Employment Insurance Regulations — 55
55 (1) Subject to section 18 of the Act, a claimant who is not a self-employed person is not disentitled from receiving benefits for the reason that the claimant is outside Canada (a) for the purpose of undergoing, at a hospital, medical clinic or similar facility outside Canada, medical treatment that is not readily or immediately available in the claimant’s area of residence in Canada, if the hospital, clinic or facility is accredited to provide the medical treatment by the appropriate governmental authority outside Canada; (b) for a period of not more than seven consecutive days to attend the funeral of a member of the claimant’s immediate family or of one of the following persons, namely, (i) a grandparent of the claimant or of the claimant’s spouse or common-law partner, (ii) a grandchild of the claimant or of the claimant’s spouse or common-law partner, (iii) the spouse or common-law partner of the claimant’s son or daughter or of the son or daughter of the claimant’s spouse or common-law partner, (iv) the spouse or common-law partner of a child of the claimant’s father or mother or of a child of the spouse or common-law partner of the claimant’s father or mother, (v) a child of the father or mother of the claimant’s spouse or common-law partner or a child of the spouse or common-law partner of the father or mother of the claimant’s spouse or common-law partner, (vi) an uncle or aunt of the claimant or of the claimant’s spouse or common-law partner, and (vii) a nephew or niece of the claimant or of the claimant’s spouse or common-law partner; (c) for a period of not more than seven consecutive days to accompany a member of the claimant’s immediate family to a hospital, medical clinic or similar facility outside Canada for medical treatment that is not readily or immediately available in the family member’s area of residence in Canada, if the hospital, clinic or facility is accredited to provide the medical treatment by the appropriate governmental authority outside Canada; (d) for a period of not more than seven consecutive days to visit a member of the claimant’s immediate family who is seriously ill or injured; (e) for a period of not more than seven consecutive days to attend a bona fide job interview; or (f) for a period of not more than 14 consecutive days to conduct a bona fide job search. (1.1) Only the periods set out in paragraphs (1)(b) and (d) may be cumulated during a single trip outside Canada, and only if the member of the claimant’s immediate family whom the claimant visits under paragraph (1)(d) is the person whose funeral the claimant attends under paragraph (1)(b). (2) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (1.1), the following persons are considered to be members of the claimant’s immediate family: (a) the father and mother of the claimant or of the claimant’s spouse or common-law partner; (b) the spouse or common-law partner of the father or mother of the claimant or of the claimant’s spouse or common-law partner; (c) the foster parent of the claimant or of the claimant’s spouse or common-law partner; (d) a child of the claimant’s father or mother or a child of the spouse or common-law partner of the claimant’s father or mother; (e) the claimant’s spouse or common-law partner; (f) a child of the claimant or of the claimant’s spouse or common-law partner; (g) a ward of the claimant or of the claimant’s spouse or common-law partner; and (h) a dependant or relative residing in the claimant’s household or a relative with whom the claimant permanently resides. (3) [Repealed, SOR/2001-290, s. 3] (4) A claimant who is not a self-employed person is not disentitled from receiving benefits in respect of pregnancy, the care of a child or children referred to in subsection 23(1) of the Act, the care or support of a family member referred to in subsection 23.1(2) of the Act, of a critically ill child or of a critically ill adult or while attending a course or program of instruction or training referred to in para