{"id":6748,"date":"2025-12-24T08:52:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/?page_id=6748"},"modified":"2025-12-24T08:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:52:48","slug":"medical-insurance-end-of-coverage-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/medical-insurance-end-of-coverage-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Insurance End of Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row background_style=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column]\t<div class=\"aq-block-aq_page_header_block\">\r\n\t\r\n\t<header class=\"page-header ebor-pad-me\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"background-image-holder parallax-background\">\r\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2228\" height=\"1025\" src=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Health-insurance.jpg\" class=\"background-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Health-insurance.jpg 2228w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Health-insurance-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Health-insurance-1024x471.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Health-insurance-768x353.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Health-insurance-1536x707.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/Health-insurance-2048x942.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2228px) 100vw, 2228px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-12 text-center\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"text-white alt-font\">Current Students<\/span><h1 class=\"text-white\">End of Medical Insurance Coverage<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>What happens to your MSP when the school year ends?<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">All 10-month international students have medical insurance from BC Medical Services Plan <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">(MSP). Please kindly review the following information regarding your coverage.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 16pt\">Returning for September<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">If you have paid your tuition for the next school year, we have extended the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">coverage based on your study permit expiry date. Please always ensure we have <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">your latest study permit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">We will email you when your new card is available for pickup at International Office.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">If your study permit has expired, but you have not received the new one, please let <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">us know. We will buy you Guard.Me insurance until we receive your new study <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">permit.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 16pt\">Non-returning for September<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">If you have not registered for the next school year, we will automatically cancel your <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">MSP on June 30 (or January 31 if this is the last day of your school enrollment). <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Students who are not returning for September are asked to leave before June 30 or <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">purchase their own medical insurance after June.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 16pt\">Not returning for International Programs, but staying in BC<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">This applies to you if you:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Graduate or withdraw from West Vancouver Schools but will continue <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">studying in BC in the upcoming school year<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Become a non-fee paying student (e.g., permanent residents, refugees, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">diplomats, or under parent\u2019s work\/study permit)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Please email us your current residential\/mailing address, and we will help you <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">update information with Health Insurance BC. You will manage your MSP account <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">and receive future correspondence (such as monthly invoice, MSP card, and notice).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">For any questions regarding MSP, please contact Ms. Jenny Chung, Office Manager of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">International Programs, at <a href=\"mailto:jchung@wvschools.ca\">jchung@wvschools.ca<\/a>.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row background_style=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<br \/>\nWhat happens to your MSP when the school year ends?<br \/>\nAll 10-month international students have medical insurance from BC Medical Services Plan (MSP).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":308,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6748","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-29 00:39:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6748"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6760,"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6748\/revisions\/6760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westvancouverschools.ca\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}