A lady that I know from the US met a landed immigrant from Canada. They got married and she is now living in Canada for about a year now. He says she is not eligible for any sort of healthcare even though he is on the MSP here in BC. Does anyone know anything to help her? Does she have to apply for Landed Immigrant Status or is marriage good enough?
Her rights?
- Thread starter jse0210
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margobear96
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- Dec 21, 2012
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- Category........
- Visa Office......
- CPP - Ottawa
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- November 15, 2012 (rec'd)
- AOR Received.
- November 26, 2012
- File Transfer...
- November 26, 2012
- Med's Done....
- September 29, 2012
- Interview........
- Waived
- Passport Req..
- April 23, 2013
- VISA ISSUED...
- April 26, 2013 (rec'd May 2, 2013)
- LANDED..........
- May 4, 2013
She's technically still a visitor. And no, marriage is not "good enough" and she is not eligible for MSP. They need to apply for permanent residency ASAP (preferably Outland since she's American). Once the application is in process, he can apply for MSP for her (see link below). She still has a wait period though so probably best to not do something silly like get pregnant on purpose.... (You'll notice that giving birth while not covered by healthcare is a very popular topic on the Health board.)
Ordinarily, the wait period for coverage for a spouse/child that is residing in B.C. and has later become an applicant for permanent resident status consists of the balance of the month Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) accepts an application for permanent resident status, plus two months. In some circumstances, the wait period may begin on the date the application fee for permanent resident status was received by CIC if the spouse/child has been residing in B.C. since that time. This is provided there is no significant delay between the fee being paid and the application being received by CIC.
From the relevant article from MSP: http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/DownloadAsset?assetId=3BE8B2E4E1C34424815ABA87A1726944&filename=covering-a-spouse-or-child-who-is-an-applicant-for-permanent-resident-status-in-canada.pdf
Ordinarily, the wait period for coverage for a spouse/child that is residing in B.C. and has later become an applicant for permanent resident status consists of the balance of the month Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) accepts an application for permanent resident status, plus two months. In some circumstances, the wait period may begin on the date the application fee for permanent resident status was received by CIC if the spouse/child has been residing in B.C. since that time. This is provided there is no significant delay between the fee being paid and the application being received by CIC.
From the relevant article from MSP: http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/DownloadAsset?assetId=3BE8B2E4E1C34424815ABA87A1726944&filename=covering-a-spouse-or-child-who-is-an-applicant-for-permanent-resident-status-in-canada.pdf
Marriage is not good enough to legally live in Canada. He would have to sponsor her for PR (landed immigrant status) which is equivalent to the US green card. Without that, she is basically just visiting Canada, is only allowed to stay up to 6 months at a time, and has no right to health care or anything else.