Girlfriend Pregnant.. trying to get quick sponsored residency..

[Danaki]

I'm canadian and my girlfriend is Japanese and we've been dating for just under a year.. we have bank documents and lease agreements( lived together) from June 2017.. we just found out she is pregnant and are expecting to possibly be paying lots of hospital bills.. Her travel insurance doesn't cover pregnancy charges.. She is currently on a Tourist visa and we're wondering if there is anyway (even though we are not married and have not been together for a year) we could apply for sponsored residency....

Is there anyway she can get on my health Insurance???

Are there any other options.. what is the best/ fastest route to get her residency or implied status so she has health care... if we have to possibly wait a year is our best option to go to Japan and have the hospital bills/ baby there and apply for residency outside of country???

Thanks

 

[canuck78]

You can get married and apply for PR but you are unlikely to qualify for healthcare before the baby is born. Your best bet is probably to return to Japan if you can not pay for the health care out of pocket.

 

[scylla]

She needs to complete a medical to be approved for permanent residency and that medical includes an x-ray. Most doctors recommend against doing an x-ray during pregnancy since it can hard the unborn child. So women who are pregnant generally cannot complete the PR process while still pregnant and have to wait until after they give birth to complete the medical and PR process.

As explained by the poster above, you cannot sponsor her until you are either married or common law (common law means that you have lived together continuously for at least a year and can prove it). So as of now, you cannot sponsor her. Fastest route would be to get married - but again, she won't be able to complete the medical.

If you get married and then sponsor her inland and include an open work permit with that application - she will get an open work permit approximately four months after the completed application is submitted. If she is then able to get a job - then I believe she may qualify for health care (although some of that will depend on which province you're living in).

 

[Danaki]

She needs to complete a medical to be approved for permanent residency and that medical includes an x-ray. Most doctors recommend against doing an x-ray during pregnancy since it can hard the unborn child. So women who are pregnant generally cannot complete the PR process while still pregnant and have to wait until after they give birth to complete the medical and PR process.

As explained by the poster above, you cannot sponsor her until you are either married or common law (common law means that you have lived together continuously for at least a year and can prove it). So as of now, you cannot sponsor her. Fastest route would be to get married - but again, she won't be able to complete the medical.

If you get married and then sponsor her inland and include an open work permit with that application - she will get an open work permit approximately four months after the completed application is submitted. If she is then able to get a job - then I believe she may qualify for health care (although some of that will depend on which province you're living in).

Thank you for your response.. If we apply for residency outside of the country.. Assuming she got residency outside of the country... how long after would she be able to get healthcare???

Also would our child have canadian citizenship if they were born in Japan.... or do we need to be married/ official??

 

[scylla]

Thank you for your response.. If we apply for residency outside of the country.. Assuming she got residency outside of the country... how long after would she be able to get healthcare???

Also would our child have canadian citizenship if they were born in Japan.... or do we need to be married/ official??

If you apply using the outside of Canada process, how soon she will have health care will depend on the province you will be living in. Some give you coverage immediately (i.e. immediately after the PR application is approved and you arrive in Canada). Others have a 3 month waiting period. However keep in mind that you can't complete the PR process without having her complete the medical - and she can't do this without taking a chest x-ray which is not recommended for those who are pregnant.

Assuming you were born in Canada or became a citizen through immigration - the child will be a Canadian citizen at birth even if born outside of Canada.

 

[Danaki]

also if we apply for residency out of country.. can we come back to canada? or do we have to wait till her PR has been approved by the government

 

[scylla]

also if we apply for residency out of country.. can we come back to canada? or do we have to wait till her PR has been approved by the government

You can be in Canada when you apply for PR outland - you don't have to leave Canada to apply. Whenever you leave, whether your girlfriend is allowed back into Canada and for how long is always up to the CBSA officer she encounters at the border.

 

[Danaki]

If you apply using the outside of Canada process, how soon she will have health care will depend on the province you will be living in. Some give you coverage immediately (i.e. immediately after the PR application is approved and you arrive in Canada). Others have a 3 month waiting period. However keep in mind that you can't complete the PR process without having her complete the medical - and she can't do this without taking a chest x-ray which is not recommended for those who are pregnant.

Assuming you were born in Canada or became a citizen through immigration - the child will be a Canadian citizen at birth even if born outside of Canada.

So the child will be a canadian citizen at birth?? Do we need to fill out paper work if we're not married and the baby is born in Japan.. How do we prove that i am the father??? Where will we attain our babies paperwork??