Can I cash a canadian check in USA?

[Flames9_RN 358]

I wonder what issues I'll face when attempting to cash a draft from my Canadian bank account into my USC fiance's bank account at WaMu.

That's how I was hoping/planning on transferring my own money own. The whole sum of it, heh.

if its a great deal of $$$--and nice to have anyways--is a custom House acct!! Many of us here have used it for years.

http://www.customhouse.com/ It has been recently bought by Western Union, so not sure if anything will change, so far it hasn't

[Sam and Ben 2]

I wonder what issues I'll face when attempting to cash a draft from my Canadian bank account into my USC fiance's bank account at WaMu.

That's how I was hoping/planning on transferring my own money own. The whole sum of it, heh.

if its a great deal of $$$--and nice to have anyways--is a custom House acct!! Many of us here have used it for years.

http://www.customhouse.com/ It has been recently bought by Western Union, so not sure if anything will change, so far it hasn't

I've heard mention of that place elsewhere on the site... Is it really necessary?

Yes, it will be a significant amount of money that I'm looking to bring over.

[Sprailenes 47]

Canadian cheque.

[Flames9_RN 358]

I wonder what issues I'll face when attempting to cash a draft from my Canadian bank account into my USC fiance's bank account at WaMu.

That's how I was hoping/planning on transferring my own money own. The whole sum of it, heh.

if its a great deal of $$$--and nice to have anyways--is a custom House acct!! Many of us here have used it for years.

http://www.customhouse.com/ It has been recently bought by Western Union, so not sure if anything will change, so far it hasn't

I've heard mention of that place elsewhere on the site... Is it really necessary?

Yes, it will be a significant amount of money that I'm looking to bring over.

CustomHouse will normally give you a better exchange rate than the bank!! so the $$$ can add up. I have lived in the USA since Dec 2004 and I stil use it. When I'm going to head back to Canada, just transfer $$ to my Cdn Acct! Free to set up and NO fees if you EFT (electronic file transfer)

Does take a bit to set up, but it is very easy and staff (out of Victoria BC) are very friendly. A transaction takes between 3-4 BUSINESS days to complete. if ya need the $$ quicker they do offer a wire service, but does cost a few (never used it)

Is it necessary No? But it wil save you Money! Some USA banks really hate International cheques

[Krikit 1,163]

I wonder what issues I'll face when attempting to cash a draft from my Canadian bank account into my USC fiance's bank account at WaMu.

That's how I was hoping/planning on transferring my own money own. The whole sum of it, heh.

Have you learned nothing from reading these threads, Grasshoppa?!! Don't cash Canadian cheques at US banks!!!

[Sam and Ben 2]

I wonder what issues I'll face when attempting to cash a draft from my Canadian bank account into my USC fiance's bank account at WaMu.

That's how I was hoping/planning on transferring my own money own. The whole sum of it, heh.

Have you learned nothing from reading these threads, Grasshoppa?!! Don't cash Canadian cheques at US banks!!!

My curiosity came from the fact that a draft, in essence, is cash. It doesn't rely on whether or not I have a balance in my account -- it is the balance of my account, in part or whole. So I was wondering if they viewed that any differently.

[Krikit 1,163]

My curiosity came from the fact that a draft, in essence, is cash. It doesn't rely on whether or not I have a balance in my account -- it is the balance of my account, in part or whole. So I was wondering if they viewed that any differently.

I'd give them a call and see what they have to say. Ask to speak with the assistant manager or the manager because the tellers will answer but they usually don't know what they're talking about. Let us know what happens! I'd be interested to find out how they handle it.

[bauser 0]

grr just posting a follow-up here 'cause I just called Chase's international collection hotline for some clarification.

The thing that tripped my deposit up was the fact that it was over $5000 USD in value. Apparently that's the condition to trigger a different type of processing...

So the lesson here is don't try to deposit a check/draft over $5k if you can avoid it. Unfortunately for me there is nothing to do but wait now.