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Old May 15, 2020, 11:05 pm
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mjm
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Originally Posted by Mizunara
Reset my MyNumber passwords (because I forgot them when I set them up years ago) at city hall the other day, and put my application in online just last night. I was incredibly surprised at how smooth the process was, and how polished the web portal was compared to how I usually expect interfacing with government websites to go (looking at you, IRS).

Based on your timeline, looks like it's about a 2 week process to get the deposit after applying, so I guess I'll look forward to seeing that at the end of the month.
All good but without a chip reader attached to your PC online application is not possible. Surely no more than a tiny fraction of those eligible have this set up.
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