Mikkoden said:
Thank you for the reply. I'm just wondering cause I wanted to have a part time job and having an open work permit is necessary.
Hi, this is another issue- my husband went for upfront medical exam in UAE- but the panel Doctor their said their is a new rule that upfront will not be anymore allowed for spousal sponsorship. And they need a letter from cic requesting IME. But the upfront medical exam is on my checklist- or - caring for child pathway.. so what I'm gonna do?
I've read that in your application they ask your dependent for an IME? Even though your husband have medical already right? Can u please tell me what was the request from the email you received for your dependent? Thank you.
Are you applying under Caring for Children? Try one of the following:
- call to another panel physician (may be to another city) and just ask his/her opinion about the case. Ask if that doctor could do medical exam. If another doctor says he/she can do it, then try to call your doctor in your city (who refused to you) and explain him the situation.
- try to show the doctor this guide
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5797ETOC.asp where it's stated
You and all your family members who are not already Canadian citizens or permanent residents must undergo an upfront medical examination before you submit your application.
- try to call to CIC help center
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/call.asp and ask them some advice.
- and finally you can try to apply without your spouse's exam. Just include your own exam. Here you have two cases:
1. you application may be returned to you as incomplete and all documents that are not presented in the application, will be marked there. In this case you would 100% sure that your spouse exam is needed before an application is sent. Then you can contact your panel physician again. Don't be afraid that your application may be returned, it's ok. No money is charged in this case. Our app was returned to us as incomplete, and we just sent it again after completeness. The worst is that you just lose 2-3 weeks and that's all.
2. CIC can accept your app without your spouse's exam (if they really have that rule now). In this case your spouse will get a request via email about medical exam.
About my app - we both did our medical upfront. And the email from CIC was not about medical exam, it was about some security checks that are generally needed for all PR applicants.