Super Visa Insurance –
Medical Coverage for Parents
and Grandparents in Canada
We offer a wide range of Canadian health & travel policy options to protect your family members from unforeseen medical expenses while they visit you in Canada!
In order to calculate a personal insurance quote, simply select the number of applicants, their age(s) and indicate whether or not they have any pre-existing medical conditions. To finalize your results, click on Calculate Quote after you choose desired policy duration and a coverage limit! |
However, international travelers and visitors are not eligible for the government health coverage when they arrive in Canada.
As such, travel insurance for Super Visa was specifically designed to cover healthcare expenses of treating medical emergencies including a sudden sickness or an accidental injury for non-Canadian residents visiting their family in Canada.
Below is an overview of how such travel insurance works, what the official requirements are as well as other important details surrounding this topic. Feel free to speak with our website advisors if you have any questions!
Specifically, your insurer will pay for the required medical assistance when there is an urgent concern for one’s health i.e. a body or dental injury, hospital admission, surgery as well as physician’s services including prescription drugs and diagnostics among other benefits.
– Be valid for at least 1 year when you send the application to IRCC
– Cover emergency healthcare, hospitalization and repatriation
– Provide a minimum coverage of $100,000 CAD per person
– Be valid for each entry to Canada and available for review
– Be issued by a private Canadian insurance company
With such coverage, if there a medical emergency related to a pre-existing condition that has been stable for a certain period of time, insured person’s treatment will be covered under the policy.
Please note that Pre-Existing Conditions coverage maybe optional and you will need to select the appropriate option to get personalized quotes above.
You will need enter basic personal information for each applicant before proceeding to payment. Once the payment is processed, your policy will be sent by email right away.
Depending on the policy, certain features such as insured services, benefit limits as well as applicable conditions may be different.
However, we have done our best to create a comprehensive summary of health benefits that are provided by the Super Visa medical emergency insurance Canada.
– Visits to Physician
– Surgeries
– Ambulance Services
– Emergency Air Transportation
– Emergency Dental Repair and Pain Relief
– Prescription Medications
– Diagnostics and X-rays
– Repatriation (Emergency Home Return)
– Accidental Death and Dismemberment
– Follow up Treatment
– Nursing Care
– Rental or Purchase of Medical Appliances
For a detailed coverage description please read the Policy Wording of the plan of your choice.
Super Visa Canada (PG-1) program was designed as an alternative to a regular TRV multi-entry visa for parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents, who would love to visit their families in Canada.
This initiative allows applicants to fast forward the application process and get approved for a multiple-entry visa within a few weeks.
Just follow the steps below to learn more about this wonderful opportunity!
This is contrasted with a regular Multiple-Entry Visa, which only allows parents and grandparents to stay in Canada for up to 6 months, without having to renew their status. The good news is that most of the applications for Super Visa are processed within a few weeks.
In order to check how long the Super Visa Canada application processing takes, follow the IRCC’s list of Visa Offices across the world.
Click to view – Processing Times.
In order to apply for Super Visa, you MUST:
– Be a parent or grandparent of a Canadian Citizen or a Permanent Resident of Canada.
– Be admissible for entry to Canada.
– Fill out anApplication for Super Visa.
– Have a valid Canadian medical insurance for 1 year with at least $100,000 total coverage.
– Present a certificate confirming completion of an immigration medical exam.
– Provide aLetter of Invitation your child/grandchild in Canada, which outlines plans for your care and the number of people living in a household.
– Provide written proof of financial support from your child / grandchild in Canada, who meets the requirement for theIncome Threshold.
To determine your eligibility, please review the official definitions on IRCC website –Eligibility Requirements
– Interview:
Your Super Visa Canada application will be reviewed by a Visa Officer and they will decide whether it is necessary to schedule an interview with you. In case you are selected for an interview, you will receive a notification with guidelines and directions.
– Medical Examination:
You might be required to undergo aMedical Examination to enter Canada with a Super Visa. In such case, you will be given proper instructions by a Visa Officer on how and where the examination will take place.
Please note that the medical checkup might extend the processing time for your Super Visa application by several weeks.
Once a decision regarding your Super Visa has been made, you will get your passport and all other documents back.
If Super Visa is approved, it will be attached to the appropriate page inside your passport. However, in case your Super Visa application was refused, you will receive a letter of explanation, so you that you can prepare before you re-apply.
You will see the whole list of available options that are sorted according to the information you have provided. If you are looking for the cheapest health plan acceptable for Super Visa program, you will be more than happy to see what we have to offer.
You can review the insurance requirements for Super Visa on the first tab of this page called “Overview”.