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Originally Posted by sasha
I"M thinking about moving to Toronto, and playing mon-thurs , come home to see my wife , and daughter on the weekends. Does anyone know if i will have problems crossing back and forth every week?
Honestly, I'm starting to think that might make it easier.
The main things they grill you about are 1. What ties to do u have to the US, how do we know you wont just stay in canada and disappear since you could since you just play poker.
Having a copy of your lease or mortgage is great here. Also having a wife helps too.
2. How much money do u have? They want to make sure you're not just some douche that watched the WSOP and thinks hes a pro poker player and is going to go up there go broke rip people off mooch off their society.
So screen shots of stars accounts and bank statements/atm reciepts with balanaces.
And just tell them you're planning on coming up for like 5 days then back to your wife you KNOW you cant live there so you are just visiting to play some poker. Make sure they know you aren't trying to take jobs and **** like that.
As far as cashing, with Poker Stars, I took my check to the bank that issued my check, I brought them my ID and paid $15 to have it certified. It took about 10 minutes. After that make sure you get your reciept AND the card of the person that certifies it I thought this was excessive but my bank wanted both, go to your bank and BAM instant cash no week waiting.