Does anyone have any experience of overcoming medical inadmissability (stage 4 kidney disease)?

[Subo]

Hello

We applied for our PR and received a procedural fairness letter due to my partner's condition. He has a rare autoimmune kidney disease and his renal function is at stage 4. His condition is stable, and we are high rate taxpayer, working a full time jobs without any issues. We don't have kids.

We received a report from the CIC about costs of dialysis (as it's possible, although not a certainty that he may or may not need this sometime in the future), based on a study in Alberta. The study is pretty general - portrays kidney disease as being a certain cost, but when you look into the report further there is very little detail around how the cost breaks down. I even contacted the author of the report for more information on the breakdown, so that we could understand if there's elements in the costs that we could cover - as we have health insurance and some savings. There are very few cost reports on kidney disease - ie hardly any alternative reports.

It seems very unfair to be basing someone's entire future on a poorly written report.

Has anyone else had any success at all overcoming medical inadmissability for stage 4 kidney disease?

Thank you so much for reading!

Olga

 

[canuck78]

/most of the costs would be dialysis and a possible transplant. Both of those won't be covered by your private insurance. Dialysis is one of the big reason people get refused. Dialysis is labor intensive and the clinics usually run close to capacity and new machines are expensive. Think a year of dialysis is between 50-100K. At stage 4 kidney disease it would be hard to guarantee that dialysis won't be needed within 5 years. After a kidney transplant his costs will likely decrease versus dialysis. Unfortunately I don't have any good suggestions. Suggesting your insurance will pay or you will use your savings is not an option because it can't be enforced. Based on the report are they estimating you come close to the medical inadmissibility level? Hard to comment having not been the report. Can imagine his medication also may be a factor if he is on a biological.

 

[Bunny1810]

Hi, any update on your case? Did you get approval for pr

 

[canuck78]

Hi, any update on your case? Did you get approval for pr

Most would be denied and very hard to compare to others since medical profiles will not be exactly the same. Is this for spouse or child under 22? Parent?

 

[Bunny1810]

Work Permit to PR

 

[canuck78]

Work Permit to PR

Unfortunately advanced kidney disease is hard to overcome because there is a huge cost associated with dialysis and transplant. Would suggest hiring a lawyer with experience with medical inadmissibility for your best chance of securing PR. If your nephrologist predicts you will need dialysis in the next 5 or 10 years it is difficult to overcome and depending on your level of savings you may need to reassess if spending 5-10k trying to fight to remain in Canada makes sense.

 

[Bunny1810]

Hello

We applied for our PR and received a procedural fairness letter due to my partner's condition. He has a rare autoimmune kidney disease and his renal function is at stage 4. His condition is stable, and we are high rate taxpayer, working a full time jobs without any issues. We don't have kids.

We received a report from the CIC about costs of dialysis (as it's possible, although not a certainty that he may or may not need this sometime in the future), based on a study in Alberta. The study is pretty general - portrays kidney disease as being a certain cost, but when you look into the report further there is very little detail around how the cost breaks down. I even contacted the author of the report for more information on the breakdown, so that we could understand if there's elements in the costs that we could cover - as we have health insurance and some savings. There are very few cost reports on kidney disease - ie hardly any alternative reports.

It seems very unfair to be basing someone's entire future on a poorly written report.

Has anyone else had any success at all overcoming medical inadmissability for stage 4 kidney disease?

Thank you so much for reading!

Olga

Hi Olga, any update on your case