New Brunswick - Apply for Medicare Card

ProcedureEdit

Apply In-PersonEdit

Following are procedures on how you can apply for New Brunswick Medicare Card in person. To start your application you will need to complete an Application for Registration.
A link to download and print the Application for Registration Form - Medicare is provided under 'Documents to Use' section.
Make sure that you fill up the form correctly. Do not forget to provide you contact number in case Medicare needs to get in touch with you. You will need to complete a separate application for registration for any child nineteen years of age or older. If you are completing the form on behalf of an individual (not a dependant), who is 19 years of age or older, a copy of Power of Attorney documents must also be provided.
Submit the completed form and supporting documents in person to a Service New Brunswick office. Documents you may submit when you apply for Medicare is listed below. You can also see a list of documents that Medicare accepts on the application form itself.
Applications are assessed by Medicare on an individual basis and other documents may be requested to verify your eligibility. Please note that not all Canadian Immigration documents are acceptable for Medicare eligibility requirements.
Once a completed application form is received and eligibility is established, a letter will be sent to you indicating the actual start date of your New Brunswick Medicare coverage and you will also received your New Brunswick Medicare card.

Apply By MailEdit

You may also mail your application directly to Medicare. Same process is followed in filling up the form. Use the link provided under 'Documents to Use' section to download and print the Application for Registration Form - Medicare.
Complete the application form. Do not forget to provide you contact number in case Medicare needs to get in touch with you. You will need to complete a separate application for registration for any child nineteen years of age or older. If you are completing the form on behalf of an individual (not a dependant), who is 19 years of age or older, a copy of Power of Attorney documents must also be provided.
Mail the completed application form together with photocopies of supporting documents to Medicare P.O. Box 5100 Fredericton,N.B. E3B 5G8.
Applications are assessed by Medicare on an individual basis and other documents may be requested to verify your eligibility. Please note that not all Canadian Immigration documents are acceptable for Medicare eligibility requirements.
Once a completed application form is received and eligibility is established, a letter will be sent to you indicating the actual start date of your New Brunswick Medicare coverage and you will also received your New Brunswick Medicare card.

Required DocumentsEdit

List of documents that you may present when you apply for Medicare as proof of your citizenship, identity and residency.

Notes:

This is not a comprehensive list.
The same document may not be used to satisfy more than one requirement.
When you apply do not send original documents as Medicare cannot guarantee their return.

For Canadians:

Birth Certificate
Citizenship Card
Passport
Indian Status Card
Baptismal certificate (if place of birth is identified)

Non-Canadians - mandatory:

Canadian Immigration Identification Records and Entry Stamp on their Passport
Proof of enrollment from an approved learning institution

Documents that may be accepted as proof of identity:

Birth Certificate
Valid New Brunswick Driver’s License
Valid Passport (Canadian or foreign)
Baptismal Certificate (if place and date of birth indicated)
Valid Permanent Resident Card (front & back) or Record of Landing Document example: (Form # IMM 1000)
Active Temporary Resident Permit issued by Citizenship and
Immigration Canada
Certificate of Canadian Citizenship
Canadian Indian Status Card (front & back)
Legal Name Change Document
Student or Employee ID Card
Previous Provincial Health Card

Documents that may be accepted as proof of residency

Mortgage Document
Rental or Lease Agreement (must be signed by landlord & tenant)
Utility Bill - not older than 2 months (phone, energy, cable/satellite, water/sewer)
Employment Confirmation - current (pay stub or letter from employer on company letterhead)
Insurance Policy (home, tenant, auto)
Valid NB Motor Vehicle Registration
Valid NB Driver's License
Child Tax Benefit Statement
Property Tax Bill (current year)

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Medicare – Eligibility and Claims
New Brunswick Medicare
Department of Health
P.O. Box 5100
Fredericton, N.B., E3B 5G8

Email: [email protected]
Website: LINK (keyword medicare)

Telephone Hours: 8:00 AM - 7:30 PM (M-F) | 9:00AM - 1:00 PM (Saturday)
From within North America: 1-888-762-8600
From outside North America: (506) 684-7901

Client Advocate Services
New Brunswick Medicare
Department of Health
P.O. Box 5100
Fredericton, N.B., E3B 5G8

[email protected]

Tel: (506) 453-4227
Fax: (506) 457-3547

Service New Brunswick Office Locations

Health (Department)

Mailing Address
HSBC Place
P. O. Box 5100
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5G8
Canada

General Information
(506) 457-4800
Reception : (506) 457-4800
Fax : (506) 453-5243

Office Locations

EligibilityEdit

You may apply for a New Brunswick Medicare coverage if you are:

a Canadian citizen or be legally entitled to remain in Canada and a resident who makes his/her permanent and principle home in New Brunswick; or
an international student who meets the eligibility criteria.

The following individuals are NOT eligible for coverage:

regular members of the Canadian Armed Forces, (however members of their families are eligible);
tourists and visitors to the province;
transients;
students from another province; and
inmates of federal penitentiaries.

Notes:

A “resident” means a person lawfully entitled to be or to remain in Canada. A person who makes his home and is ordinarily present in New Brunswick, but does not include a tourist, transient or visitor to the Province; as legislated under New Brunswick's Medical Services Payment Act.
Maintaining a dwelling, owning property in the province of New Brunswick, or paying New Brunswick property or income tax does not mean you are eligible to avail insured services under New Brunswick Medicare.

FeesEdit

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ValidityEdit

Cards have a five year validity.

Your card is valid until the last day of the month indicated. For example, a card showing the date "03/2020" is valid until March 31, 2020.

Provided you are eligible for coverage and have kept Medicare informed of your current address and/or residency information, you may receive your card approximately 1 month before this date. Destroy your old card and use the updated card effective immediately.

Documents to UseEdit

Application for Registration - Medicare

Sample DocumentsEdit

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Processing TimeEdit

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InstructionsEdit

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Required InformationEdit

First and last name of applicant completing form
Current residential address
Mailing address
Contact numbers
Employer and/or occupation (if applicable)
Marital status
Names of your household members who have accompanied you to N.B.

Need for the DocumentEdit

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External LinksEdit

Government of New Brunswick - Website

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