TFSA for non resident | Tax Free Savings Accounts | Discussion forum

aneblanc, fyi you do not have to close your TFSA when you become a non-resident. You can't contribute in the year(s) you are not a resident of Canada, and you don't earn contribution room either, but no requirement to close or empty your TFSA accounts.

There are many Canadian institutions that will not deal with non-residents. Best you can do is to pick a choice off the Comparison Chart and ask who will hold a TFSA for a non-resident. Keep phoning until someone says that they will do so. I suspect most (all) members of this forum are resident in Canada and thus would not know anyway.

Virtually everyone on this site is a Canadian resident, so perhaps you need a site for ex-pats.
These are complicated issues involving CRA and so on. There is a lot you have not told us here and in your previous question. If you wanted a good answer, you would need to provide all the details. However, it's unlikely that you would get a definitive answer even if you did because this is not a question we have had to deal with in most cases.

You should probably talk to CRA to get the rules that apply to your situation. Maybe you need a lawyer. The rate you get may be secondary. Any FI can refuse your business if they choose to do so for whatever reason.