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    American retiring in Canada, healthcare questions

    My mom is simply moving to Ontario to spend the rest of her life close to her child and grandchildren. We are not trying to game the system, and my original question had nothing to do with that. If anyone has any recommendations about the desirability of supplementary health and travel insurance...
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    American retiring in Canada, healthcare questions

    Yes, we have been very lucky in many ways, including to be born in one very prosperous country and to move to another. I never thought it would happen so fast with the sponsorship going through. To be clear, the waiting period for OHIP coverage is 3 months, not 6. We have purchased visitor's...
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    American retiring in Canada, healthcare questions

    Sorry I wasn't more clear about our situation. Yes, we have been through the entire sponsorship process - it took about 2 1/2 years, starting with us paying a courier a lot of money to deliver our application package within the first 5000 on January 1. She has the "Confirmation of Permanent...
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    American retiring in Canada, healthcare questions

    I am an immigrant from the US to Canada, now a dual citizen. I am sponsoring my mother to move here to Ontario, so I can help take care of her when she is no longer able to. Of course at that point she wouldn't be medically admissible to Canada, so that's why she's moving now. Currently she is a...
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    October 11th 2017 - Citizenship Applicants under 3/5 rule

    I'm on the home stretch! The end is in sight so this should be my final update unless something goes horribly wrong :) Location: Mississauga App type: single Physical presence: 1481 app sent date: Oct 12 2017 app recieved by cic date: October 13, 2017 AOR: Nov 15, 2017 IP: Dec 7, 2017 Test...
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    October 11th 2017 - Citizenship Applicants under 3/5 rule

    Update for me: Test invite letter: Feb 22 Test date: March 8 Location: Toronto! Maybe you all can help me with a question. My test is scheduled for 7:45am in Mississauga. I am signed up to take a one-day course the same day, starting at 9:30am at Bloor and Spadina in Toronto - so I expect a...
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    October 11th 2017 - Citizenship Applicants under 3/5 rule

    Hi, thanks for doing that tracker! You can add me. Location: Toronto App type: single Physical presence: 1481 app sent date: Oct 12 2017 app recieved by cic date: October 13, 2017 AOR: Nov 15, 2017 IP: Dec 7, 2017 That's all I got so far.