Easiest Way to Deposit For Canadian?

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Going to canada and getting an apartment and opening bank account. Will also be bringing cash to deposit into canadian bank account so i don't have to wait for a bank wire when i get there. I want to play on pokerstars as fast as possible.


As far as im aware, moneybookers i hear is the best. But how long is the process to create and verify the account? I read some ppl say it takes very long like 3 weeks?? Is there a faster way? I also read about instadebit and its like echecks? I used echecks to deposit/withdraw on pokerstars back when i played in the usa and it was great. So once i create a canadian bank account and have money deposited into the account, i can use instadebit? How fast can you create and verify an instadebit account?


Also, the instadebit can be usd correct? Because if its usd, then i can send the usd from canadian bank account to pokerstars and then i won't incur any fees.. if it is cad, then i would.


But are the limits like 1000 max per day only to deposit? I dont mind it being that low b/c i want to play asap.
 
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Hey paulyd, instadebit works great as does moneybookers (skrill now), however been a long time since I set either up so don't recall if any wait times etc but I think they can probably be setup and ready to use the same day or perhaps a couple of days maybe. Just checkout their websites as they should have all the details.

So where you moving to in Canada, I take it if you are moving here you must play poker for a living?
 
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Hi Paulyd you can try entropay it works like a virtual credit card I used it about 2 years ago to deposit 20 bucks and have never had to use it since........scorp
 
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i got my pokerstars account validated after giving stars my bank statement and lease. I also deposited 5000 usd cash straight to my canadian bank account. How do i get this money into my stars account? I specially brought 5k cash usd to deposit in the canadian bank account so i could get money into my stars fast.
 
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I read instadebit only works if you are a canadian citizen. Can i do echeck? I know moneybooker work but i know verification takes a lot of time?
 
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I read instadebit only works if you are a canadian citizen. Can i do echeck? I know moneybooker work but i know verification takes a lot of time?
E check is the best way too go no fees on poker stars with instadebit you will pay fees and E check is the fastest GL
 
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I couldn't tell you the best or cheapest way to get $5k onto the site (prior to setting up a Skrill account I already had a decent-sized roll online, made an account so that I could move money around on many sites).. 'but' if you need to get a small amount of money onto the site 'instantly' you can purchase a 'mastercard GiftCard' (at any 7-Eleven, or ShoppersDrugMart). There's ~$5 fee on a $100 card, a bit more on a $200. I believe they're available in denominations $25, $50, $75, $100, $200.

Definitely not the best way or the cheapest but it is really fast (typically need to wait ~1hr. after purchasing the Card, but once you deposit to Stars it is instantly available in your account.).
 
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Well wished i had read this post before making my first deposit at PS.
I bought a prepaid visa card from canadapost for 100 dollars,it cost me 15 $ to activate it only to find out i couldnt use it for PS,so PS directed me to entropay
found out that they charge a % of the amount deposited plus had to change to USD so all in all for 115$ i got 85$ to shoe for in my PS account
So dont use this method
 
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