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How to get a phone for grandpa?

HopefulLegend

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My grandpa recently arrived in Canada as a PR. However, because he doesn't have a credit card or any credit history yet, how can he get a cell phone? Any advice?
 

YVR123

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My grandpa recently arrived in Canada as a PR. However, because he doesn't have a credit card or any credit history yet, how can he get a cell phone? Any advice?
Get a pre-paid SIM and buy a cellphone.

google:
prepaid cell phone canada

Not saying that he should get it from BestBuy. But their website have some information on prepaid cell phone. Scroll to the bottom and read up:
Pay and stay ahead with a prepaid cell phone
How do prepaid phones work?

https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/category/prepaid-phones/743456
 

YVR123

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If they were sponsored through PGP they should have a child or grandchild in Canada.
Well, I cannot see OP's posting history ... And it's not clear how the grandpa arrived as PR.

But if the grandpa came under PGP, then the sponsor should pay for his cellphone and services. That's what a sponsor should do. That's part of undertaking to take care of the need of the parents/grandparents being sponsored.
 

canuck78

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Well, I cannot see OP's posting history ... And it's not clear how the grandpa arrived as PR.

But if the grandpa came under PGP, then the sponsor should pay for his cellphone and services. That's what a sponsor should do. That's part of undertaking to take care of the need of the parents/grandparents being sponsored.
Unless through asylum or marriage how would the grandfather recently received PR? Assume chances that it is PGP is quite high.
 
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