The Canuck EI Thread

[NikLR 13,227]

Apply within 4 weeks and state your soon to be US address as your address. It can take them a month to get back to you anyhow.

[Mk/Mk 0]

Thank you!!! Do i put the bellville address as my address? I read before that that is what you put down, becasue the online form doesn;t accept US addresses?

Edited July 13, 2015 by Mk/Mk

[NikLR 13,227]

It accepted my US address? But maybe they've changed the form since 2013. I did it at a Service Canada location.

[CanadianGirl123 31]

Thank you!!! Do i put the bellville address as my address? I read before that that is what you put down, becasue the online form doesn;t accept US addresses?

Did you determine what to do about the address? The online form will only let me put in a Canadian address.

[CanadianGirl123 31]

Ohh shoot! Nevermind! I just posted that and then realized there is a box you can check if it's outside Canada and then you can fill it in. Sorry!

[canuckmoran 7]

fairly simply.

fill out the online application http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/ei/application/employmentinsurance.shtml

make sure her work ROE says quit due to marriage relocation (mine just said quit but the EI people called my work and asked why I quit and they were told the reason was because of moving due to spouse and didnt have any issues)

once you fill it out someone from EI will call you and do a questionnaire and then you will have to wait until everything is processed. you will always call the international EI number to fill out the biweekly reports, i think its posted in this thread somewhere.

there is a two week waiting period for EI in which you wont get any money.

[canuckmoran 7]

I just filled out the online portion. Does anyone the questions you need to answer when EI calls you

[BatmanFlow 481]

I just filled out the online portion. Does anyone the questions you need to answer when EI calls you

Mostly about when you quit, when you moved to US. Which day you were able and willing to work. Fairly simple stuff to complete your application.

[canuckmoran 7]

Mostly about when you quit, when you moved to US. Which day you were able and willing to work. Fairly simple stuff to complete your application.

Good morning.

Thank you for all your help. I just had another question. Do you think there will be an issue with me getting EI if my wife and I were living in Canada while doing all this paperwork? She did however, get transferred on June 2nd

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[Mk/Mk 0]

Am I able to file for EI before I leave Canada? I was thinking that I would quit my job Aug 17, 2015. I would file here in Canada, and move to the US October 5, 2015. Is this a good idea?

Edited July 30, 2015 by Mk/Mk

[canuckmoran 7]

Hey everyone.

I finally got my Questionaire and faxed them off using Hello Fax, however, they also sent me the EI Report for two weeks, but they don't provide a mailing address where to send them back too. Does anyone know where I send them?

[NikLR 13,227]

Call them for the EI reports, don't mail them.

[Steven and Alice 30]

I applied EI on Aug 10 and received the questionnaire by mail to my US address to provide more documents which I did on Aug 19. Do you know how long it would take for them to process the EI claim?

[Steven and Alice 30]

Even though no one replied. I got my EI payment. Thanks.

[tdotca 41]

Steven and Alice, good to hear. I can't reply as I have no experience in this field and here I am as I have some questions. again.

If anyone , especially K1'ers , can reply, it would be greatly appreciated .

When I 1st landed here, I applied to EI and since I was waiting for my EAD to be approved , I could not really be looking for a job ( which EI's Milene could not understand ) so she closed my file as I did not meet the requirements.

Now I have received my GC ( which covers my landed status , work permit and travel permits) card, can anyone confirm that

(1) I can reapply for EI, correct?

(2) I should in theory be approved as I now have my GC and the fact that my K1 visa expired has nothing to do with this, correct?

(3) If I get approved, what is the start date for payment? I presume that date would be when they approve me or would they backdate it to the date I 1st applied?

(4) I have read several posts/ this EI forum but have not found my answers . Most of the people who seem to get their EI quickly seems to be IR-1/CR-1 folks. Never seen any K1 applicants who got EAD quicker than 3mths. Anyway, previous posts said that EI itself suggests to apply for jobs that were similar to what you did in Canada , correct? If so, this will take some time if previous job is somewhat specialized. .

My main concern is how in the world do I show that I have been applying ? Read about people making a list ( read as well that people just made up that list) . I would like to go home for Xmas so I really don't want to take any job then have to tell the employer that I need time off so early in the employment but then I don't want to be fibbing to EI.

Thanks