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I am frequently away from Ontario, due to my job/studies; am I eligible for OHIP coverage?


If your job or studies require you to leave Ontario frequently and you are unable to be present for 153 days in any 12-month period, you may still be eligible for OHIP coverage as a mobile worker or mobile student. To maintain your OHIP coverage, you should:

-be able to provide acceptable documents that show that your work requires frequent travel in and out of Ontario or that your full-time academic program in Ontario requires travel outside of Ontario; and
-be able to provide acceptable documents to show how you make your primary place of residence in Ontario (refer to Ontario Health Coverage Document List).

New or returning residents to Ontario who qualify as a mobile worker or mobile student are exempt from having to meet the 153-day in the first 183-day physical presence requirement immediately after establishing residency in Ontario.

Pre-Application Process

• Call your local agency serving immigrants and find out when a WES representative will deliver an info session and attend the info session to learn not only how to apply to WES , but also how to use your evaluation report effectively to gain recognition from employers, academic institutions and professional licensing bodies
  
• Check WES website http://www.wes.org/ca/info/calendar.asp regularly to learn about upcoming WES Seminars for internationally educated individuals
  
• Before purchasing an evaluation report, check Degree Equivalency Tool (free service) and learn about your Canadian academic equivalents at https://www.wes.org/ca/wes-tools/
  

Submitting Application for Evaluations

• If you still have questions about the WES evaluation application submission, submit your questions at www.wes.or/ca/contact https://www.wes.org/ca/contact-us/
  
• The fees are based on the two types of evaluations WES provides: basic Document-by-Document and detailed Course-by-Course. For the distinction between the two reports, visit WES website http://www.wes.org/ca/fees/evaltypes.asp https://www.wes.org/ca/evaluations-and-fees/other/
  
• ICAP service, which stores your verified academic transcripts, and send them to institutions at your request, costs an additional fee per application.
  
• Submission of incomplete or incorrect documentation is the main reason your evaluation report might be delayed; we urge you to review Required Documents for your country of education (http://www.wes.org/ca/required/index.asp) and submit all the required documents.
  

After Receiving Your Evaluation Report

• WES is one of the very few evaluation services which has a “free” appeal process. For questions about your evaluation report, please write to (always state your WES Reference Number):
  

Manager Director of Evaluations
World Education Services
2 Carlton Street, Suite 1400
Toronto, ON M5B 1J3
Fax: 416-972-9004
www.wes.org/ca/contact https://www.wes.org/ca/contact-us/
The WES contact center is open to answer calls and email messages from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Eastern) Monday through Friday. The center is closed on weekends.
All documents must be mailed to WES. WES does NOT accept documents delivered in person. No exceptions.
There is no walk-in service.

• the person you accompanied is your spouse, common-law partner or parent (if you are a child under 19 years of age);
• if you are accompanying a permanent resident, they were employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the public service of Canada or of a province or territory during the period you accompanied them.

• marriage licence or evidence of common-law partnership (mandatory if you are accompanying a spouse or common-law partner)
• child’s birth certificate, baptismal document, or adoption or guardianship document (mandatory if you are accompanying a parent)
• all passports or other travel documents of the person you are accompanying used in the five years before the application (mandatory)
• school or employment records
• association or club memberships
• documents showing the citizenship of the person you are accompanying, including the date the person became a Canadian citizen, or documents showing that the permanent resident you are accompanying meets their residency obligation (mandatory)
• evidence of the residential addresses of the person you are accompanying for the five (5) years before the application (mandatory)
• any other documents that you want to have considered"

OPTION 2. Employment outside Canada



Supporting documents:


You must provide a letter signed by an official of the business that confirms:
-the position and title of the signing official;
-the nature of the business and how it fits the description of a Canadian business (see definition above);
-details of your assignment or contract outside Canada such as:
-length of the assignment;
-confirmation that you are a full-time employee of the “Canadian business” working abroad on a full-time basis as a term of your employment, or ---that you are on contract working abroad on a full-time basis as a term of your contract; and
-a description or copy of the position profile regarding the assignment or contract abroad;
-that you will continue working for the employer in Canada after your assignment ends; and
-that the business was not created mainly for the purpose of meeting your residency obligation.


You may also include:
-articles of incorporation and business licences
-partnership agreements or corporate annual reports
-corporate Canadian Income Tax Notices of Assessment or financial statements
-copies of the Employee Assignment Agreement or Contract
-copies of any agreements between the Canadian business and the business or client outside Canada concerning your assignment to that client ---or business
-pay statements
-Canadian Income Tax Notice of Assessment for the five years immediately before the application
-T4 slips
-any other proof you want us to consider

If you are renewing or applying for a Permanent Resident Card you do not need to request your Traveller History Report from the CBSA. Checking "Yes" on page 3, section E of the application form allows CIC to collect the report on your behalf.