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I know I'm not the only person here who has a Wells Fargo bank account in the US.
I had read online that some Canadians were getting warnings that their accounts might be closed. I had not seen such a warning myself, but I recently was in a branch and the teller immediately told me that my account was "flagged" due to the Canadian address.
I was informed that the address had to be urgently changed to a US address, otherwise the account would get (1) frozen eventually leading to (2) account closure, though they don't seem to know the time line.
The simple solution is to use a US address, or even a family member's address, for the primary profile address. The mailing address can still be different, and even in Canada. It's just the primary address that has to be US-based.
WF used to allow Canadian addresses for accounts. This appears to be a new policy that came into effect during the pandemic. My account was working normally, and I had no idea such a problem existed until a teller told me.
I had read online that some Canadians were getting warnings that their accounts might be closed. I had not seen such a warning myself, but I recently was in a branch and the teller immediately told me that my account was "flagged" due to the Canadian address.
I was informed that the address had to be urgently changed to a US address, otherwise the account would get (1) frozen eventually leading to (2) account closure, though they don't seem to know the time line.
The simple solution is to use a US address, or even a family member's address, for the primary profile address. The mailing address can still be different, and even in Canada. It's just the primary address that has to be US-based.
WF used to allow Canadian addresses for accounts. This appears to be a new policy that came into effect during the pandemic. My account was working normally, and I had no idea such a problem existed until a teller told me.