BenderS said:
No no BC Med yet, does he have to have a pr or aip before he can get it?
I've heard conflicting things. Are you applying outland or inland? For outland applications (like ours), it seems that you need to have sponsorship approval. I think if you're applying inland, AIP is sufficient.
Of course, starting the process now may have the 3-month waiting period completed in time before that. I know that our BC MSP came in 3 months after admission to Canada, but only a month and a half after sponsorship approval.[/quote]
I have him under my medical at work for Dental, but he's not eligable for Extended health cuz he's not landed yet...
He might be eligible once he has BC Medical.
We are going at lunch to see about his License, I called them yesterday but they couldn't talk to me (they tease me I'm his translator) haha, but they said they would have already sent his NZ licesnse back to NZ . Which sucks cuz besides his passport he needs picture ID (no fun taking your passport to a pub!)
Haha! Yeah, you'd need to have some sort. I'm sure they have a record of it -- someone probably just typed the wrong address in somewhere... or CanadaPost pulled their magic disappearing mail act.
In our case, in Quebec, we were told that my partner cannot get a Quebec license until he has his PR, although he has been living here temporarily for well over a year. It might be different if he had a work visa, but he doesn't.
I thought it was the same in BC -- you have to be a "resident" which necessarily means you have some sort of residency permit (either PR or TR)... but maybe they look at a 6-month visitor record as something close enough to residency.
This situation has caused a lot of problems with my car insurance. Some company wanted me to sign a letter saying I would not let him drive my car. I finally got coverage for 6 months only with him listed. The 6 months is almost up, but I think I will have to sell the car because I can't afford it anymore.
Wow, that's crazy. Does he have a bad driving record?
We had to get an "international driver's permit" for him to continue driving legally with his Florida license.
Whomever told you that didn't know what they're talking about.
An IDL is nothing more than an authenticated translation of the various aspects of a drivers license. Since the Florida license would have been in English, that's good enough for Canada. Keep in mind that an IDL is invalid without the original license alongside.
To reiterate: you do not need an "international drivers license" to drive in Canada, if you have a US drivers license (or other similar license from an English-speaking country). Furthermore, a license from somewhere else is VALID, but you may have to find someone to translate it if you get pulled over and the cop isn't satisfied with what he can understand.
An IDL is really just a marketing ploy by the CAA affiliates so you buy just a little something more when you're travelling abroad.
