>"VeryFrustrated"
Don't be! These 2 people you mentionned are helping people here and you are
yourself too, be grateful of this community that provides services to so
many people. You may have gone through difficult time yourself but everybody
has, myself included... We're all in the same boat... Hang on there, things
will turn out all right for you at one point, they allways do...
J!
J.R.R Tolkien: "All you have to do is decide what to do with the time that
is given to you"...
"VeryFrustrated" wrote in message
news:1205245.1075300972@britishexpats.com...
>
> RVSW,
>
> BOTH Webcrawler and Immigration Consultant Andrew Miller are
> WRONG, and are giving you very bad advice. We landed 3 months ago,
> and we have the experience to know that it is IMPORTANT that anyone,
> whether staying or leaving temporarily, to apply for the SIN card
> and to open a bank account immediately.
>
> It takes around 30 days to
> receive your SIN card. When you come back to settle for good, you
> will be asked for your SIN card by many merchants, etc. For
> example, when applying for a cell phone, cable tv, or internet
> services (this is a new requirement from Rogers), you will need to
> supply your SIN number. So based on the wrong advice of both
> WebCrawler and Immigration Consultant Andrew Miller, you will not
> have a cell phone, cable tv, or internet services until after 30
> days from the time you return to Canada.
>
> Although it is true that
> merely opening up a bank account does not help you build credit
> history, it WILL help you in securing a credit card from YOUR bank
> when you return, since the department that issues credit cards will
> check how long you have been a customer of theirs. All 4 banks
> where we opened accounts always checked our customer history when
> they looked into issuing us credit cards.
>
> Third, the way to look
> at it is this. It does not do you any harm to apply for your SIN
> card now and to open a bank account immediately. As for the
> exchange rates, no one knows where the U.S. dollar is headed, and it
> could be worse later on. Besides, you can always open a U.S. dollar
> account just to establish a customer history with your bank.
>
> This
> is FURTHER proof that no one should ever listen to advice from
> Webcrawler (who loves to give advice without even having landed and
> having no experience at all), and immigration consultants who give
> wrong advice very often. The reason that they are immigration
> consultants is because they are not good enough to become
> immigration lawyers - plain and simple. There is a story of a
> British couple who was denied their visas because they hired an
> immigration consultant who did not provide all the information to
> the immigration lawyer that the consultant eventually hired when
> things became too tough for his clients' case. So beware of heeding
> wrong advice !!!!
>
> Originally posted by Andrew Miller
>
> > WebCrawler was quite correct. There is absolutely no need to
> apply for SIN
> > or to do anything else after landing if person is
> leaving shortly after and
> > plans to move to Canada much later. The
> time for doing it all is when one
> > moves to Canada for good, nobody
> needs SIN card nor Canadian bank account
> > when not residing here.
> No taxes to be paid or tax returns to be filed
> > either before
> moving for good here.
> >
> > --
> >
> > ../..
> >
> > Andrew Miller
> >
> Immigration Consultant
> > Vancouver, British Columbia
> > email:
> AndrewMillerREMOVE@REMOVEcanada.com
> > (delete REMOVE
> from the above address before sending email)
> >
> ________________________________
> >
> >
> > "VeryFrustrated"
> wrote in message
> > news:1204-
> 172.1075249328@britishexpats.com"]news:1204172.1075249328@britishex-
> pats.com[/url]...
> > > Webcrawler,
> > > How can you give
> advice when you yourself have not landed
> > > yet? You
> should leave advice for those people who have already actually
>
> > > landed and who already have experience in the topics of
> discussion.
> > > Originally posted by Webcrawler
> >
> > > RVSW --
> > > >
> > > > There
> > > is
> no need to apply for SIN until you move permanently.
> > >
> >
> > > > As for bank
> > > account and credit
> history, you won't be able to build any
> > > > credit
> >
> > history in Canada while living in the US.
> > > >
> Simply having a regular bank
> > > account in Canada will not
> build credit there.
> > > >
> > > > Also, right now
> is
> > > not a very good time to transfer USD to CAD because
> of
> > > > unfavourable
> > > exchange rate of USD vis-a-
> vis CAD.
> > > >
> > > > As for particular bank - I
> will
> > > suggest wait until you move permanently.
> >
> > > Then you can do your own
> > > research and get
> references from friends/co-workers
> > > > about
> different
> > > banks and their levels of customer
> service.
> > > >
> > > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> >
> > > >
> > > "rvsw" wrote in
> message
> > > > news:b71f6b7f.040127-"]news:b71f6b7f.040127-
> [/url]
> > >ing.google.com"]news:b71f6b7f.0401271422.57fac9a8@pos-
> news:b71f6b7f.0401271422.57fac9a8@pos-
> > >
> ting.google.com[/url]...
> > > > > Hi
> > > > > I
> landed 2 days back in
> > > toronto (in the worst weather ever:-
> )) and
> > > > > applied for my
> > > SIN. I'll be
> returning to US in a couple of days and
> > > > > plan
> >
> > to be back in canada (for eventual settling down) after a year
> or
> > > >
> > > > so. Is it advisable to open a bank
> account now? eg. would that be
> > > of
> > > > >
> advantage to have a credit history, hedging against
> > >
> exchange rates,
> > > > > maintain tax history etc. Is HSBC a
> good
> > > bank to open an account?
> > > >
> Thanks
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