Hey guys, my husband is trying to go to study in Canada for a nine month course. We applied on May 31 of this year, without any help of an immigration agent, for a study visa and for OWP respectively. I expected to receive the result before September as he would start this semester, but I did not have a return until this Saturday, September 22, so he had to transfer the course to January.
The problem is that the response I received from CIC was a "Procedural Fairness Letter". I have Multiple Sclerosis and I take a high-cost medicine, which is given to us for free by the public health system in Brazil. I’m stable, with no symptom because of the disease. When we did the medical examination I took a medical report from my neurologist explaining the whole situation. Our plan was for my family send the medicine from Brazil to Canada, as other people we know do.
The letter said it exceeded the limit of how much a person could spend on public health because of the high cost. What we find strange is that we received two letters, the first one mentions that the application is for permanent residence, forcing us to prove that we can afford the medicine for five years, and the duration of the course is nine months. The second had the same content but the officer change “permanent resident” to “temporary residence”, that’s our case, but he still ask for a proof over the next 5 years. In addition they mention a different medicine than I take (is the same composition but with different dosages).
The medicine that I take is Avonex (beta interferon 1a 30mcg) and according to MS Society of Canada, the cost per year is approximately $ 20,000. In our case, we are proving our income by our sponsors (our respective parents). If we need to prove it for a year, my parents would be able to prove more than double the request. If I add the money from my parents, from his parents and my money, we would have exactly the value of 5 years, with any more money…
Since we thought it was important to talk to the doctor only, we did not talk about the disease in the letter of intent, which makes them not have the complete information on how we intend to deal with the treatment.
So now I have to write my submission letter explaining everything. Anyone here that had a similar case could help me?
The problem is that the response I received from CIC was a "Procedural Fairness Letter". I have Multiple Sclerosis and I take a high-cost medicine, which is given to us for free by the public health system in Brazil. I’m stable, with no symptom because of the disease. When we did the medical examination I took a medical report from my neurologist explaining the whole situation. Our plan was for my family send the medicine from Brazil to Canada, as other people we know do.
The letter said it exceeded the limit of how much a person could spend on public health because of the high cost. What we find strange is that we received two letters, the first one mentions that the application is for permanent residence, forcing us to prove that we can afford the medicine for five years, and the duration of the course is nine months. The second had the same content but the officer change “permanent resident” to “temporary residence”, that’s our case, but he still ask for a proof over the next 5 years. In addition they mention a different medicine than I take (is the same composition but with different dosages).
The medicine that I take is Avonex (beta interferon 1a 30mcg) and according to MS Society of Canada, the cost per year is approximately $ 20,000. In our case, we are proving our income by our sponsors (our respective parents). If we need to prove it for a year, my parents would be able to prove more than double the request. If I add the money from my parents, from his parents and my money, we would have exactly the value of 5 years, with any more money…
Since we thought it was important to talk to the doctor only, we did not talk about the disease in the letter of intent, which makes them not have the complete information on how we intend to deal with the treatment.
So now I have to write my submission letter explaining everything. Anyone here that had a similar case could help me?
