My boyfriend and I are looking to take it to the next step and live together in St. Johns newfoundland where he resides and works. I am currently a US citizen I live in NY. I know it could take up to 3 years to be a citizen I have to reside there, but I'm wondering if there is any meical insurance I can purchase or apply for before I am a legal citizen there. We were planning on possibly getting married and trying for a child within the first year or two I am there and I know I won't be a citizen yet.
Looking to move in with my boyfriend from St. John's Newfoundland i'm in USA
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It doesn't look like she would qualify, since she wouldn't meet one of the four eligibility requirements:
Residency in Newfoundland and Labrador
The Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Care Insurance Act defines a resident as a person... "who makes his or her home and is ordinarily present in the province... ." Beneficiaries who establish residency in another Canadian province, must apply for health care coverage from the province where they reside.
Eligible applicants can be classed into four groups: Canadian Citizens, Landed Immigrants, International Workers and International Post-Secondary Students. The Medical Care Plan (MCP) requires documentation which must be provided by the applicant to prove eligibility under the Plans.
Also, unless the rules are different in NL...the OP would need to first be sponsored for Permanent Resident status by her boyfriend, after they have lived together for 1 full year (to apply as his Common-Law partner), or get married (to apply as his spouse) to eventually qualify as a Landed Immigrant. After becoming PR, she could work towards obtaining Canadian citizenship (but the law is changing in July, I believe, that requires 4 years of residency to be eligible).
Residency in Newfoundland and Labrador
The Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Care Insurance Act defines a resident as a person... "who makes his or her home and is ordinarily present in the province... ." Beneficiaries who establish residency in another Canadian province, must apply for health care coverage from the province where they reside.
Eligible applicants can be classed into four groups: Canadian Citizens, Landed Immigrants, International Workers and International Post-Secondary Students. The Medical Care Plan (MCP) requires documentation which must be provided by the applicant to prove eligibility under the Plans.
Also, unless the rules are different in NL...the OP would need to first be sponsored for Permanent Resident status by her boyfriend, after they have lived together for 1 full year (to apply as his Common-Law partner), or get married (to apply as his spouse) to eventually qualify as a Landed Immigrant. After becoming PR, she could work towards obtaining Canadian citizenship (but the law is changing in July, I believe, that requires 4 years of residency to be eligible).
NVoulo said:
You are getting way ahead of yourself. Before you can think of becoming a citizen, first you need to become a Permanent Resident. Only after living in Canada 4 years as a Canadian PR, can you then become a citizen.
And in order to be sponsored for PR, you must first be married or common-law (have lived together 12 months).
Before you have PR status, you can only VISIT Canada. Usually you will get 6-months visitor status upon entry, and need to continually apply to extend that status if you wish to remain here longer. If you try to cross the border as a visitor and tell CBSA you intend to LIVE here or MOVE here permanently, that is a good way to get yourself denied entry and sent back to the US.
If you do come here as a visitor, then you can look for private health coverage from many companies. Here is a site that compares some basic plans/prices: https://www.kanetix.ca/travel-visitors-to-canada
If you intend to get pregnant before you become a PR and become eligible for healthcare, then you better look at health plans that specialize in covering pregnancy related costs. In general you need to purchase these kinds of plans BEFORE you are actually pregnant.
