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My daughter has dual citizenship us/can. She was born in the USA but since I (her mother) am a canadian citizen, she received dual citizenship as an infant. We have lived in the US all her life with exception of 1 year when she was 5 yrs old and we lived in Canada, and at that time she had an OHIP card. Now she is 18 yrs old and going to university in Toronto and staying in an on-campus residence. They told her she can NOT get OHIP unless she relinquishes her US citizenship or marries a Canadian (which makes no sense as she IS Canadian). Furthermore, the University will not give her the UHIP (for International students) because she is Canadian as well as American. Can she re-establish residency at her grandmother´s house or aunt´s house in Canada as she will probably continue to live there after graduation? What do we do?
[30-11-2009,20:07]
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cindy |
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OHIP in Canada for Canadians (in reply to: residency and ohip)
That is interesting. As far as I know she should be able to get OHIP. Please double check that information. Furthermore, I would register her on her grandmother´s home address.
Sincerely,
Don
[01-12-2009,14:31]
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Don |
(in reply to: residency and ohip)
Eligibility
Ontario residents are eligible for provincially funded health coverage (OHIP). To be eligible for Ontario health coverage you must:
* be a Canadian citizen or have immigration status as set out in Ontario´s Health Insurance Act, and
* make your permanent and principal home in Ontario, and
* be physically present in Ontario 153 days in any 12-month period.
OHIP coverage normally becomes effective three months after the date you establish residency in Ontario. The ministry strongly encourages new and returning residents to purchase private health insurance in case you become ill during the OHIP waiting period.
[01-12-2009,15:36]
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Edu |
(in reply to: residency and ohip)
Who told her that?
That doesn´t make any sense. She is a Canadian citizen PERIOD. She doesn´t have to give up her US citizenship PERIOD.
ALL she has to do is get an application and apply for her OHIP. Worse case scenario, she won´t be covered for the first 3 months. During that time she can get a private insurance.
Does she have her Certificate of Canadian Citizenship?
DocD
[01-12-2009,19:00]
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DocD |
my daughter's OHIP dilemma (in reply to: residency and ohip)
She does have a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship and she even has the old OHIP card she had as a child when we lived in Canada for a year. A health agent at the OHIP office in Toronto (Dufferin & Finch) denyed her, as well as another health agent at the Windsor office.
Plus, the University´s UHIP (an OHIP for foreign students) office told us that there are many dual citizenship students like her who HAVE gotten their OHIP card without problems at the same OHIP office. Which would mean that the rules are arbitrary based on the agent you get? Since apparently the agent has the authority to bestow the card or deny it. It doesn´t seem fair. Is there any higher authority I can have her appeal to?
[01-12-2009,23:08]
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cindy |
