Recent content by mariany

A tourist in Canada does not have a SIN number. These are not being handed out at the border/airport to everyone who steps foot on Canadian soil, they are reserved for landed immigrants only. My partner does not have a SIN number and is unable to obtain one at the moment...

Please explain. We have been to banks and credit unions and have been told that it is illegal from the horse's mouth. No SIN, no bank account.

I am a Canadian and my common-law partner is a Mexican. We have applied through family sponsorship. The Mexican is in Canada as a tourist, therefore has no possibility of obtaining anything Canadian (bank account, medical services, etc.). We have lived together for more than two years, one in...