2010 Parents sponsorship applicants join here

[nitinbali60]

hey have u received med request separate..was it included in approval letter...

No, I didnt receive medical request in any form. just getting upfront medical done anyways.

 

[Happy face]

what city in India are you looking for.

Amritsar , India

 

[soonihope]

No, I didnt receive medical request in any form. just getting upfront medical done anyways.

Are you sure you can do that for parent sponsorship. Upfront medicals are only for certain types of immigration case.

I am pretty sure I read somewhere that for parent sponsorship we have to wait until requested to do medicals.

Like you I am waiting to get medical request and am also waiting since Jan.

 

[soonihope]

Amritsar , India

Don't they also have someone at the Fortis Hospital who does immigration medical. I know in the past Fortis Mohali had immigration panel doctor.
What about Amritsar.

 

[Happy face]

Don't they also have someone at the Fortis Hospital who does immigration medical. I know in the past Fortis Mohali had immigration panel doctor.
What about Amritsar.

I have no idea. I guess they have to travel to Mohali ?

 

[soonihope]

No, I didnt receive medical request in any form. just getting upfront medical done anyways.

I found the following:

Q. Can other people in Family Class (parents, grandparents) get up-front medical examinations too?

A. No. The up-front medical examination process is only available to spouses, common-law partners and dependent children. If any other members of the Family Class (i.e., parents, grandparents) use the up-front medical examination process, the medical results will not be valid and will have to be re-done.


Make sure you don't end up wasting your time and money.
I can understand its hard waiting for the medical request to arrive.

 

[soonihope]

I have no idea. I guess they have to travel to Mohali ?

The cic panel of doctors list for some reason won't open today.

Why don't they check at Forts Amritsar first. You should be able to find their number online and even ring from here.

 

[soonihope]

Here's the contact information for Fortis.

Fortis Escorts Hospital
Majitha-Verka Bypass Road, Amritsar - 143004, Punjab.
Tel +91 183 3012222
amritsar @ fortishealthcare.com

Hope that helps.
Good luck

 

[happy81]

Are you sure you can do that for parent sponsorship. Upfront medicals are only for certain types of immigration case.

I am pretty sure I read somewhere that for parent sponsorship we have to wait until requested to do medicals.

Like you I am waiting to get medical request and am also waiting since Jan.

i agree with u soonihope...as parents tried to book upfront med doc was asking them if they have received forms yet...

 

[happy81]

I have no idea. I guess they have to travel to Mohali ?

they can get it done in ludhiana...apollo hospital

 

[Happy face]

Thanks dear for your suggestion. We will call them first.

 

[canvis2006]

not sure why you're doing upfront medical.....it will not expedite your case......

CIC sends medical requests when they're ready to process cases, so even if you do it now, it may expire by the time your turn comes up.


A better suggestion is to do the medicals with another doctor, and to see if it is clear for everyone......some old parents have medical issues which can be treated/cleared before real medical is done for CIC.

 

[michelv]

Amritsar , India

Dear Happy face. Are u aware that penal physian do upfront medical only on receipt of IME nbr in absence of which my father could not got medical exan even for super visa. In case you hv not received medical form IMM 1017E then it would be better to call cic & get IME Further you may discuss my point with Soon I hope or Jeleni ji they are seasoned & well versed with immigration work.

 

[jeleni]

Dear Happy face. Are u aware that penal physian do upfront medical only on receipt of IME nbr in absence of which my father could not got medical exan even for super visa. In case you hv not received medical form IMM 1017E then it would be better to call cic & get IME Further you may discuss my point with Soon I hope or Jeleni ji they are seasoned & well versed with immigration work.

Hi michelv,

I think Happy face is just looking for the list of panel physicians in India. He already received his parent's medical request and forms but cant open the list of physicians. There must be something wrong with CIC's website on this regard. Even I myself cant open the list. But since I already knew where my mother can go for her medical, I dont have to rely on it. Also, soonihope already gave Happy face one of the panel physicians in his place, so that should work.

For upfront medical, I agree with you and soonihope that we cant do it for parents sponsorship. Normally, the physician will look for our 1017E form which is pre-filled by CIC before our parents can do medical. If in case, they will be allowed to do it, still, we take the risk of medical expiring coz we dont know when our files are ready to be processed by CIC. In that case, we just have to do it again. Personally, i will wait for the request before doing it.

 

[nitinbali60]

I found the following:

Q. Can other people in Family Class (parents, grandparents) get up-front medical examinations too?

A. No. The up-front medical examination process is only available to spouses, common-law partners and dependent children. If any other members of the Family Class (i.e., parents, grandparents) use the up-front medical examination process, the medical results will not be valid and will have to be re-done.


Make sure you don't end up wasting your time and money.
I can understand its hard waiting for the medical request to arrive.

Hi Guys,

That's exactly what I thought before and then I asked this question few times in this forum. I think "first_generation" replied to my query and had actually done upfront medical before receiving medical request from cic.

Below is my query and response

My post
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Hey Guys,

Can anyone please shed advice in my situation. My parents are in India right now. Sponsorship approval was done on Jan 28, 2015 and file was transferred to Ottawa. Like most people here, I am also waiting for medical requests from CIC. It doesn't look like CIC is actively working on parents immigration files and call center agents tells you wait time is 69 months as posted on the website. One can hope to receive medical request after 2-4 months of sponsorship approval or endlessly wait till 69 months without any right to question this delay.

I am not able to decide whether to call parents here on supervisa in the next two months or let them stay in India until they receive sponsorship medical request from CIC.

Suppose, If they arrive here on supervisa and sponsorship medical request comes right after, they would have to go back to India for medicals. My dad has some health issues for which I suspect he may require further specialist testing and could become expensive if done here in Canada, therefore I prefer to get their medicals done in India.

Not 100% sure if supervisa medicals will also work for sponsorship, neither sure if it is possible to have upfront medical for parents sponsorship as I read it is only for certain class of immigration (like spouse) as per this link

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/medical/medexams-perm.asp
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reply from first_generation
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Hi nitinbali60. I know one of the forum member had her parents medical done for SUPERVISA. Come time of the medical request for PR while SUPERVISA medical still valid, and when cic was made aware of the fact, they were told to disregard the medical request. That is something similar to your situation should you pursue SUPERVISA & upfront medical for your parents.

As for my own personal experience with my parents, they are currently here in Canada on a regular visitor visa not SUPERVISA. I had them take upfront medical before processing visitor visa extension. They already started the upfront medical since mid march 2015, not yet complete since additional test (cardiologist) for my dad. Early April while still in the process of/waiting to complete this upfront medical for visa extension, we received the medical request for PR. I informed CIC that they are currently doing the upfront medical. Cic emailed to disregard the medical request but just to continue the medicals of the dependents instead.

So yes SUPERVISA medical or upfront medical for visitor visa works for PR too as long as it's not yet expired.
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I also found another member "user828" whose parents already have PR now and I PMd him and below is his response
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I dont usually log to this site anymore, my folks took meds upfront as they sent meds to wrong place in India but after doing upfront of meds, we got their meds request by email ( they were in Canada ) so doc sent letter asking to join or match the code with the meds already sent
You cant have same meds for both, supervisa and PR - they will have to do both
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I also called CIC call centre and they told me it should be ok but not sure of the agents confidence.

soonihope:- where did you get that FAQ information? from cic? or some other website?

Well, I am still not sure about this but it will cost Rs10,000 for upfront medical for both so I am just taking a chance so my parents can come here on regular visit visa and not have to wait forever in India for medical request.

Does anyone know information on this from CIC's website?