Health Card Renewal

[jamason]

Hi,

My work permit got expired on Oct 4th 2015. So my health expired on Oct 4th 2015. I have got PR and landed on 12th Jan 2016. I applied for BOWP on Sep 11th 2015 to have implied status. Since October 4th I have no health insurance. Today when I went for renewal the officer has put me on waiting period for 90 days. She said my status changed and also I came 90 days after expiration, I have to wait for another 90 days. Did anyone faced this issue?

 

[luvanuj]

Do you have your PR card ? If so the waiting period should not apply to you.

 

[AshesNdust]

Hi,

My work permit got expired on Oct 4th 2015. So my health expired on Oct 4th 2015. I have got PR and landed on 12th Jan 2016. I applied for BOWP on Sep 11th 2015 to have implied status. Since October 4th I have no health insurance. Today when I went for renewal the officer has put me on waiting period for 90 days. She said my status changed and also I came 90 days after expiration, I have to wait for another 90 days. Did anyone faced this issue?

Did you talk to an enrollment specialist or just the regular health work who answered the phone? I had some issues with the health insurance when changing jobs as a tfw and ended up having to talk to a specialist to get it sorted out, which they did very quickly in one phone call. I'm in BC so I don't know if things work differently in other provinces.
If you didn't talk to an enrollment specialist, call back and ask to talk to one. Have your BOWP info at hand, old work permit, and your CoPR. They might be able to straighten it out for you since you should have implied status.