Congratulations @Javeline. Thanks for your positive words!!
I am so happy to hear that. Congrats and wish you the best with your application.Hi Everyone,
i would like to disclose that, I have shared the below information earlier in a different thread, but considering this thread relevancy, i am sharing the same info here again, to provide a consolidated overview of all my details.
In Aug 2015, i have applied for a Canada Work Permit (thru my employer). During preliminary IME (immigration medical exam), I was diagnosed with abnormal heart beat/ sound and a suspected Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP). After initial report submission to CIC/ IRCC, the CIC Medical visa officer suggested an additional review. As per IMO (Immigration Medical officer) direction and CIC suggested specialist doctor, I went through additional review and the specialist doctor confirmed mild mild Mitral valve Prolapse (MVP), and mild/ fair left systolic ventricle dysfunction (which did not require immediate attention). The specialist put me on beta blocker medication (metaprolol 25 mg) and gave me a clearance, and subsequently IMO has cleared my IME results. Later my Canada Work Permit was approved.
After arriving in Canada, I was following up with a Cardiac specialist doctor. My recently results were more alarming - I was diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome and a gene abnormality (the main cause of Marfan syndrome in first place) and was put on a different/ more medications - Losartin 25 MG and Bisoprolol 5 MG. My doctor told me, that i might require a surgery in future, but was not conclusive about the period when i would require the surgery intervention. I did not have any results/ report information in hand about it, since everything was covered by Provincial Insurance.
Recently in May 2018- when i went through the IME for EE PR processing, the IME Panel Physician (PP) doctor found that - my heart MVP has increased a bit more in comparison to previous 2015 Aug observations. I have disclosed my current daily medicines intake information in the IME application (at IME center) and submitted previous available specialist doctor reports (from 2015 Aug, since i did not have any current reports) to PP. The IME PP doctor has included the reports (i provided) to CIC on 14-May-2018.
I am happy to share with you all that- Today, i received an update in my EE application mentioning - "My IME results were cleared". There was no additional review required in my case. So i would encourage you guys to share relevant information available from previous examinations, so that it would help in faster processing of your applications.
I wish all the best to everyone, during their Canada Immigration (especially with the medical exam). .
Hey @SriTLIN Congrats!! thanks for sharing in detail, i also have VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect) which was 'fixed' when i was a baby but with the remaining medical history of mine, medical officers (as well as panel physician) did not care at allHi Everyone,
i would like to disclose that, I have shared the below information earlier in a different thread, but considering this thread relevancy, i am sharing the same info here again, to provide a consolidated overview of all my details.
In Aug 2015, i have applied for a Canada Work Permit (thru my employer). During preliminary IME (immigration medical exam), I was diagnosed with abnormal heart beat/ sound and a suspected Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP). After initial report submission to CIC/ IRCC, the CIC Medical visa officer suggested an additional review. As per IMO (Immigration Medical officer) direction and CIC suggested specialist doctor, I went through additional review and the specialist doctor confirmed mild mild Mitral valve Prolapse (MVP), and mild/ fair left systolic ventricle dysfunction (which did not require immediate attention). The specialist put me on beta blocker medication (metaprolol 25 mg) and gave me a clearance, and subsequently IMO has cleared my IME results. Later my Canada Work Permit was approved.
After arriving in Canada, I was following up with a Cardiac specialist doctor. My recently results were more alarming - I was diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome and a gene abnormality (the main cause of Marfan syndrome in first place) and was put on a different/ more medications - Losartin 25 MG and Bisoprolol 5 MG. My doctor told me, that i might require a surgery in future, but was not conclusive about the period when i would require the surgery intervention. I did not have any results/ report information in hand about it, since everything was covered by Provincial Insurance.
Recently in May 2018- when i went through the IME for EE PR processing, the IME Panel Physician (PP) doctor found that - my heart MVP has increased a bit more in comparison to previous 2015 Aug observations. I have disclosed my current daily medicines intake information in the IME application (at IME center) and submitted previous available specialist doctor reports (from 2015 Aug, since i did not have any current reports) to PP. The IME PP doctor has included the reports (i provided) to CIC on 14-May-2018.
I am happy to share with you all that- Today, i received an update in my EE application mentioning - "My IME results were cleared". There was no additional review required in my case. So i would encourage everyone to share relevant information available from previous examinations, so that it would help in faster processing of your applications.
I wish all the best to everyone, during their Canada Immigration (especially with the medical exam). .
Have a great PPR journeyNo but curious to see what happens given the huge lack of programs and resources for young adults with autism. Given there is long waiting list to access the services available for young children and almost no services for young adults and older, I don't think the new policy is a good idea. Would anticipate Canadian parents with autistic children feel the same.
I partially agree with you regarding the new policy, due to economical impact on Canadian society.
Autism ,developmental delays, severe disabilities, etc are a very specific class of medical disorders. There is currently long wait time for the services/therapies required while the children are quite young. Most families have to pay for a significant portion of the therapy because only a certain amount is covered. As children get older and their need grow there is very few opportunities for respite care for the parents. Parents are lucky if they are offered 1-2 weekends a year. The families are primary caregivers as well as parents because they don't qualify for much (if any) homecare. The real issue is when the children get to be adults and no longer qualify for school. Specialized schooling is very expensive because you can't have one teacher for 30 students. One of the reasons these children were often denied was due to the cost of schooling. Schools with specialized education have many teachers, teaching aids, personal support workers, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, social workers, psychologists, specialized transportation, medical supplies, specialized equipment, etc. Once children no longer qualify for schooling at age 21 there is no place for them to go during the day. Many of them will never be independent so someone needs to be with them at all times. That is usually the parents. In cases of severe disability the person may qualify for a few hours with a personal support worker or nurse per week. If the parents are unable to care for the children at home or when the parents get too old there is no place for these children to go. The current wait times for group homes are over 25 years. There is a huge cohort who have recently aged out of the system and are in their 20s. Some parents have actually abandoned their children out of desperation. They know if they are a ward of the state they will go to the top of the list.
Almost all EE economic immigrants are well educated and have lots to offer to Canada. From economic point of view, those immigrants contribute a lot to the economy of Canada. Most of them find job and become taxpayers which inject money to the economy. Not all people with all types of medical conditions are accepted, the current rule apply only to those whose medical conditions would not cost more than approx 20000 CAD per year (which is fairly average).
I will be curious to see what happens to this particular subsection. As the poster was originally indicating we have not seen what will happen to these cases now that schooling costs have been eliminated. Not many details were provided in terms of what will be counted towards the $20000 so nobody really knows whether this will change how children with autism, developmental delays, etc will be assessed. Each child is very different as well as their medical and social needs. I assume you are lucky and have not been exposed to various chronic illness, longterm care, special needs programs in Canada. There is a lot demand and never enough supply. The expectations is that families will do a lot of the care and contribute financially for services or items that are not provided. We have partial medicare in Canada. We treat acute needs really well but not longterm issues. People often have unrealistic expectation of the system. Canadian citizens included.
As I had mentioned before, admenments to the definition of social service of medical inadmissibility will be controversial, and if it is implemented immidiately , it will risk the politicians. That is why they start changing slowly in order to note consequences and assess what they should do in order to avoid risks of health system as well as political life!
