parental leave benefits 

Ontariocanada

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Hello There,

Thank you for sharing your situation and question with us.

You may find the information from this thread on parental leave useful. In this thread, the moderator lists eligibility criteria for E.I. that may be relevant to your situation.

Here is an excerpt:

“13.3.5 While outside Canada
A claimant in receipt of EI parental benefits is not disentitled solely for being out of the country unless their SIN has expired. This means that the claimant who is not in Canada may be entitled to parental benefits when his or her reason for being away from work is to care for the child, and being outside the country is secondary to that fact.

As stated earlier, "to care for a child" should not be interpreted rigidly; each case should be decided on its own merit, having care for the intent of the legislation which is to allow a parent to be away from work to care for the child.”
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Your friend may want to contact Service Canada directly about their specific situation and what documents or translations of documents that may be required for the application. There is also more information about Employment Insurance benefits in general on the Settlement.Org website.

We hope this information is helpful.

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to post them here.

Settlement.Org Team

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When calculating your time in Canada:

• Each day you were physically present in Canada after you became a permanent resident counts as one day.;
  
• Each day you were physically present in Canada as an authorized temporary resident or protected person before you became a permanent resident counts as half a day (up to a maximum of 365 days);

To meet these residency obligations, you must be physically present in Canada for at least 730 days (2 years) in every 5-year period.

• How residence/physical presence is calculated
  
• Residence/physical presence

If you are outside Canada for extended periods of time, you can accumulate residency days if you are:

• Travelling with a Canadian spouse or common-law partner, or are a child under 19 years of age accompanying a parent, or
  
• Employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or the Public Service of Canada and are assigned a position outside of Canada, or
  
• The spouse, common-law partner or child of a permanent resident who is outside Canada and who is employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or the Public Service of Canada.