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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 paragraph 25(1)(a) of the Act for the sole reason that the claimant is outside Canada, unless their Social Insurance Number Card or the period of validity of their Social Insurance Number has expired. (5) A major attachment claimant who is not a self-employed person and whose most recent interruption of earnings before making a claim for benefits is from insurable employment outside Canada is not disentitled from receiving benefits for the sole reason that the claimant is outside Canada if (a) the benefits are in respect of pregnancy, the care of a child or children referred to in subsection 23(1) of the Act or 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; (b) the claimant proves that they are incapable, by reason of illness, injury or quarantine, from performing the duties of their regular or usual employment or of other suitable employment. (6) Subject to subsection (7), a claimant who is not a self-employed person and who resides outside Canada, other than a major attachment claimant referred to in subsection (5), is not disentitled from receiving benefits for the sole reason of their residence outside Canada if (a) the claimant resides temporarily or permanently in a state of the United States that is contiguous to Canada and (i) is available for work in Canada, and (ii) is able to report personally at an office of the Commission in Canada and does so when requested by the Commission; or (b) the claimant is qualified to receive benefits under Article VI of the Agreement between Canada and the United States respecting Unemployment Insurance , signed on March 6 and 12, 1942, and resides temporarily or permanently in one of the following places in respect of which the Commission has not, pursuant to section 16 of the Employment and Immigration Department and Commission Act , suspended the application of that Agreement, namely, (i) the District of Columbia, (ii) Puerto Rico, (iii) the Virgin Islands, or (iv) any state of the United States. (7) Subject to subsection (10), the maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid in a benefit period, in respect of a claimant referred to in subsections (5) and (6) who is not disentitled from receiving benefits, is (a) in the case of benefits that are paid for a reason referred to in subsection 12(3) of the Act, the applicable number of weeks referred to in subsections 12(3) to (6) of the Act; and (b) in any other case, in respect of the number of hours of insurable employment in the claimant’s qualifying period set out in column I of the table to this subsection, the corresponding number of weeks set out in column II of that table. TABLE Column I Column II Item Number of Hours of Insurable Employment Number of Weeks of Benefits 1 420 - 454 10 2 455 - 489 10 3 490 - 524 11 4 525 - 559 11 5 560 - 594 12 6 595 - 629 12 7 630 - 664 13 8 665 - 699 13 9 700 - 734 14 10 735 - 769 14 11 770 - 804 15 12 805 - 839 15 13 840 - 874 16 14 875 - 909 16 15 910 - 944 17 16 945 - 979 17 17 980 - 1,014 18 18 1,015 - 1,049 18 19 1,050 - 1,084 19 20 1,085 - 1,119 19 21 1,120 - 1,154 20 22 1,155 - 1,189 20 23 1,190 - 1,224 21 24 1,225 - 1,259 21 25 1,260 - 1,294 22 26 1,295 - 1,329 22 27 1,330 - 1,364 23 28 1,365 - 1,399 23 29 1,400 - 1,434 24 30 1,435 - 1,469 25 31 1,470 - 1,504 26 32 1,505 - 1,539 27 33 1,540 - 1,574 28 34 1,575 - 1,609 29 35 1,610 - 1,644 30 36 1,645 - 1,679 31 37 1,680 - 1,714 32 38 1,715 - 1,749 33 39 1,750 - 1,784 34 40 1,785 - 1,819 35 41 1,820 or more 36 (8) Subject to subsection (10), a claimant referred to in subsections (5) and (6), for whom a benefit period has been established and who subsequently becomes resident in Canada, continues to be entitled to receive benefits for not more th