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-   -   PR Cards - staggered? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/pr-cards-staggered-400816/)

dbd33 Oct 21st 2006 7:55 am
Re: PR Cards - staggered?
 
Originally Posted by kt0157
It would be pretty impressive to get med requests (which also require updated police certs), wait six months for the RCMP, submit the whole lot to the CHC in London, who sit on their butts for months before PPR, and then sit on their butts after PPR, by which time the date of the meds have expired and you can't take up the visa they eventually get round to issuing. Ta da!

K.
How long are medicals valid? If it's a year then that's a potential problem.

Mrs Madmac Oct 21st 2006 8:00 am
Re: PR Cards - staggered?
 
Originally Posted by dbd33
How long are medicals valid? If it's a year then that's a potential problem.
One year only. (So if there is a hold up at their end.... as was the case with us..... you get a shorter period from date of issue to date you must land, i.e. you must land within one year of the medicals...... OR.... you need to do them again.) Our notification from our medicals took a few months: Medicals in September 05 and Visa issued in January 06...... we did everything as soon as possible and never held anything up at our end! Sometimes it is purely the luck of the draw.

dbd33 Oct 21st 2006 8:05 am
Re: PR Cards - staggered?
 
Originally Posted by Mrs Madmac
One year only. (So if there is a hold up at their end.... as was the case with us..... you get a shorter period from date of issue to date you must land, i.e. you must land within one year of the medicals...... OR.... you need to do them again.) Our notification from our medicals took a few months: Medicals in September 05 and Visa issued in January 06...... we did everything as soon as possible and never held anything up at our end! Sometimes it is purely the luck of the draw.
Time will tell, I guess. Fortunately a new medical is easily done whereas having to get new police certificates would be a real pain.

kt0157 Oct 21st 2006 9:21 am
Re: PR Cards - staggered?
 
Originally Posted by dbd33
Fortunately a new medical is easily done
Easier said than paid for..

K.

dbd33 Oct 21st 2006 10:29 am
Re: PR Cards - staggered?
 
Originally Posted by kt0157
Easier said than paid for..

K.
It's ok if you're in Canada, fifty bucks maybe, certainly less than $100.

printer Oct 21st 2006 11:08 am
Re: PR Cards - staggered?
 
Originally Posted by dbd33
It's ok if you're in Canada, fifty bucks maybe, certainly less than $100.
Not in the UK though. We paid approx £200 per person for the 4 of us!!!

dbd33 Oct 21st 2006 1:17 pm
Re: PR Cards - staggered?
 
Originally Posted by printer
Not in the UK though. We paid approx £200 per person for the 4 of us!!!
Y'know that's something quite surprising about Canada and even the US, most short term medical bills are way less than the equivalent private cost in the UK and certainly way less than people from the UK fear. A broken arm or leg is not going to be a ruinous, it might be $2,000, an unwelcome bill certainly, but probably not the cause of bankruptcy. What drives people to the poor house is chronic conditions; cancer or heart disease or diabetes. That's something to think about before plonking down good money to cover the three months before OHIP kicks in.

Mrs Madmac Oct 22nd 2006 3:27 am
Re: PR Cards - staggered?
 
Originally Posted by dbd33
Y'know that's something quite surprising about Canada and even the US, most short term medical bills are way less than the equivalent private cost in the UK and certainly way less than people from the UK fear. A broken arm or leg is not going to be a ruinous, it might be $2,000, an unwelcome bill certainly, but probably not the cause of bankruptcy. What drives people to the poor house is chronic conditions; cancer or heart disease or diabetes. That's something to think about before plonking down good money to cover the three months before OHIP kicks in.
The medical costs were a surprise...... but it was the way it was done. Pay the nurse to get the X-rays.......... then..........Pay the doctor direct to get the medical..... (paying someone to cause you pain...... just not great..... but then I'm a big sissy and the blood bit was one of the worst things for me.) Imagine sitting with the doctor and then paying him direct....... left a odd feeling. As for costs at this end...... we just took our insurance for the first 90 days which cost us $554.50 (USD) which we did not think was too bad for peace of mind.

Mrs Madmac Oct 28th 2006 3:02 am
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Well 11 days later - hubby now has his PR card! (Looks like they can move things along when they want to.)


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