worrie-ds said:
hi fkl!!God bless u and your family!!!and congratulations for the visas..just would like to ask as i also have a daughter with special needs(DS)..did the embassy sent you a"fairness letter"?and how long was the decision been made after your submission of the response to the Fairness letter(if they did sent u). I received the fairness letter nov. 2013 and sent my reply jan2104..till now am waiting for the result of the visa officers decision on my daughters case...
Hi worrie-ds,
Thanks for the wishes. I am not quite sure what a fairness letter is like. So i would tell you my details and time frame. Generally, in case of a work permit application, an approval or passport request is supposed to come through with in 15 days to a month after initial medicals. In the initial medical, they noticed my son wasn't talking so they reported it. But i thought that was all clear. In our case, the medicals are done locally but the CIC's medical officer's get reports in a neighboring country and then forward their assessments to CIC. So there was no feedback from CIC at first and then i got a letter via normal post from the medical officer in the neighboring country (which was CIC's medical assessment supervisor). The letter said i have to get my son evaluated from a child specialist / psychologist and the local Medical center will have the details so i should book appointment with them.
So i did so and on the day of appointment where i took my son along, i discovered that they do not have local specialists to evaluate. So they gave me a sealed letter - addressed to one of the best hospitals in the country and advise contacting a child specialist / psychologist there.
Luckily my kids were born at the same hospital so they had their entire medical file. It took me 2-3 visits to a specialist there, who verbally told me that he suspect ADHD, but not confirmed. Still in his assessment it was not a significant burden on health care system in Canada.
However, i didn't get to see his official feedback, which was handed over to me with hospital's seal and it included a form that he filled which was part of the first letter i received from the local Canadian medical health care office. I submitted that feedback to the medical practitioner and it was added to my file. My original medicals were done around Sept 20th and i finally received visa approval around Nov. 26th. It had taken me 2 weeks to get feedback from that specialist in local hospital. But i believe it was around 20 days after my final submission that we received visas.
