Acceptable Forms of Government Issued Identification Policy

Purpose:

• To provide clarification surrounding what is considered to be an acceptable form of Government Issued Identification for fulfilling requirements for admission into membership.

Policy:

1. Acceptable forms of Government Issued Identification for admission into membership are:

a. Valid Driver’s License; or

b. Canadian Birth Certificate; or

c. Valid Canadian Passport; or

d. Canadian Citizenship Card; or

e. Canadian Citizenship Certificate; or

f. Valid Certificate of Indian Status Card; or

g. Valid Permanent Resident Card; or

h. Valid Canadian Military Identification Card; or

i. Valid Work Permit issued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, including permission to practice Massage Therapy, Manual Osteopathic Therapy, or both.

j. For Student Membership Class only – Valid study permit and a valid visitor visa (temporary resident visa); or

k. For Student Membership Class only – Valid study permit and an electronic travel authorization.; or

l. Canadian Social Insurance Number Certificate or Card.

i. When a Social Insurance Number Certificate or Card begins with the number 9, it carries with it an expiry date. In this instance, when this type of Government issued identification is used to validate the ability to work in Canada, once the card is expired, it will be the responsibility of the member to forward a new valid copy to the Association.

2. A Driver’s License will not be accepted as proof of ability to work, or as proof of residency status, as it does not provide proof of your status in Canada nor does it verify that you are authorized under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) to engage in the practise of the profession of Massage Therapy, or Manual Osteopathic Therapy, or both.

3. A Canadian Social Insurance Number Certificate or Card cannot be used to establish identity. In conjunction with another form of identification described above under #1 which includes a photographic image of the applicant, this identification can be used to establish eligibility to work.

4. A Health Card will not be accepted as it does not provide proof of your status in Canada nor does it verify that you are authorized under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) to engage in the practise of the profession of Massage Therapy, or Manual Osteopathic Therapy, or both.

5. Membership in the Association does not guarantee a member’s ability to work as a massage therapist or a manual osteopathic therapist or both if the member is not a Canadian Citizen or a Permanent Resident of Canada. In such cases members must hold valid required documents authorized under the Immigration and Refugee Protection which allow them to work or study and must provide copies of these documents to the Association to obtain and maintain membership.

Original Date of Policy Adoption: March 7, 2022

Date of Last Policy Revision: June 20, 2022

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