Missing Canada

[Emancipation 2]

Wow, of all the days for me to come back to VJ (have been playing hooky lately) and to read your post. I am so glad I saw this!!! Nice to know we're not alone. I am the USC, but am really wishing right now that I was the one to make the move to Canada. Who knows what we will do in the future. Hubby wants to stay in the States for a few years at least since we have done all this immigration stuff. We live in NH and am relatively close to my family in CT, which is a plus. After adding hubby to my healthcare and having to pay an extra $433/month, am REALLY wishing we were in Canada.

$433/ month for hubby!! HOLY FLIP!!!!

[Justdazed 1]

Wow, of all the days for me to come back to VJ (have been playing hooky lately) and to read your post. I am so glad I saw this!!! Nice to know we're not alone. I am the USC, but am really wishing right now that I was the one to make the move to Canada. Who knows what we will do in the future. Hubby wants to stay in the States for a few years at least since we have done all this immigration stuff. We live in NH and am relatively close to my family in CT, which is a plus. After adding hubby to my healthcare and having to pay an extra $433/month, am REALLY wishing we were in Canada.

OH MAN don't get me started on the health care here. I started working in January 2007 and started receiving benefits blah blah blah etc. Well, naturally I went to the doctor when I wasn't feeling good and they ran tests and everything was fine.... until I got the BILL!

My health insurance is pretty good, $10 co-pay and a lot is covered... or at least it should have been. When everything was said and done my husband and I received bills totaling over $1000 for my doctor visits because when I moved down I had neglected to send in my PREVIOUS health care information stating I had prior coverage. APPARENTLY if you do not prove that you had previous health insurance for a specific amount of time the health insurance place will code it as a "pre-existing" condition and therefore you are responsible for paying out of pocket. WHATEVER... yes ladies in the end my yeast infection (sorry TMI) was a pre-existing condition that I had to pay out of pocket for *snort*

To make things even better my health insurance provider while they acknowledged they had my paperwork immediately after I submitted it, did not process it until 4 months after the fact and the clinic was threatening collection!

Anyways that's my story, I apologize if this was common knowledge and some of you are like "duh", I guess we were spoiled with our previous health care.

Edited July 12, 2007 by Megz

[trailmix 77]

I just dread the thought of doing the immigration process for my husband to move to Canada when the time comes!!!! Anybody know if it's really complicated????

We've done the Canadian immigration process for my Husband, compared to this it's a cakewalk

[Tinker 0]

I miss my two adult sons (24 and 26) that still live in Canada soooooooooooo much, and I am missing them more every single day that I am here. Thankfully, my daughter (19) lives here with us and is attending college.

The thought of missing out on being part of my grandchildren's lives (when the time comes) makes me want to cry.

That's the only part I'm worried about. I have a 23yr old son and a 19yr old daughter, but who's going away to University this fall, so she's not coming with me. I know I'm going to miss them so much

Edited July 12, 2007 by Tinker

[Mephys 2]

I am still in the process of deciding if I miss Canada or not.

I didnt like my life back then, I didnt like the city life, I am not that close to my family other than my mom. Honestly the thing I miss the most is my job because I havent started working here yet and I am scared of where I will end up..

My husband's family is in Michigan, and we drive 3 hours every few weeks to go see them. I've seen a sunset on lake Michigan and the houses are really cheap and really nice, and there is also a lot of barns and horses (a passion I have never realised so far because I was living in the city). And on top of that the lab where I used to worked know a big place that could hire me in a second and its about 40 min away from where his parents live.

My husband as been living in Illinois for 13 years because of college, and then ex wife and kids. So we are currently living here in Illinois because of the kids. He has a really good job but even if he would go down in salary (if we moved and he didnt have the kids) it would change much because it would be the same as his salary now - child support. And my husband as been dying to move back in Michigain for years.

So anyways. I think I miss more Michigan than I miss Canada......

[~Nini~ 2]

I haven't quite moved yet, but I know my fiance and I are already talking about moving to Canada. He wants better health care for us, and he knows that I'm extremely attached to Vancouver (for the food, the weather, etc). The only reason why I'm moving down there is for the change of pace and for his family, whom he's extremely close to.

He also wants to become a Canadian citizen someday, so we've been kinda poking around at sites to see how hard it's going to be. The regulations have almost put him off doing it altogether, but he's still considering it because he's not very happy at what's going on in the States right now in terms of health care and his current president.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I haven't quite moved yet, but I know my fiance and I are already talking about moving to Canada. He wants better health care for us, and he knows that I'm extremely attached to Vancouver (for the food, the weather, etc). The only reason why I'm moving down there is for the change of pace and for his family, whom he's extremely close to.

He also wants to become a Canadian citizen someday, so we've been kinda poking around at sites to see how hard it's going to be. The regulations have almost put him off doing it altogether, but he's still considering it because he's not very happy at what's going on in the States right now in terms of health care and his current president.

A good solution will be for you to complete your process to the US, get your green card and eventually apply for your citizenship. Then, you can sponsor him to Canada as your spouse, return to Canada and you then have the option to live in either the US or Canada without worrying about immigration battles. The Canadian immigration process is a lot easier - for one, spouses do not have to meet a minimum financial requirement for sponsorship!

[L_n_O 3]

................ I had neglected to send in my PREVIOUS health care information stating I had prior coverage. APPARENTLY if you do not prove that you had previous health insurance for a specific amount of time the health insurance place will code it as a "pre-existing" condition and therefore you are responsible for paying out of pocket. ...

