Bank Account options

[Rak089]

Hello,

Hope you'll doing well . I have a question - I have sent my PP and other docs to the VFS for my work permit, I was wondering if there is any way to open an bank account from the US for the payroll purpose without entering Canada? this is an inter-company transfer. I currently live in the US.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

 

[Jag2020]

Hello,

Hope you'll doing well . I have a question - I have sent my PP and other docs to the VFS for my work permit, I was wondering if there is any way to open an bank account from the US for the payroll purpose without entering Canada? this is an inter-company transfer. I currently live in the US.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

I went to Wells Fargo last week to check in person regarding the same, they said process would be go to local WF Branch in my case i have one near where i am planning to move and apply there in person with local forms and IDs..
It seems we cannot open canada a/c from here in the US..

 

[Rak089]

I went to Wells Fargo last week to check in person regarding the same, they said process would be go to local WF Branch in my case i have one near where i am planning to move and apply there in person with local forms and IDs..
It seems we cannot open canada a/c from here in the US..

Thanks for the info @Jag2020

 

[astraldust]

I was able to open an account with RBC from USA.

 

[NZ_ozzie]

I was able to open an account with RBC from USA.

Did you get all the new settler offers from RBC as well ?

 

[astraldust]

Did you get all the new settler offers from RBC as well ?

yes

 

[@trigger]

Hello,

Hope you'll doing well . I have a question - I have sent my PP and other docs to the VFS for my work permit, I was wondering if there is any way to open an bank account from the US for the payroll purpose without entering Canada? this is an inter-company transfer. I currently live in the US.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

One more option to explore - https://www.hsbc.ca/new-to-canada/applying-from-outside-of-canada/

Few other options are cross border accounts from TD and RBC.

 

[NZ_ozzie]

One more option to explore - https://www.hsbc.ca/new-to-canada/applying-from-outside-of-canada/

Few other options are cross border accounts from TD and RBC.

HSBC is worst customer service....I have called them like 7 times and last time I was on hold for almost 4 hours before they answered.
Promised an international banking advisor will call me back to open a new account but didn't get any calls for 2 weeks.
Then I emailed their complaint line and finally someone called, was super rude on the phone.
So I gave up and will be going with RBC...

 

[explorerCA]

HSBC is worst customer service....I have called them like 7 times and last time I was on hold for almost 4 hours before they answered.
Promised an international banking advisor will call me back to open a new account but didn't get any calls for 2 weeks.
Then I emailed their complaint line and finally someone called, was super rude on the phone.
So I gave up and will be going with RBC...

Were you able to open an RBC account from the US?

 

[NZ_ozzie]

Were you able to open an RBC account from the US?

Sorry I should have mentioned, I am in Australia not US

 

[explorerCA]

I was able to open an account with RBC from USA.

Could you let me know if they set up your account and activated it as well? I was told that I could probably open an account but would need to visit a branch in Canada to activate the account after showing some ID. Thanks so much for clarifying.

 

[explorerCA]

Sorry I should have mentioned, I am in Australia not US

No worries Thanks for the info. I'm going to try calling them again to see if they might help.