Bob

Hi I am living in Nova Scotia. My wife has been here as a visitor for
the last 5 months and we have also applied for her permanent residency
which should hopefully be completed pretty soon. We just found out my
wife is 5 weeks pregnant and therefore would need to get set up with
hospitals etc straight away. I heard that after getting permanent
residence status u have to wait three months before applying for the
health card and services. However, I contacted the Nova Scotia MSI and
they informed me that my wife can apply straight away for a health
card when she recieves her immigration and it takes about three weeks
to receive it. Is this true?

Also I am not a canadian citizen so does this cause any problems with
regards to the baby? do we need to inform the CHC London about my wife
being pregnant?

Jim Humphries

If the child is born in Canada it will be a Canadian citizen and not of
interest to immigration. You have already contacted the Nova Scotia Medical
Insurance authority and no one here is likely to know any better.
--
Jim Humphries, former visa officer
"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Hi I am living in Nova Scotia. My wife has been here as a visitor for
    > the last 5 months and we have also applied for her permanent residency
    > which should hopefully be completed pretty soon. We just found out my
    > wife is 5 weeks pregnant and therefore would need to get set up with
    > hospitals etc straight away. I heard that after getting permanent
    > residence status u have to wait three months before applying for the
    > health card and services. However, I contacted the Nova Scotia MSI and
    > they informed me that my wife can apply straight away for a health
    > card when she recieves her immigration and it takes about three weeks
    > to receive it. Is this true?
    > Also I am not a canadian citizen so does this cause any problems with
    > regards to the baby? do we need to inform the CHC London about my wife
    > being pregnant?

Singh

the 3 month wait time is only with a few provinces. If NS said that dont
have a wait time, then she will be covered right away she is a PR.





"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Hi I am living in Nova Scotia. My wife has been here as a visitor for
    > the last 5 months and we have also applied for her permanent residency
    > which should hopefully be completed pretty soon. We just found out my
    > wife is 5 weeks pregnant and therefore would need to get set up with
    > hospitals etc straight away. I heard that after getting permanent
    > residence status u have to wait three months before applying for the
    > health card and services. However, I contacted the Nova Scotia MSI and
    > they informed me that my wife can apply straight away for a health
    > card when she recieves her immigration and it takes about three weeks
    > to receive it. Is this true?
    > Also I am not a canadian citizen so does this cause any problems with
    > regards to the baby? do we need to inform the CHC London about my wife
    > being pregnant?