Quickest way to receive OHIP?

[Puravida44]

Hi there,
My husband is an American citizen and I am a Canadian citizen. We recently moved to Ontario full-time and I would love feedback on the fastest way for my husband to qualify for OHIP (i.e. closed work permit, open work permit, permanent residency)?
Thanks for your help!

 

[scylla]

Hi there,
My husband is an American citizen and I am a Canadian citizen. We recently moved to Ontario full-time and I would love feedback on the fastest way for my husband to qualify for OHIP (i.e. closed work permit, open work permit, permanent residency)?
Thanks for your help!

Closed work permit is the fastest. If he can secure a job offer and approved LMIA (or no LMIA if the job is LMIA exempt) and then apply for a closed work permit, then he can qualify for OHIP as soon as the closed work permit is approved and he starts working.

The alternative would be applying to sponsor him for PR inland and also applying for an OWP. Processing times for this are really quite long right now.

He can also try applying for PR on his own through an economic immigration stream like Express Entry. This is likely the slowest path for getting OHIP coverage.

 

[canuck78]

All these suggestions will take over 6 months unless he has a job offer in the highly skilled category and then it closer to 1-2 months. There is no really fast way to get OHIP. At some point the 3 months wait period will return so you could also potentially be adding 3 months on top of everything. If he gets a job he will also have to prove that he be working for over 6 months at the employer. .

 

[Runedog]

Dont know about OHIP, but in my terretory you can apply with OWP (but with three months wait for eligibility). Given the fast processing these days for inland applications, maybe PR and OWP would be a fast way to go?

In any case, make sure to have private insurance (blue cross and others offer Canadian immigrants insurance with various coverage).

 

[YVR123]

We do see some faster inland applications being processed. It maybe worth the try to apply that ASAP (since you have already moved).

Get private insurance for the mean time.