Medical insurance

[amjad1002]

Hi all
i want to know that after getting PR visa and after landing in Canada when i can get my PR card and how can i get health card also if i want to check up in hospital so when can i do that like i hear that i have to wait 6 month for my health card so thats mean i have to make pvt medical insurance after arriving in Canada for starting 6 months or i can check up?

 

[Alurra71]

Your PR card is going to take roughly 6 to 10 weeks to arrive after you land. Depending on which province you land at in Canada you might not have to wait at all for medical card or 3 months. It depends on your province. The 6 months is inaccurate. If you want a check up covered by your provincial health care you will have to wait for 3 months from your landing date, otherwise you are free to get an appointment and pay for it yourself or have private insurance to cover it.

 

[amjad1002]

thanks my province will be ontario so normally people getting 3 month pvt insurance ? and what will be the cost for starting three month insurance thanks

 

[truesmile]

Not only did we have to wait three months, we HAD to wait three months after getting our PR card. Ontario has a very short list of documentation that they will accept as proof of ID, AND of living in Ontario. We went out on a limb and didn't buy any replacement short-term coverage.

 

[keesio]

My wife landed in Ontario. I purchased emergency health coverage for 3 months. I paid ~$450 for it but I got a more expensive option (I am risk adverse). There was a cheaper option for ~$280 that i could have gotten. My wife also applied for OHIP before she got her PR card. They will accept COPR as proof of status in Canada. The more difficult thing was proof of address. They were very strict on that and we had to wait until she got her first official bank statement in the mail.

 

[Alurra71]

I was able to apply for my OHIP with my AIP email, of course, my application was processed inland, but as far as proving residency, yeah, that is the same no matter how you apply.

 

[amjad1002]

hi keesio
you said they are very strick about proof of address so when your wife get her first bank statement and after submitting bank statement when were you get her OHIP card.?
thanks to every one for sharing...

 

[keesio]

After she got her first official bank statement, she was able about to apply for OHIP and got a piece of paper saying that she will have coverage 3 months from her landing date. She is still waiting for her OHIP card to be mailed to her. I assume they will mail it to her a few days before the 3 months is up.

 

[amjad1002]

ok thanks..

 

[Rob_TO]

Here is a list of acceptable documents you can use to prove residency. They won't accept any proof of address, except for 1 of the specific documents from this list: http://www.forms.ssb.gov.on.ca/mbs/ssb/forms/ssbforms.nsf/GetFileAttach/014-9998E-82~1/$File/9998-82E.pdf

For temporary health insurance while waiting for OHIP to become effective, you can check here for quotes from several different providers: http://www.kanetix.ca/travel-visitors-to-canada

 

[browntrout]

Not only did we have to wait three months, we HAD to wait three months after getting our PR card. Ontario has a very short list of documentation that they will accept as proof of ID, AND of living in Ontario. We went out on a limb and didn't buy any replacement short-term coverage.

Question, did you try to get medical prior to the 3 month period? do you know how they check how long you have been in the country? How about a local driver licence, would that work for for proof of ID?

 

[browntrout]

Here is a list of acceptable documents you can use to prove residency. They won't accept any proof of address, except for 1 of the specific documents from this list: http://www.forms.ssb.gov.on.ca/mbs/ssb/forms/ssbforms.nsf/GetFileAttach/014-9998E-82~1/$File/9998-82E.pdf

For temporary health insurance while waiting for OHIP to become effective, you can check here for quotes from several different providers: http://www.kanetix.ca/travel-visitors-to-canada

very helpful, and while ill be living in BC, i assume the structure is the same.

 

[keesio]

do you know how they check how long you have been in the country?

For landed immigrants, you need to provide either your COPR or PR card. Both have the date you landed.

 

[Rob_TO]

very helpful, and while ill be living in BC, i assume the structure is the same.

No, OHIP is for Ontario only.

If you are in BC you need to check the BC provincial governments website on their health care plan and how to apply.