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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
hi,
All info. you need is in this link.
http://www.toronto.ca/immigration/health.htm
Please confirm with a govt. health official (in ontario) for the facilities. see especially where they have indicated some FREE services to immigrants before 90 days after you immigrate. They tend to keep it vauge and so you need to confirm straight from the Lion's mouth (Govt. official). They include Pre natal but NOT post partum. It does not mention Labour but it might be included in Prenatal.
IF, labour and delivery facilities are not included in OHIP coverage before 90 days after immigrating to Ontario, the hospital will bill you and if you donot pay, refer you to a collection agency to get the payment from you. Your credit history will be bad then and you canot take a loan. if you have money and donot pay, legal action can be taken.
and BTW , what is your profession?
TK
Disclaimer : Use this info. at your own risk.
TK saab,
You are scaring the poor guy.
It is not so difficult. Please contact the nearest settlement organisation wherever you land, they will put you through to the appropriate medical services...and god willing...you WONT have to pay much (or at all).
Canada is a very immigrant friendly country and they have all kinds of support services for genuine requirements, maybe they are not advertised widely as these servcies are recommendation based. Your settlement organisation will recommend your case to the local social service worker, he/she will note some of your details to verify authenticity and need and will put you across with the concerned medical personel..and they will cover the whole family..but you need to register for each individual as and when medical attention is required..not in advance.
Trust this helps.
All the best.
Hiren
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Originally posted by hchheda
TK Saab,
again, he landed in Alberta in 2003, he cannot apply for OHIP...for OHIP you need to PROVE u have been in Ontario for 3 months...by way of utlity bills..
Hiren
Hiren.... He landed in TO, ON not Alberta in 2003. Once he lands here again, he's eligible to apply for OHIP, offcourse with proof of residncy and a 3-mth waiting.
Landing directly in Alberta may not help again, since there seems to be a waiting for residents moving from another province. The Alberta Govt. web site is not very clear. Check my response in the other thread that shubi13 has started. http://www.canadiandesi.com/read.php?TID=12225
It would be best to confirm this with the Alberta Govt.
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Reiki Grand Master
Location: God's own country
Posted on: 24-03-06 17:24:43
hiren,
Whatever you say, I will not take that risk. Unless i know someone who had availed of this facility (ie.-> labour and delivery being free for immigrants who are less than 90 days in Ontario) or a signed document from a govt. health official, i would not take the risk.
TK
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Hi,
I landed in 2004 and never applied for OHIP card. Last month after I moved in here, when I applied for OHIP card, I was told that I have a waiting period of 90 days.
I think, in Alberta, there is no waiting period. So he should be fine.
Hope it helps.
Location: God's own country
Posted on: 24-03-06 18:14:39
Hello!
Our VCD has opened a bank account, when he landed in 2003.
Technically, Can he use the bank statements to show that he has resided in Ontario for more than 90 days? When OHIP sees the bank statements, they will straight away register him for OHIP (though it is illegal .b'cos he has been away for a long time but then who is going to see the passport).
TK
VCD-> Do you have a PR card. It does not seem to me that you have.? Even if you have and have left Canada before April 21, 2003, then you might not be allowed to enter Canada based on the 2/5 residency rule.
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Quote:
Originally posted by tamilkuravan
Hello!
Our VCD has opened a bank account, when he landed in 2003.
Technically, Can he use the bank statements to show that he has resided in Ontario for more than 90 days? When OHIP sees the bank statements, they will straight away register him for OHIP (though it is illegal .b'cos he has been away for a long time but then who is going to see the passport).
TK
Tk that's a big risk. Firstly they'll ask why he did not apply for OHIP for the last 3 years. If they suspect, which they probably will, they may ask for his passport (don't know if they can legally do that) or they may ask for a declaration.
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Reiki Grand Master
Location: God's own country
Posted on: 24-03-06 21:27:44
SS,
This guy lived in Dubai. I am assuming that Dubai stamps the entry visa in Arabic and so the people from OHIP Toronto canot see his exit date of Canada (unless he had left Canada to India and then went to Dubai). Canada does not exit stamp. All that the OHIP people see will be the day in which they exited India to be in Canada.
I am not suggesting that you will be given the OHIP card once you apply upon landing. I am only thinking of what the OHIP people will say to refuse your application. Generally departments are not linked. Even if OHIP swpied your PR card, how can they find when you left Canada? (since Canada does not Swipe PR cards upon exit).
TK
Sidenote : One of my Iranian friends got his citizenship 1 year or 2 years early (before the PR cards was introduced) by this situation. There was a 6 months out of 24 moths rule then. He exited and returned after 1 or 2 years.
Suggestion to Canadian Govt.: Please stamp the date of exit to people leaving the country (for any citizenship). it will save a lot of problems as well as a lot of confusion. It will also help in preventing fraud. It can be as simple as a stamp with a date , stamped on the passport. On second thoughts, do the check in clerk (who sees your PR card) record the PR card number against your name and give it to the govt.. if so , kindly ignore my idea.
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