Spousal sponsorship - Open Work Permit application question

[sryan86]

Hi All,

Got all my documents done this weekend (brutal!).

I'm sending off an Open Work permit application at the same time as my spousal sponsorship forms. On the checklist there is a section saying:

If you are a participant in the International Experience Canada (IEC) program, provide proof of health insurance covering the intended extension to your length of stay in Canada.


So I'm currently on the IEC visa but I'm not extending the IEC as you cant... Do I still need to get insurance? As my work provides health care and as I'm applying to be PR - in 1 year i'll have a health card...

Any advice grateful.

Thanks

Sam

 

[profiler]

Hi All,

Got all my documents done this weekend (brutal!).

I'm sending off an Open Work permit application at the same time as my spousal sponsorship forms. On the checklist there is a section saying:

If you are a participant in the International Experience Canada (IEC) program, provide proof of health insurance covering the intended extension to your length of stay in Canada.


So I'm currently on the IEC visa but I'm not extending the IEC as you cant... Do I still need to get insurance? As my work provides health care and as I'm applying to be PR - in 1 year i'll have a health card...

Any advice grateful.

Thanks

Sam

No, I don't think you need to show proof of that. The package that they use for the OWP is for several types of work permits. So, I would send it without. Much like the checklist requires you to send a Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union, or a Marriage Certificate -- that's for the inland OWP.

 

[Rob_TO]

Hi All,

Got all my documents done this weekend (brutal!).

I'm sending off an Open Work permit application at the same time as my spousal sponsorship forms. On the checklist there is a section saying:

If you are a participant in the International Experience Canada (IEC) program, provide proof of health insurance covering the intended extension to your length of stay in Canada.


So I'm currently on the IEC visa but I'm not extending the IEC as you cant... Do I still need to get insurance? As my work provides health care and as I'm applying to be PR - in 1 year i'll have a health card...

No you don't require insurance in this case.

However you should note that you're workplace insurance is only supplementary for things like dentist, glasses, physiotherapy, prescriptions, etc. Your workplace insurance does NOT cover anything that provincial healthcare would usually cover. So if you don't have private travel insurance and find yourself going to the emergency room or spending time in a hospital, you could be out tens of thousands of dollars as your work insurance won't cover this.

 

[sryan86]

Thank you for your prompt replies - I appreciate it. i didn't think I needed to but it's always best to check!

 

[profiler]

Thank you for your prompt replies - I appreciate it. i didn't think I needed to but it's always best to check!

Rob is right here in most cases. So make sure you clarify if your workplace insurance is only supplementary. If it is, you might consider health insurance.

 

[Tajnuba]

Hi All,

Got all my documents done this weekend (brutal!).

I'm sending off an Open Work permit application at the same time as my spousal sponsorship forms. On the checklist there is a section saying:

If you are a participant in the International Experience Canada (IEC) program, provide proof of health insurance covering the intended extension to your length of stay in Canada.


So I'm currently on the IEC visa but I'm not extending the IEC as you cant... Do I still need to get insurance? As my work provides health care and as I'm applying to be PR - in 1 year i'll have a health card...

Any advice grateful.

Thanks

Sam

Hi i have a question to you .. um also filling out the owp form byt there are so many fields about intended occupation , job description , duration of expected employment and intended location ..so should i fill those out as this is an owp if yes then what date should be in the duration field and intended location field .. nd if no will the form validate without the date and location ?

Ur reply will be a great help ..
Thank you

 

[profiler]

Hi i have a question to you .. um also filling out the owp form byt there are so many fields about intended occupation , job description , duration of expected employment and intended location ..so should i fill those out as this is an owp if yes then what date should be in the duration field and intended location field .. nd if no will the form validate without the date and location ?

Ur reply will be a great help ..
Thank you

If you look in the 2016 inland thread, I did address this question today.

EDIT: Here is the post: http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/spousal-sponsorship-inland-applications-2016-timeline-and-updates-t389295.0.html;msg5725630#msg5725630

 

[Rob_TO]

Rob is right here in most cases. So make sure you clarify if your workplace insurance is only supplementary. If it is, you might consider health insurance.

All workplace insurance is supplemental. There is no workplace insurance in existence that i know of that would cover medical costs usually covered by provincial healthcare - unless it's a special policy for foreign workers (so basically the employer would be purchasing your travel medical insurance).

For this reason, some workplace insurers won't even cover you for anything if you don't already have provincial coverage (but this varies by insurance company).

 

[profiler]

All workplace insurance is supplemental. There is no workplace insurance in existence that i know of that would cover medical costs usually covered by provincial healthcare - unless it's a special policy for foreign workers (so basically the employer would be purchasing your travel medical insurance).

For this reason, some workplace insurers won't even cover you for anything if you don't already have provincial coverage (but this varies by insurance company).

Actually, that's not entirely true. It's entirely at the discretion of the group plan administrator, the top brass of the company, and the needs of the employees that determine what the policy states. In fact, I worked at a company recently who had such included in the group policy. That company had a track record of bringing talent in from other countries. So, yes the policy required specifically that they cover the employee and their family for everything.

Agreed it's certainly not common. But it does happen. The provider was Great West Life FWIW.

 

[Tajnuba]

If you look in the 2016 inland thread, I did address this question today.

EDIT: Here is the post: http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/spousal-sponsorship-inland-applications-2016-timeline-and-updates-t389295.0.html;msg5725630#msg5725630

Thank you soooooo much .. i wass really in need of this .. .
Thanks again ..

 

[d_heart_s]

I'm in the same boat as the original poster, except that my wife (whom I'm sponsoring) isn't working right now. She has insurance from a Korean company covering the one year of her Working Holiday, but that ends soon. We're almost ready to send the spousal sponsorship + OWP applications.

What do we do for this item in the checklist? Does she need to extend her overseas insurance? If so, for how long? We'll apply for MSP (British Columbia) when we can but from what I understand that can't be done until our sponsorship application is Approved in Principle.

Perhaps Rob_TO's post already answers my question but I want to be 100% certain.

Thanks!

 

[d_heart_s]

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