Hi Erin. I opened a PNB savings account in Calgary since checking account is not advisable. It’s different in opening a bank account in Canada where chequing account is the first to be opened; savings account is optional.

So far wala pa ding office. The meeting place is usually in remittance center with convenience stores.

Hi ask lang po? Wala po office yung representative? Makikipag meet up lang po siya somewhere? Thanks

Thanks for more detailed tips Malu. I hope that things will work out fine in the end. And thanks for suggesting a topic and giving information about it. It’s on my to-write list for March . . . this year. So watch out for that and feel free to share tips or ask questions here anytime.

No.The person who’s in charge of our region (Alberta) lives nearby so he agreed to meet up somewhere. I met with him and 2 other applicants. One applicant was there to pick up his ATM. He and the other applicant needed theirs for Pag-IBIG. I needed mine because I was issued a cheque in the Philippines. I tried to deposit mine on my Canadian Bank but BDO in the Philippines returned it stating that as per Bangko Sentral they are no longer converting Philippine cheques to foreign currency (good topic on your next blog 🙂 ). I should just have followed your blog and opened this account earlier. Now my cheque is stale and I had to ask Loyola to reissue it (still waiting for them to reissue) Got charged by RBC for processing it even if it was never cashed and had to pay Loyola to reissue. Such a waste of money. Thanks for your blog! Anyone who has a Philippine cheque but no Philippine bank account do this! Never attempt to deposit it to your Canadian Bank it will save you all the hassle and a lot of money.