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Premee Mohamed@premeemohamed.com |
*lowers voice* As others have pointed out, you cannot necessarily even emigrate to Canada, your neighbour, if you are disabled or have evidence of 'undue' healthcare spending, for example (real life example unfortunately) receiving treatment in the adult psychiatric care system... involuntarily. š
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Andrew Robinson (no, not Garak)
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Can confirm this. I'm British, married to a Canadian, and had to go through the full emigration process, including a medical exam, to get to live in Canada with her.
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N.R. Linesā· (she/her)
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I'm a Canadian ex pat who is disabled and hope to god the country doesn't decide to not let me come back. My spouse is very able bodied but American. Moving back will be ... complicated.
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@bunshonokai.bsky.social
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American is a pre existing condition I'm afraid
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ImagineBGP
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Canada only wants young healthy educated highly employable people.
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Misandrosaurus Bex
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I donāt remember, is Canada one of the countries that has a BMI limit for emigration regardless of metabolic health status?
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Alex Wallace
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can confirm - am autistic American - many allegedly progressive countries will say 'go die in a ditch parasite' when we try to move there
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Premee Mohamed
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Oh also, this includes things like 'got an autism diagnosis in order to receive accommodations at school or work' -- the definition of undue burden is so broad that autism or ADHD can count.
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JD
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Itās not that Americans āarenāt popular.ā Itās that immigration laws are awful in most countries. As you say, disabled people are largely blocked from moving to Canada. We sent back conscientious objectors during the Iraq War instead of letting them in like we did in the Vietnam War.
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Blue Heron Farm
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You can't even go there if you're abled but past middle age. For the same reason.
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Shiv Ramdas
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doesnt canada literally have bmi as a factor for whether you an move there?
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Jenn
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Several people have been confused after I've asked if they know French or have quite a bit of money in a bank account after they tell me they'll just move to Canada. Like seriously people, learn what the requirements are! Also they hate when I follow up that I have to stay here.
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)
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as i read the discourse on this, i realize i've basically accepted that as a ~neurospicy~ person with one kidney, even my PhD is not going to guarantee me a visa elsewhere? i mean, i do have plans if things get *really* interesting, but they do not involve moving to NZ or Canada or wherever...
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