Hello there. I am currently quarantining in Canada after recently becoming a PR. I have been looking into getting a mobile phone contract, after I have set up a bank account and hopefully obtained a SIN. I gather the big 3 will run a credit check before giving you a contract and I also gather that the smaller ones will also do a credit check if you want a phone as part of the plan (they won't if is just for a sim card). Is this all correct, so my only option is to use my UK phone and put a new sim card in for now?
I am doing this as I want to build my credit score, I won't use the phone apart from for the odd call to Canada - speaking to Canadian companies etc, until I move our here permanently next year (by that time I am hoping to have built up some credit history). One thought I had was that if I could get a decent phone as part of the plan (as mine is pretty old now) at least I will have a better phone I can use for photo's / video / social media etc in the meantime. But may have to rethink.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
I am doing this as I want to build my credit score, I won't use the phone apart from for the odd call to Canada - speaking to Canadian companies etc, until I move our here permanently next year (by that time I am hoping to have built up some credit history). One thought I had was that if I could get a decent phone as part of the plan (as mine is pretty old now) at least I will have a better phone I can use for photo's / video / social media etc in the meantime. But may have to rethink.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.