The applicant should provide official letter(s) from financial institution(s) which list all current bank and investment accounts, as well as outstanding debts such as credit cards and loans. The letter(s) must be printed on the letterhead of the financial institution and must include applicant's name, the contact information of the financial institution (address, telephone number and e-mail address), the account numbers, dates of when each account was opened and the current balance of each account as well as the average balance in the past six months. Other documents may also be requested, as necessary.
Anybody who are from within Canada, how do you get such letter?
Would it be sufficient to just include 6-months of Chequeing Account monthly statements? Or is this some kind of special letter we should ask from the bank?
Usually when I ask for "Customer Portfolio" from TD - they will simply show current balance of the accounts, there will be no info on when dates are opened and avg balance of 6 months.
Suggestions about getting this info from Canadian banks, specifically TD, would be greatly appreciated
Anybody who are from within Canada, how do you get such letter?
Would it be sufficient to just include 6-months of Chequeing Account monthly statements? Or is this some kind of special letter we should ask from the bank?
Usually when I ask for "Customer Portfolio" from TD - they will simply show current balance of the accounts, there will be no info on when dates are opened and avg balance of 6 months.
Suggestions about getting this info from Canadian banks, specifically TD, would be greatly appreciated
You need to get an actual letter from the bank. It's a specific letter. You can call up your bank or just walk into a branch and request one from the teller. That's what I did. It's probably faster to just do it in person. They should know what you need in the letter when you explain to them what it's for. They'll print one out for you and stamp it for you. It should take them about 5 minutes.
Just print out the info from the CIC so if you get an inexperienced worker they'll know what you are asking for. I had some trouble getting exactly what the CIC asked for in a few of my letters, so I included a letter of explanation and 6 months of statements in my application just to be sure the CIC had enough proof for me.
You need to get an actual letter from the bank. It's a specific letter. You can call up your bank or just walk into a branch and request one from the teller. That's what I did. It's probably faster to just do it in person. They should know what you need in the letter when you explain to them what it's for. They'll print one out for you and stamp it for you. It should take them about 5 minutes.
Just print out the info from the CIC so if you get an inexperienced worker they'll know what you are asking for. I had some trouble getting exactly what the CIC asked for in a few of my letters, so I included a letter of explanation and 6 months of statements in my application just to be sure the CIC had enough proof for me.
From what the CIC site says, you don't have to show proof of funds in the CEC class. However, I would get the letters anyway just in case. I wasn't suppose to have to show PoF either, I'm working in Canada and had a LMIA job offer, but was still asked to show funds. It took about 4 weeks for me to get all my PoF papers. So, it's probably better to just have the letters ready if the CIC asks for them.
