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If I must be away frequently because of my job or studies; am I eligible for OHIP coverage?You may still be eligible for OHIP coverage as a mobile worker or mobile student if your job or studies require you to leave Ontario frequently and you are unable to be physically present for 153 days in any 12-month period. 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
• To show how you make your primary place of residence in Ontario (refer to Ontario Health Insurance 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.

The above is only a summary of the OHIP eligibility provisions of Regulation 552 for your reference. You should consult the actual regulation for the specific requirements applicable to you. The provisions in Regulation 552 prevail over this summary.

7.5. Accompanying a Canadian citizen outside Canada

R61(4) provides that each day a permanent resident is outside Canada accompanying (that is,ordinarily residing with) a Canadian citizen constitutes a day of physical presence in Canada,provided that the Canadian citizen they are accompanying is a spouse or common-law partner or parent. In the case of a permanent resident outside Canada accompanying a Canadian citizen, it is not necessary to determine who is accompanying whom, nor is it necessary to determine for what purpose. In other words, under A28(2)(a)(ii) and R61(4), as long as a permanent resident is accompanying a Canadian citizen, the intent and purpose of their absences are not relevant as the residency obligation is met.

In the case of a permanent resident outside Canada accompanying a Canadian citizen, it is not necessary to determine who is accompanying whom, nor is it necessary to determine for what purpose. In other words, under A28(2)(a)(ii) and R61(4), as long as a permanent resident is accompanying a Canadian citizen, the intent and purpose of their absences are not relevant as the residency obligation is met.

OPTION 1. Accompanying a Canadian citizen or permanent resident outside Canada

You may count each day that you accompanied a Canadian citizen or permanent resident outside Canada provided that

• 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.

Evidence required
You must provide supporting documents to prove that:

• The person you are accompanying is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident (and that the permanent resident you are accompanying meets his or her own residency obligation); and
• You are the spouse, common-law partner or child of that person.

Supporting documents may include:

• 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