welcome to canada
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It is unbelievable, as a new immigrant from Europe with post-graduate education and a fine job, I am struggling to get a Canadian credit card.
Canadian banks are among the most bureaucratic, inflexible and discriminatory institutions I have encountered in my life after residing in three different countries.
I have 15 years of credit card history with Barclays - of course within Canada this is totally irrelevant as we are talking about an English bank. Eh, England, what was that again? Ever read a history book, or looked at your dollar bills? Eh, WTF?
My advise is to get a letter from your employer which outlines your annual salary; go to a branch and talk to the manager. It can also help to make the credit card a condition for opening a checking account.
none 13 feb 2008, 12:57 - Rapporteer misbruik