Watch: BEST Way to Keep Your US, UK, Canada Phone Number When Moving To India
Most affordable and reliable ways to maintain your US, UK, or Canada phone number while living in India for OTPs and staying connected.
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Chapters
- 0:00 Introduction
- 1:00 Best way to keep your US phone number
- 4:26 Best way to keep your Canada phone number
- 6:30 Best way to keep your US phone number
- 7:28 Pro tip
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0:03 Moving to India but you want to keep your US Canada or UK phone number whether it's for onetime passwords accessing your financial institutions or stay connected in this video I will show you the most affordable and reliable ways to maintain your number while moving back to India let's get started first why you want to keep your phone number it's receiving onetime password for banks credit cards and other services it could be for a second Factor authorization for some of the online accounts that you have or simply you want to stay connected with your friends and family abroad during the transition or you just want to maintain the phone number in case you have plans to move back to abroad in the future
1:00 So let's look at the best way to maintain your Us number in India so the first affordable option is Google Voice it's a one-time fee that you have to pay for porting your number to Google Voice but there is no recurring monthly fee that you have to pay on ongoing basis so you would put your existing phone number to Google Voice by paying a onetime $20 fee you receive calls texts for free on Wi-Fi or mobile data you can make phone calls receive messages on the Google Voice app so that's how you would make the phone calls and you can do it from anywhere it works for most of the otps but not for all so in this link here which is this 2 FAA directory as you can see in the description below so this is the two Factor authorization directory that gives list of
2:00 Banks institutions for various countries that works well from a second Factor authorizations with the phone with an email with SMS and so on all the details are there so you can see which one would work so how do you set it up you would check the eligibility of the number if it is eligible for supporting to Google Voice and you pay a $20 onetime fee you set up the Google Voice app and you can start using the number please note it's better to do this porting by in us and make sure everything is good before heading off to India we will have a link on the detailed instructions on how to Port your number and how to use the Google voice in the description below so now let's look at another option which is bit more reliable than Google Voice in terms of receiving the onetime passwords so a lot of people have
3:00 Recommended using T Mobile with T Mobile you can customize the option in terms of the data and the talk time so for 100 minutes with 1 GB data you are looking at $6 per month and it works with all the otps because it's not based on vvo IP it you can make phone calls and you can receive text on Wi-Fi enabled device so there are no contracts you can cancel any time you have a physical Sim or an eim for reliability so how do you set it up you would order your sim or eim at t.com we have a link in the description below or on the screen that can allow you to place an order and by the way it's a referral link from us so you can use it so that you can get additional bonus you activate it in the US before moving
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4:02 To India enable the Wi-Fi calling this is much crucial so that you can receive the calls and text while you are on data or on Wi-Fi so you don't have to pay any roaming fee or any additional fees and then for a for $6 per month you can keep your number active you can re you have a reliable way to receive your otps U messages and so on so now let's look at
4:27 The best way to keep your Canada phone number while living in India so the first option which is most affordable is fongo it's a one-time porting fee that you have to pay so you port your existing Canadian number to fongo for a onetime $25 fee you can receive calls texts for free over W Wi-Fi or mobile data you need to use fongo app for making the calls and for receiving the messages you receive otps but it's not reliable similar to like a Google Voice so just be aware of it and make sure that your financial institutions or online access works with fongo before deciding on it so how do you set it up you visit pho.com you start the porting process you pay the $25 porting fee install the fongo app keep in mind this is the fongo mobile app and not the
5:28 Fongo world wi app so there are people who make might make a mistake on this so be very mindful that you have the pho mobile app with the and Port it to the port your Canadian number so if you're looking a bit better reliable phone plan to maintain your phone number and to receive your otps a lot of people have recommended Freedom prepaid plan so the freedom Prepaid Plan starts at $1 Canadian dollars when you take a 12month plan it supports all otps including Banks government services and so on it works in India you can enable Wi-Fi calling so that you can receive your calls and messages while you are on data or on Wi-Fi and you don't have to pay any roaming while living in India so if you're looking for a reliable service that provides you the otps
6:29 Freedom prepaid plan is something that
6:31 You might want to check it out okay now let's look at how do you keep your UK number while living in India so a lot of people have suggested to go with lebra Prepaid it's around 5S per month when you opt for a 12-month annual plan so it supports onetime passwords from UK Banks government portals and so on it works great in India you have eligible ability to get their calls and texts and some International minutes also included so you can order this Sim on libra. co.uk you activate the Sim before moving to India and make sure you maintain the phone number for receiving your otps by paying around5 for a 12 month plan quick Pro tip if you're planning to use Google Voice or
7:28 Fongo which is free on an ongoing basis one thing you can do is you can create a new number you can update that number in your financial institution that you're using making sure they're working seamlessly and once everything is good then you can Port your actual number to this Google Voice or fongo so that way you are ensuring all the institutions OTP would work and everything is good to go before before you port your actual number to the fongo or to the Google voice so in summary for us numbers you have an option to go with a Google Voice $20 one time fee or t with $6 per month which is much more reliable for Canada you have fongo which is a $25 onetime fee for quoting your number or a freedom prepaid plan which is around 10 bucks per month for better reliability with the OTP per UK lebra
8:30 Prepaid which is around £4.50 per month for a seamless experience so that's it that's the best way to keep your US Canada and UK phone number while living in India let me know in the comments which method are you using and if you find this helpful please don't forget to like share and subscribe we also have a very active WhatsApp group where the the like-minded people connect each other discuss so please check it out and until next time take care
