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New Canadian Law Requirements
 

So I have had an a Canadian bought account about 3-4 years ago that I had been usually with no issues for that time frame. About 3 months ago I had to send in some documents like passport, utility bill, etc and my account was restored. About a week ago, they hit me with another request for information which was mostly the same, but unlike the last one they wanted a student transcript, or like a Canadian tax statement to verify the identity. These seem to be tough to get because none of the backdoor sites have these documents that can be photoshopped, etc. I am just wondering if there is any type of workaround for this issue. I don't sell bootlegs or replicas, just used clothing, some basic electronics, this and that. I'm thinking my sales volume may have triggered this. I did plenty of searches around the forum, but this seems to be a newer rule.

I did send them what I had again, the passport, electric bill, etc....but the last requirement I don't have or have access to. I called them the other day as well since I have auctions ended and people can't pay, and tons of inventory. Any help on this matter would be appreciated!

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some how Paypal must have discovered there is something not right about your account,that you are not in CAnada or not Canadian.
may be you are a foreign student studying in Canada?

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why buy Canada when you can buy US stealth account?

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post #3 is probably wrong and post #4 is misguided. There was just a thread about this yesterday. topadog or whoever the OP was called in and they told him why it happened.

apparently it's related to a new law impacting certain Canadian provinces.

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so what is the reason behind this-asking for student transcript?

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A student transcript would be accepted in place of a Canadian tax statement so younger sellers still in college would have a way to show valid government docs even though they may not have filed a tax return yet.

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Fun fact - PayPal nor Government are allowed to look at transcripts unless you give them permission too including in student grants/loans. So if you have no grants/loans, the government isn't allowed too unless you give permission, or if they have too for a good reason. PayPal isn't a good enough reason to verify identity. Have fun being creative

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I did happen to see a couple new posts about this. I didn't mean transcript, it is like a legal document saying you are a student or something similar. I think it has to do with volume I believe, because I have none nothing different over the past 3-4 years. Hopefully they'll accept what I sent, we shall see.

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That's exactly what a transcript is, it shows your previous classes, marks, that you're attending, etc. but if you mean the one with a seal that'd be difficult to be creative with

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I went tax papers way. It was pretty easy to be creative.