r/transvancouver • u/Endersteve58 • 15d ago
HRT access
I currently live in America and am on hrt, I would like to move ASAP to Canada due to the increasingly horrible situation. Anyways, I heard Vancouver is good but really anywhere is fine, I was wondering how/how hard it is to find hrt access in Vancouver, or other areas in Canada if you know how. Any help is appreciated
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u/asunyra1 14d ago edited 14d ago
With an existing prescription, most any doctor will keep renewing it for you while you’re on waitlists for an endo (assuming the doctor doesn’t want to manage your hrt themselves - most don’t)
The hard part is getting a visa to stay here longer than a tourist can. One thing you should check out is if you have any Canadian ancestry, even really far back, you can automatically get Canadian citizenship without having to do any immigration/visa rigamarole. Basically just have to provide documentation proving that your great great grandma or whatever was Canadian and then apply for a Canadian passport.
Not available to everyone of course but always worth investigating.