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Fongo for Living Overseas Long Term? 2FA?

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ahoroba wrote: good luck convincing your bank/brokerage or CRA to send verification codes to a foreign cellular number.
TD, TDDI and even CRA send 2FA SMS to me on my US Google Voice number. That's likely because of Canada's close connection with the US (e.g. snowbirds) as well as the common country code +1.

But I agree that this likely doesn't hold for other countries. And it probably doesn't even hold for all Canadian financial institutions with US numbers.
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ahoroba wrote: You totally missed the purpose of this thread. Even if living abroad, you still need to interact online with Canadian financial institutions, pay taxes in Canada, authentify yourself for various apps, etc.
You can get a cheap foreign SIM, but good luck convincing your bank/brokerage or CRA to send verification codes to a foreign cellular number.
really?
I have 3 Asian numbers registered and verified for this reason with TD. Plus Fongo and TD authenticate.
About CRA I have not tried to change phone number yet. I dont mess around in CRA system and local is better.
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callernamet wrote: really?
I have 3 Asian numbers registered and verified for this reason with TD. Plus Fongo and TD authenticate.
About CRA I have not tried to change phone number yet. I dont mess around in CRA system and local is better.
You are just lucky to bank with TD, one of the very few banks that accepts foreign and VOIP phone numbers for authentication. Your situation is far from typical, no need to go on forums and contradict valid general advice that applies to 90% of Canadian population that does not bank with TD.
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ahoroba wrote: You are just lucky to bank with TD, one of the very few banks that accepts foreign and VOIP phone numbers for authentication. Your situation is far from typical, no need to go on forums and contradict valid general advice that applies to 90% of Canadian population that does not bank with TD.
really?

no need to make statements like this⬇. case closed.

but good luck convincing your bank/brokerage or CRA to send verification codes to a foreign cellular number.
"Laws for thee but not for me!" I will keep on jet-setting around the world. Spend as much as I can and enjoy vacations Free at Friends estate. Do as I do not as I say. I used to pay for my vacation until I met my hero.

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