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Originally Posted by gruevlock24
I reclocated last year to Vancouver B.C. your're totally overthinking it. It takes about 2 hours and you're online playing. First go and open a checking account at a bank. I heard some banks are harder to deposit with. I use CIBC and it's been a breeze. I opened my bank account with my US passport/California driver's license. It took about 30 mins, they give you a debit card on the spot. You get home and you email pokerstars your American drivers license and just show them your bank statement that you opened the account with. Voila and you're done. Pokerstars will probably email you back within 15 mins and you can deposit with the debit card and you're on grinding away on stars!! BAM!! For depositing you just use you're debit card, and when you withdraw it just goes back into your checking account within 2 days. Just forget all the crap we went thru in US. It's all over when you get to Canada, it's just like grinding in the old days. Hope this helps, this is all my first hand experience that I went thru last year in May, it was such a breeze I felt dumb worrying about it when i first moved over.
If this is their current list of requirements they've become more lax over time. You used to need
1) a full bank statement showing your address (if its not a monthly statement, you need additional documentation from the bank. I don't recall what that is)
2) A phone bill from the new address (had to be a land line)
3) A lease agreement
They would not proceed until you provided all these documents. They did not email you back in 15 minutes. The whole process took 1-2 weeks from start to finish. I should know... I went through it along with several other ppl I know.