Wait, what exactly do you have to provide to the insurance company? Your medical record or your previous policy when you move to the US?

Edited July 12, 2007 by liz_legend 'n Ol

[Jeremy + Kristy 0]

I haven't quite moved yet, but I know my fiance and I are already talking about moving to Canada. He wants better health care for us, and he knows that I'm extremely attached to Vancouver (for the food, the weather, etc). The only reason why I'm moving down there is for the change of pace and for his family, whom he's extremely close to.

He also wants to become a Canadian citizen someday, so we've been kinda poking around at sites to see how hard it's going to be. The regulations have almost put him off doing it altogether, but he's still considering it because he's not very happy at what's going on in the States right now in terms of health care and his current president.

A good solution will be for you to complete your process to the US, get your green card and eventually apply for your citizenship. Then, you can sponsor him to Canada as your spouse, return to Canada and you then have the option to live in either the US or Canada without worrying about immigration battles. The Canadian immigration process is a lot easier - for one, spouses do not have to meet a minimum financial requirement for sponsorship!

I figure that will be what we do. Although, unfortunately, it wouldn't be so easy of a case if after moving back to Canada, to move back to the States, for my future step-daughter, would it? There's no such thing as a K4 without a K3, is there?

[Justdazed 1]

................ I had neglected to send in my PREVIOUS health care information stating I had prior coverage. APPARENTLY if you do not prove that you had previous health insurance for a specific amount of time the health insurance place will code it as a "pre-existing" condition and therefore you are responsible for paying out of pocket. ...

Wait, what exactly do you have to provide to the insurance company? Your medical record or your previous policy when you move to the US?

For me I had to submit my Carecard (from BC), BlueCross card (Canadian Health Care provider) and a statement showing that I had prior coverage (with dates) in Canada up until the point I moved to the US. I'm not sure if this a universal thing but it's a major pain in the butt.

I figure that will be what we do. Although, unfortunately, it wouldn't be so easy of a case if after moving back to Canada, to move back to the States, for my future step-daughter, would it? There's no such thing as a K4 without a K3, is there?

You can sponsor family members as well

[misa 2]

Re: Insurance. My husband had to submit photocopies of my Ontario health card and my previous Sun Life coverage through my old job as well to prove I had health insurance before too. He says it's called "creditable coverage" so that nothing can be considered a pre-existing condition if it's discovered later. Something like that. I sort of blank out when he talks about health insurance.

Edited July 12, 2007 by misa

[morktuum 0]

i'll miss my homeland for sure but i doubt it will makes me urge to move back... i already live away from my mom and my brother... my dad passed away close of 6 years ago, i'm not close of the rest of my family and i have no kids...

i know for sure i'll work in the same field than i do here ( woodworking / carpentry ) it's one of my hobbies...

so for me it's an opportunity to start a new life with the most precious person of this world, my fiancee

[susan+mike 0]

I miss my two adult sons (24 and 26) that still live in Canada soooooooooooo much, and I am missing them more every single day that I am here. Thankfully, my daughter (19) lives here with us and is attending college.

The thought of missing out on being part of my grandchildren's lives (when the time comes) makes me want to cry.

That's the only part I'm worried about. I have a 23yr old son and a 19yr old daughter, but who's going away to University this fall, so she's not coming with me. I know I'm going to miss them so much

I'm having a really hard time....... been here in the US since March.... I have 3 grown daughters all married..... 24, 28 & 30 and 4 grandkids....... if I would of known it would be this hard for me I would never have come........ I was a single mom for almost 20 years, my kids were my world and now my world is gone..... I hate it....... I don't get through one day without tears...... everyone on VJ says it gets better after a while......I find it gets worse every day!

[Cassie 8]

................ I had neglected to send in my PREVIOUS health care information stating I had prior coverage. APPARENTLY if you do not prove that you had previous health insurance for a specific amount of time the health insurance place will code it as a "pre-existing" condition and therefore you are responsible for paying out of pocket. ...

Wait, what exactly do you have to provide to the insurance company? Your medical record or your previous policy when you move to the US?

For me I had to submit my Carecard (from BC), BlueCross card (Canadian Health Care provider) and a statement showing that I had prior coverage (with dates) in Canada up until the point I moved to the US. I'm not sure if this a universal thing but it's a major pain in the butt.

I was only required to submit my SSN. Methinks it depends on the provider what things you have to submit.

[Tinker 0]

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I'm having a really hard time....... been here in the US since March.... I have 3 grown daughters all married..... 24, 28 & 30 and 4 grandkids....... if I would of known it would be this hard for me I would never have come........ I was a single mom for almost 20 years, my kids were my world and now my world is gone..... I hate it....... I don't get through one day without tears...... everyone on VJ says it gets better after a while......I find it gets worse every day!

Aw WOMAN your going to make me cry already!!

My son has wandered off on his own, he's a butthead right now anyway and my daughter is going to be starting a new life too .....cept he's not always going to be a butthead, and she won't be able to run home to mommy They've made sure I have this new computer and made sure I have a digital camera like they do, so hopefully.... My daughter is planning on coming to see me on school holidays, like she would if I were here.

Susan, I wish I could tell you it really will get better, but here's hoping, and here's hoping that when I get down there you or someone will tell me the same