Visa for Diabetic

BlackEdelweiss

I was looking at the points calculator for a skilled visa but the last question was about serious health problems. Both myself and my 14 year old son have Type 1 diabetes, would this be classed as a serious health problem and if so is that us out of the running for getting a visa?
I currently have permanent residency in New Zealand and it was not a big issue here.

Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker

Honestly not sure for certain, but I would imagine it would only cause any major problem (if any) for a permanent residency application, rather than a temporary work permit/visa one

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BlackEdelweiss wrote: »

I was looking at the points calculator for a skilled visa but the last question was about serious health problems. Both myself and my 14 year old son have Type 1 diabetes, would this be classed as a serious health problem and if so is that us out of the running for getting a visa?
I currently have permanent residency in New Zealand and it was not a big issue here.

For PR, CIC have a system where they calculate the per capita cost of treating a condition in Canada per year and then multiply it by 5 and if the cost of treatment exceeds this figure, they will likely deny PR.

It's explained here (in very dry language)

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/medic/admiss/excessive.asp

If you google "excessive demand canada immigration" you should find some disucussions about this.

As stated above, this would not apply to any kind of temporary work permits, just PR.

BlackEdelweiss

New Zealand have something similar, I think it is $25,000 but I dont know if that is for life or per year. I'll have a look through that link and see what I can find out.

BlackEdelweiss

Does anyone know if insulin, needles etc are subsidised in Canada for people on visas. This is a big factor in any decision we make as they are subsidided in Ireland, the UK and NZ. I dont think they are in the US and not sure how Canada works.

Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker

As just a visa holder you're entitled to nothing. Zero subsidies on medical stuff. In Ontario (i can't speak for other provinces) if you've been working full time for a Canadian company for 3 months you'll be entitled to OHIP which will cover your insulin fully from what my wife tells me (she's 99% sure)

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Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker wrote: »

As just a visa holder you're entitled to nothing. Zero subsidies on medical stuff. In Ontario (i can't speak for other provinces) if you've been working full time for a Canadian company for 3 months you'll be entitled to OHIP which will cover your insulin fully from what my wife tells me (she's 99% sure)

Same for BC - though it's actually the balance of your arrival month plus two months, so if you arrive on the last day of the month then it's only 2 months. But you need to be working to qualify for the MSP.