is delivery of child safe in Canada

[rose_20]

Dear friends,kindly answer my queries:
I have PR of Canada but we r still in our home country and now my wife is 3 months pregnant. I was wondering if it is wise to move to Canada at this point of time.it takes 3 months before ohip card is made in Ontario ,hence we have to pay for all the tests till the card is made.secondly how is the hospital care during the time of delivery?.I have heard stories that doctors do not listen to problems of patients and do not provide good after delivery care. Moreover its expensive to get help in the form of nanny.please tel about real situation in Toronto so that I can make right decision.thanks

 

[Leon]

I looked at your older posts to assess your situation. Your first post was in June of 2012 where you say that you quickly landed in Canada and went back home after a few days and this was a year earlier so that must have been in the summer of 2011. That means you are already outside Canada for 2.5 years of your allowed 3 years. You are at the point that you need to return to Canada in the next 6 months if you want to be able to meet the RO. Otherwise, you risk losing your PR.

You do not necessarily have to go to Toronto, you could go to any other province instead. Some of them offer first day health care for newcomers (actually about all of them except Ontario and BC). I can not tell you if Canadian doctors are nicer than Indian doctors. I have no comparison but you can find Indian doctors in Canada too. You could also look for a midwife if you prefer.

The problem with having the baby in India is that when a PR has a baby outside Canada, the PR status is not automatically transferred to the baby. This means you will have to sponsor the baby for PR. You will have to be in Canada to do this. You also must meet the RO in order to do it. Your baby might not be granted a visa to accompany you to Canada based on that a visit visa is to visit and your intention is for the baby to stay permanently. Therefore, if you do not return to Canada now, you are facing the following situation:

1) In order to meet the RO, you must return to Canada before you reach 3 years outside. This means you may be leaving your wife highly pregnant or with a newborn depending on when exactly she is do and when exactly you landed and went home again.

2) You will have to apply to sponsor your baby when you arrive and then you must wait for the PR visa for the baby to be granted so your wife can join you with the baby. This could take months. You could apply for a TRV or TRP for the baby to join you but there is no guarantee that you will get it.

The other option is that you all return to Canada now while your wife is still fit to fly and everything is ok. You will have time to settle and find a job before the baby is born and the baby will be born a Canadian citizen.

 

[Dejaavu]

I second that.
You should come to Canada.

My wife gave birth here and it was good. we didn't pay anything out of pocket.

My son immediately got a Canadian citizenship because he was born here.
Most airlines won't allow pregnant women to fly after 35 weeks of being pregnant.

It is best you go to a province outside of BC and ON so that your wife immediately can be covered in the provincial health plan so she can find an obstetrician.

Also your PR might be at risk if you do not come soon.

You need to make a decision about coming to live in Canada. If you want to come and live here with your family it is best to come sooner rather than later to avoid headaches and complications with PR for yourself, your wife and for your baby.

At least your best gift to your baby would be a citizenship of a developed country.

Wish you all the best!

 

[Dejaavu]

Quality of prenatal and postnatal care in Canada is very good compared to where I have lived. The countries I lived are Finland, Kazakhstan, Turkey and US.

 

[rose_20]

Many thanks Leon and dejaavu for your informative replies.one of my relatives is Canadian citizen and she narrated horrific tales about post natal care in Canada stating that doctors do not give medicines easily even if a person is suffering.she had no help and raised the baby on her own.I was wondering whether doctors listen at all to the problems of patients and prescribe medicine and wot kind of help Can I get for my wife,wen she needs help most .the delivery is in July 2014 ,should I enter canada by March?I have earlier lived in Mississauga as my relatives are there and I will be needing their help so i plan to go there again.will this give me enough time to get ohipcard ?
Thanks

 

[Leon]

If you are set on going to Ontario, you should go earlier than March. The waiting time for OHIP is 3 months so arriving in March would get your coverage in June and I know the baby should be born in July but sometimes babies are premature. Therefore, it is better to go as soon as you can. It also gives you more time to find an ob gyn. If your wife is set on not having any pain, she should look for an ob gyn who says it is not a problem giving her drugs or an epidural. Your relative may have had a bad experience but your relative is one person out of millions of people who live in Canada.