and cheapest way to do it.:)
plus with all the horror storys about paypal, i think i would rather trust the banks :eek: Plus they have a clause here when getting a morgage etc that they like to see where your money has come from ;) we opened ours with RBC, couldnt see the point in paying 100 quid to open an account LB |
Re: open bank account from abroad?
Originally Posted by The Aviator
(Post 8205291)
£100 to set up a bank account! I used RBC, not charges to open account. I would not dream of paying a bank for the privilege of opening an account.
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Originally Posted by G77
(Post 8206156)
It's all about the credit card - £100 to have one in hand before you land with a $5k credit limit was worth it in my opinion.... Rather than having to get a secured card etc etc
We opened the account on recci, deposited some money and when we landed we booked in to see the manager, sorted everything out and walked out with debit cards for me and OH and a $3k credit card (unsecured) I find speaking to them face to face here works better....plus taking OH info from uk to her and employement contract :thumbsup: |
Re: open bank account from abroad?
Originally Posted by G77
(Post 8206156)
It's all about the credit card - £100 to have one in hand before you land with a $5k credit limit was worth it in my opinion.... Rather than having to get a secured card etc etc
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Re: open bank account from abroad?
Originally Posted by simmo196
(Post 8205703)
Have you thought of using paypal to transfer funds to Canada, i've heard its the best and cheapest way to do it.:)
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Re: open bank account from abroad?
Originally Posted by silk1
(Post 8205588)
Hi thank you all for the advise.
my only reason for opening the account in advance is to exchange pounds to CND at more favorable rates while they are still reasonable. They are going down the drain :thumbdown: I am looking at fixing the rates with forward contracts thought so that may remove the problem. |
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