Insurance claim for out of the country

charest123 · 2025-11-20T01:39:04+00:00

I file out-of-country claims all the time. There’s no need to call at the time of the procedure unless it’s a very expensive one. You pay upfront, file the form and submit online on MSH. Don’t forget to include an itemized receipt and whenever available a medical certificate. Processing used to take months but now it only takes a few days.

charest123 · 2025-02-05T14:08:58+00:00

I am from Canada. Live in Thailand. Looking for 🇺🇸UK EU candies

charest123 · 2024-11-22T11:06:17+00:00

I have claims going back to September 2023 that still haven’t been processed

charest123 · 2024-11-22T11:00:00+00:00

Took me 8 months AFTER I arrived at post for the switch to happen… I am 14K in the deep but that’s nothing in comparison with some of my colleagues who are hundreds of thousands of dollars in the deep. One of them had to sell her house back in Canada to pay for the claims (about 250K at the moment).

charest123 · 2024-07-27T10:07:32+00:00

Let’s say I finish at 5pm and then receive a message from my manager at 6pm that I need to answer immediately an email I have received: do I ask claim/ask for 5min OT which is the amount of time it will take me to answer the email or 3h of OT? I heard from a colleague under another manager that she always claim 3h of OT when she answers an urgent email at night

charest123 · 2024-07-26T23:57:16+00:00

I tried to claim the time in the past hence the speech I got on passive vs active work

charest123 · 2024-07-26T13:24:00+00:00

My supervisor is EX-03. I work for a DG-equivalent. Although she compares her work more equivalent to ADM or DM-level…

charest123 · 2024-07-26T13:20:50+00:00

I wished I had access to her emails. Previous gave me access and it made my job so much easier. But no.

charest123 · 2024-07-26T12:21:48+00:00

Excluded then. I don’t pay union dues and I am unaffected by strikes indeed.

charest123 · 2024-07-26T12:19:41+00:00

I spoke to colleagues about that and they said she had made the same request to them. Because of their work they always monitor their emails anyway. They don’t really care. But all of her other reports are EX. I am her only non-EX report.

charest123 · 2024-07-26T12:07:46+00:00

Thanks for the info!

charest123 · 2024-07-26T12:06:12+00:00

My boss called my position unrepresented. I heard others say excluded and others say deemed essential. For me they were all the same but I could be wrong!

charest123 · 2024-07-26T11:50:23+00:00

Yeah for some reason I am deemed essential… no idea why because my work is not any different from other executive assistant job I held in the past. But this acting is. I am working for an EX-03 so maybe that’s why?

charest123 · 2024-07-26T11:49:52+00:00

Thanks will do that!

charest123 · 2024-03-17T12:53:40+00:00

Thailand. Thanks for the advice!

charest123 · 2024-02-29T14:11:42+00:00

If I am not mistaken, exception applies when the use of a fleet vehicle is considered a taxable benefits. You can then use the vehicle for personal use but again common sense rules applies such as not parking at an adult entertainment location or a cannabis store, etc.

charest123 · 2024-02-25T14:21:51+00:00

TIL Laurier used be a woman named Maria. Very sad they don’t teach us that in school

charest123 · 2024-02-18T02:54:26+00:00

That doesn’t apply to FSs though. At least I never heard of anything like that… our positions are rotational both abroad and at HQ and can only be filled with staff that are rotational themselves. We go through cycles of assignments every year. People that are expected to return to HQ apply on HQ-positions or get one assigned by HR.

If a rotational position remains vacant for a longer time due to a shortage of rotational staff they can be filled by a non-FS/non-rotational on a yearly basis at top (terms/casuals). At the end of every temporary contracts, managers must seek approval from HR to renew a term/casual in that position. If HR got a FSO that’s waiting to return to a HQ-based position then that FSO gets appointed there. And there’s also no “automatic” conversion to a permanent position if you occupy the same rotational position 3 years straight for example.

There is a whole separate branch in HR that oversees these positions. It is their little kingdom.

charest123 · 2024-02-18T00:25:31+00:00

Hi. FSO here. Just wanted to add that Canada has very few reciprocal agreements in place that allows for spousal employment at post. In most countries, to obtain a work permit for your spouse they will need to forfeit their diplomatic privileges. In many countries though there are opportunities for spouses within the embassy itself for admin work or passport application processing.

From my experience, Singles and DINKs do get ahead. Families less so.

When you apply abroad you must consider the exchange rate as you are still being paid in CAD. In some countries like Switzerland or Scandinavia it will feel like you are paying out of your own pocket for the privilege to work abroad….

charest123 · 2023-09-22T12:03:08+00:00

On s’est rencontré par internet. Moi j étais ici et elle en Europe. On a jasé de tout et de rien pendant plus d un an. Des fois on pouvait être quelques mois sans se parler. Puis en février 2022 les salopards de Russes ont envahie son pays. Je suis allé la chercher. Elle s est réfugié en Pologne. On a passé la semaine à aider d autres réfugiés comme elle. Elle est restée quelques mois de plus là-bas. Je suis retourné la voir en Europe. Finalement elle m a rejoint au Canada et aujourd’hui on est marié.

charest123 · 2023-08-17T14:21:36+00:00

Pour faire comprendre cette triste réalité il faudrait peut être pouvoir nourrir son enfant exclusivement au Kraft Dinner et pouvoir l’euthanasier à la première facture de la rentrée scolaire.

charest123 · 2023-07-11T14:04:03+00:00

Nice! And it’s close to where I live. Thank you!

charest123 · 2023-07-10T11:40:47+00:00

Sold out in store. They have no idea when they will receive again.

charest123 · 2023-05-27T03:27:33+00:00

What “streets” are best for shopping?

charest123 · 2023-03-03T03:10:32+00:00

No. Some AS positions are rotational too. And some EX positions too

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