Can you leave the country while on odsp?

[Liam T.]

Hello There ,

Someone told me you can't leave the country, or you can leave only for
a limited amount of time?
What if I want to go visit a friend for 6 weeks overseas? Can I do
that?
Thank you kindly
Liam

[abrowne]

Liam,

You cannot leave the province for more than 29 days.

This stay can be extended, but only for a good reason
(e.g. if there is a hurricane and your flight home is grounded).

Angela

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From: Liam T. <reproduc...@gmail.com>
To: ODSP Fireside <odspfi...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sun, September 26, 2010 10:42:40 AM
Subject: [odspfireside: 31364 ] Can you leave the country while on odsp?

[Uppity Woman]

You can leave the country, but you have to notify your worker that you are going. If you are going to be gone for all of a month, then you will lose your ODSP for that month. The way it was explained to me (and this was over 10 years ago so it may have changed) is that if you leave on say the 10th of October and return on the 20th of November, you are okay as  you were in Ontario for part of both  months. However if you leave on the 20th of October and return on the 10th of December you would lose November's payment as you were not in the province for any of that month. Check with your worker to be sure, as like I said, this info was given to me over 10 years ago and the policy may have changed.   Uppity     -------Original Message-------

From: Liam T. Date: 26/09/2010 2:51:00 PM To: ODSP Fireside Subject: [odspfireside: 31364 ] Can you leave the country while on odsp?

[Dave M]

yes you can for under 29days.  any longer - read thr commnet below.

[Liam T.]

Thanx for the reply Angela, so what happens if you stay more , do they
throw you off?
I have a friend that might be sick overseas , and wanted to be on
their bedside , is that a good reason or not good enough?
Thanks

On Sep 26, 3:05 pm, abrowne <browne200...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Liam,
>
> You cannot leave the province for more than 29 days.
>
> This stay can be extended, but only for a good reason
> (e.g. if there is a hurricane and your flight home is grounded).
>
> Angela
>
> ________________________________

> From: Liam T. <reproducethys...@gmail.com>

[Dave M]

that sounds crazy.

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Uppity Woman <uppity...@gmail.com> wrote:

You can leave the country, but you have to notify your worker that you are going. If you are going to be gone for all of a month, then you will lose your ODSP for that month.

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