U.S.-Canada Cancer Patient Dating Service

[vanee 13]

This woman was on the local news tonight. From her blog:

Assertive, adventurous 52-year-old woman, living with incurable cancer, would like to meet a marriage-minded Canadian gent who is a cancer survivor or living with the disease.

More to the point:

If I lived about 150 miles north, in Vancouver, B.C., I would still be financially solvent, instead of having the stress of always teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. I also wouldn’t pay out almost $800 a month for health insurance that is slightly better than a barebones policy (and $15,000 to $20,000 annually in out-of-pocket medical costs).

I can see both sides of the issue. If my to-be-husband had health problems that needed more treatment than his insurance covered, I'd want to return to Canada with him to get him the treatment he needed. But in that woman's situation or my hypothetical one, would Canada even allow the ill spouse into Canada? And if the couple were a VJ couple applying for a K-1 or K-3 visa, would the non-USC be allowed into the US with a non-contagious but expensive-to-treat illness?

I wish this woman well, but I don't know if a Canadian husband is the answer for her.

Let's keep this thread in the Canada forum please.

Edited September 9, 2007 by vanee

[trailmix 77]

That is really - unusual, really unusual!

Anyway, there is a stipulation on applying for Canadian permanent residency (probably to avoid things such as this):

Applications for permanent residence will not be accepted if that person's health:

- is a danger to public health or safety; or

- would cause excessive demand on health or social services in Canada.

So I doubt if she would be allowed to immigrate?

Source: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/m...dexams-perm.asp

Edited September 9, 2007 by trailmix

[Cassie 8]

that, and most, if not all provinces have a residency requirement before extending healthcare benefits.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Yes, it would be next to impossible for her to pass the health exam for immigration into Canada. She would be deemed to exert too great an iburden on the Canadian Health System, especially as she had never contributed herself. I have personal experience when I worked in the MP's office of people who were sponsoring aged parents who had medical conditions to move to Canada and the applications were denied because of this rationale. In one case, the woman was allowed to remain in the country as a visitor on a visitor's visa (she took ill while visiting her daughter) based on the premise that she paid for her own health care in a nursing home. Her US insurance was willing to do this apparently, so the case resolved itself somewhat happily.

Edited September 9, 2007 by Kathryn41

[Reba 2]

As for a Canadian with a terminal illness going to the US, they wouldn't care. You'd not be eligible for state run health care anyhow, you'd have to pay for it all yourself. Unless you're contagious, I don't see why the US would deny an immigrant entry for health reasons.