Delivery Cost Canada

[Z_R]

Hi,

I married a Canadian citizen 3 months ago and it turns out I'm expecting, due April. I'm on a visitors visa here and have yet to send in an application for a PR which has been delayed because of police certificates of the various countries I've lived in having a process time of up to 3 months.
The plan initially was that I'd apply for a work permit once the PR application was accepted. However, given the time frame I don't believe I would be able to receive OHIP in time for birth. My husband works on contractual basis and thus has no company provided health insurance that he could add me onto.
He doesn't want me to return to my home country (Sweden) to have the baby as he would not be able to be with me, and I would be alone since I have no family left there. I managed to obtain an appointment with the community care midwives centre but from reading various threads in this forum on delivery costs for visitors, I'm worried. What would the fee be per visit roughly and how much would it cost now, to have a baby without OHIP. The midwives centre said the visits,scans and tests would be free but upon reflection I feel this is too good to be true, perhaps they misunderstood my residency status? I'd appreciate any advice you may have for me that would be helpful in this situation.

 

[canuck78]

I have heard they offer free services to some people out of a feeling of obligation and don't get paid for their services. If you are able to pay I feel that midwives should receive payment for their time and expertise. Any outside tests or hospital visits would still require payment.

 

[Z_R]

I have heard they offer free services to some people out of a feeling of obligation and don't get paid for their services. If you are able to pay I feel that midwives should receive payment for their time and expertise. Any outside tests or hospital visits would still require payment.

Absolutely agree with you on paying midwives for their care and services.

 

[badar14]

Just to add in above Canuck78 reply. You still don't need to pay upfront. You can request them for installments and it will be go on your Husband name.

Good Luck
S.B

 

[canuck78]

Just to add in above Canuck78 reply. You still don't need to pay upfront. You can request them for installments and it will be go on your Husband name.

Good Luck
S.B

Some hospitals will agree to a payment plan but you will have to check with each institution.

 

[Z_R]

Some hospitals will agree to a payment plan but you will have to check with each institution.

Thank you canuck78 and badar14. It's a partial relief to know there is the option of installments.

 

[canuck78]

Thank you canuck78 and badar14. It's a partial relief to know there is the option of installments.

You have to check. Each hospital is different.

 

[Z_R]

Yep will do, otherwise frankly I believe it's cheaper to move back until the baby arrives...would that complicate the PR application in terms of making it take longer than it generally does?

 

[badar14]

Some hospitals will agree to a payment plan but you will have to check with each institution.

Correct

I can confirm 2, Credit Valley and Milton General Hospital for sure have installment plans

 

[canuck78]

You can never predict how a pregnancy will go. If you don't have extra income to spare you may decide to move back to Sweden. Since you are from a visa exempt country you can move back to Canada and sponsor your child for PR. PRs need at least one parent to be in Canada to sponsor the child. You will have to get health coverage when you move back because your baby won't have health coverage until he/she gets health coverage plus 3 months in Ontario.

 

[Bryanna]

You can never predict how a pregnancy will go. If you don't have extra income to spare you may decide to move back to Sweden. Since you are from a visa exempt country you can move back to Canada and sponsor your child for PR. PRs need at least one parent to be in Canada to sponsor the child. You will have to get health coverage when you move back because your baby won't have health coverage until he/she gets health coverage plus 3 months in Ontario.

As the OP's husband is a Canadian citizen, the child born abroad (if she returns to Sweden) will be eligible for Canadian citizenship and will not have to go through the PR sponsorship process

 

[Z_R]

Correct

I can confirm 2, Credit Valley and Milton General Hospital for sure have installment plans

Thank you!

 

[Z_R]

As the OP's husband is a Canadian citizen, the child born abroad (if she returns to Sweden) will be eligible for Canadian citizenship and will not have to go through the PR sponsorship process

That's a relief to know, thank you! Last thing I want is to prolong the period of distance between us.

 

[canuck78]

As the OP's husband is a Canadian citizen, the child born abroad (if she returns to Sweden) will be eligible for Canadian citizenship and will not have to go through the PR sponsorship process

Sorry missed that. As you can see thought both were PRs