BC Medical for In Process Immigrant

[The Big BK]

Hello All,

I’m trying to get my wife on medical in BC and they sent me a list of hoops to jump through.
We have all the docs they’ve requested but the last thing on the list is page 1 and 2 of her e-client.

e-client?
I believe what that means is the “Client Application Status” web page.
If that is correct, then page one only has the mailing address (our consultants not home) and then below that is:

Applicant = her name
Permanent Residence Application Status = In Process (hyper link)

If you click on the link it just says:
1. We received your application for permanent residence on January XX, 2013.
2. We started processing your application on October XX, 2013.
3. Medical results have been received. (Incorrect as our consultant made us do another medical for $290 because Manila lost the first one!)
Is this the e-client and is the In Process link page 2?



Also, when I and the family returned from Japan, Medical really screwed me over and it took a year and a half to even get me (born in Canada) and my kids (Canadian father) covered.
As they have given me the documents to supply, after I supply them, can they still be jerks and somehow deny my wife medical?

Thanks in Advance for anyone who can help me.

 

[margobear96]

Yes, those are the two pages. Print them out and enclose them with the MSP change form.

BTW I think it's helpful to enclose a cover letter with request...getting medical coverage before landing isn't that common. See below for an example where I tried to make it idiot-proof. (We went through my husband's HR and didn't deal directly with MSP.)

As to whether or not MSP approves coverage, it's up to them...but if she gets rejected, you can surely ask why and appeal if they messed up.

*****

Dear [ ]:

Enclosed please find a MSP Group Change Request requesting that my wife, [ ], be added to my coverage. She currently lives with me and our children in [ ], British Columbia, and is an applicant for permanent resident status.

According to the Ministry of Health’s website, a spouse of an eligible B.C. resident may be deemed a resident provided that an application for permanent residence status has been accepted for processing by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), and the application remains active. Pursuant to the instructions contained in the Ministry’s pdf article, Covering a Spouse or Child who is an Applicant for Permanent Resident Status in Canada, enclosed please find the following:

• a copy of my wife’s visitor record, which was issued on [ ], 2012 and is valid until [ ], 2013;
• a letter from CIC, dated [ ], approving me as sponsor for my wife’s Application for Permanent Residence;
• an official receipt showing that the application fee for permanent resident status was paid to CIC online on [ ], 2012;
• a copy of the identity page of my wife’s US passport and one other page stamped by the Canadian Border Services Agency; and
• pages one and two from the CIC e-Client Applications Status website showing that her Application for Permanent Residence was received on [ ], 2012.
For your reference a copy of the article is also enclosed.

Pursuant to the article, my wife’s waiting period, consisting of the balance of the month in which residence in British Columbia is established plus two months, could start (1) on the date that CIC accepted her application (i.e., [ ], 2012, making the effective date for benefits [ ], 2013) or (2) on the date the application fee was received by CIC (i.e., [ ], 2012, making the effective date for benefits [ ], 2013). I believe that her waiting period should be deemed to begin on [ ], 2012, making the effective date for benefits [ ], 2013. Further, wife has not left Canada since [ ] and has no plans to do so in the near future.

Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me by e-mail or telephone.

Sincerely yours,
[ ]