Hi Vic,
I have been following up on this since last month. Visited the Service Ontario center thrice explaining all the situation to them. Apparently either the service ontario reps are not familiar with the situation or they were not trained for this situation.
When asked, they give a call to their higher ups and the only response i get after is they need a document that says that applicant is eligeble. My repeated argument to them is the govt of canada does not provide any such letter. As per my experience, its the Medical passed and then the DM2 ( which is ghost update ) and the COPR / PPR. they were not ready to listen to this argument and denied the application.
I took the denial form in written and got the email for review committee, attached all the documents and sent them.
on the other hand, i had also contacted the local MPP and explained the story, they did gave me a call back and asked to explain in detail, which i did. They said, they will reach out to me as soon as possible and will try to resolve it.
Will update on the forum if I get any positive news.
If eligible, the OHIP is granted for 1 year after the application is approved