Trini100 said:
hey guys just letting u know my wife just landed last night
. just wanted to know when can i go get her sin card, health card and drivers license. thanks
Congrats Trini100 and wife - welcome to Canada!! SIN card you can get immediately from Service Canada, see drivers license info. and OHIP info. down below from my prior posts:
Spouses need to bring their home country driver's license with them to Canada (make sure it is still valid) along with a letter of "Authentication" either from the home country's Roads & Transport Authority (whatever that is in each person's country, or the home country's consulate located in Canada, stating that he/she has more than 24 months driving experience in home country. Spouses can drive with their country of origin license for up to 60 days but need to get it all changed within that time frame.
If he/she has a letter of authentication they will only have to do the G test. Here is the link below for how it works in Ontario: http://www.drivetest.ca/EN/licencing/Pages/Out-of-Country-Drivers.aspx - ON info.
There are a few countries that have reciprocal driving agreements but Caribbean ones are not on that list.
(**Exchange agreements exist between Ontario and: other Canadian provinces and territories, Canadian Forces Europe, U.S.A., Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Germany, Isle of Man, Japan, Korea, Northern Ireland and Switzerland).
Some of the Consulates here in Canada (for some countries) can also provide the letters of authentication, but always phone first and confirm. I know the T&T consulate in Toronto does them for T&T residents.
OHIP coverage, taken right off their website:
Eligibility
Ontario residents are eligible for provincially funded health coverage (OHIP). Generally, to be eligible for Ontario health coverage you must :
•be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or among one of the newcomer to Canada groups who are eligible for OHIP as set out in Ontario's Health Insurance Act ; and
•be physically present in Ontario for 153 days in any 12-month period; and
•be physically present in Ontario for at least 153 days of the first 183 days immediately after establishing residency in the province; and
• make your primary place of residence in Ontario.
OHIP coverage normally becomes effective three months after the date you establish residency in Ontario. The ministry strongly encourages new and returning residents to purchase private health insurance in case you become ill during the OHIP waiting period.
