Urgent Question

[redfiona99]

Do any of you know what the conditions are for a foreigner to get medical treatment in the US/Canada are?

Comments

[biorhythm.livejournal.com]

http://www.immihelp.com/visas/visitor/medical.html

Canada may be different as their health care system is structured differently.

[angstbunny.livejournal.com]

Are you talking about "I have X disease, I want to come to Canada to be treated for it because my home country doesn't have the latest technology/whatever?"

If that is the case, you apply for a temporary resident visa for medical treatment.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/op/op15e.pdf

The whole thing is EYECROSSING to read, but from what I gathered, the three major things you need are:

- your disease not to be communicable

- proof that arrangements have been made to have treatments performed by a Canadian doctor

- proof of financial coverage (ie: money enough to pay for the treatment, to live in Canada while treatment is performed, etc, etc)

Which sounds about the same as the American requirements.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Thank you ever so muchly.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Exactly that. Thank you very much.