Looking over the Work Visa’s I don’t find one that would cover someone who comes here to do a job that there are plenty of qualified people in the U.S. workforce who you could hire to do it. I’ve looked at the NAFTA job catagories and the special provisions for employers to hire people from outside the country to do jobs we have shortages of qualified labors to perform here.

So from my limited search there doesn’t seem to be a work visa for someone who has a job offer to come here and do non-skilled labor. Is there any other VISA catagory that I am overlooking that might work?

I don’t fully understand your question but the bottom line is that you cannot spend more than 6 months in the U.S. in total in the time frame of one calendar year–that is from January 1 through to December 31. No matter how many times you go back to Canada or for how long you go back to Canada. The fact you own a home in Victoria and you are a Canadian pensioner makes no difference.

Milan

Milan

It looks like from going back and reading the responses to other questions that you have addressed my first question, you have also raised one I was not aware was an issue, i.e. whether these three men would be considered to be “working” in the U.S. As I said they are not being paid and don’t have any assigned duties they are just staying at this minsitry house and volunteering to do whatever needs to be done. Do you think this violates the law?

What type of Visa do you think would work best in this situation? Where do I start.

I’m sorry but i think your response didn’t answer my questions. I asked:

I’m planning to go to the u.s. for a while. According to you, I’m allowed to stay in the states for 6 months max. After i come back to Canada within that 6 months limit, can I go back to the states right away? or i have to stay in Canada for a while before i can leave to the states again? If i have to stay in Canada for a while, how long do i have to stay for?

Thanks

Paul

I suggest your mother take her case to the Ombudsman for Life and Health Insurance (OLHI), a national organization set up to handle grievances such as hers. She will get an independent hearing and it is free. You can find OHLI on the web.

The sytem is not designed to make victims out of its clients. If it were it would not last long. I can’t comment on the fairness of the insurer in assessing your mother’s case as I have not seen all the details and how she answered the questions put to her. But certainly it is important to answer all questions accurately as that is all the insurer has to go on in deciding whether to provide coverage. For that reason I recommend that any senior who has a chronic condition requiring consistent treatment or is on several medications ask their doctor to help them complete their medical questionnaires, even if they have to pay for it.

You ask if there are any insurers who examine applicants medical records before application? No. They couldn’t possibly do that for the 22 million trips Canadians make out of the country each year. They rely solely on the information provided to them in the questionnaires. They guarantee coverage only if the information they were given was accurate, and often that does not come to light until after a claim is questioned and they examine the clients medical record.

Milan

Thanks,
Linda