Do people get approved for PR with health issues?

[sw6lee]

So I recently read a news about a family in rural Manitoba who have a pretty good business got rejected for a PR because of one of their small child (6 year old I think?) had epilepsy. The news said that the reasoning for rejection is the cost of medical care required will be too high.

I also have an health issue. I have a neurological disorder called Tourettes, and I have had it since I was 11. I came to Canada around that time as an international student, and I'm now working full-time after finishing university here. So I'm now on a PGWP. I have seen specialist doctors every couple months I was at the university and also in high school. But not for the entire ~10 years of this duration, as when I wasn't seeing them, I was just seeing a family doctor for prescription.

I never had public health care until beginning of this year from Canada so all my medications, I paid myself. In university, I paid for medical insurance via tuition fee, and I had 80% coverage. I'm now working with various benefits, and medication is also covered by employer's group insurance. I would say without coverage, the total cost of medication for a year would be around $1000.

I started seeing a specialist doctor again a few weeks ago in a city I moved to last year, and I will be seeing him every month or two I'm guessing, and that's covered by the public health care. I'm not sure how much cost this would be.

I have CELPIP exam date coming soon, and I requested to get accommodation, but I'm not 100% sure if this is a good idea in terms of PR eligibility. Does anyone have any idea about this? Would it negatively affect my application?

I'm really worried if I will get rejected because of my illness. Does anyone else have any similar experience?

Thank you so much.

 

[Hanan22]

I wish you health and luck and I think health issues can be a reason for rejection but god only knows

 

[GavinSouthAfrica]

So I recently read a news about a family in rural Manitoba who have a pretty good business got rejected for a PR because of one of their small child (6 year old I think?) had epilepsy. The news said that the reasoning for rejection is the cost of medical care required will be too high.

I also have an health issue. I have a neurological disorder called Tourettes, and I have had it since I was 11. I came to Canada around that time as an international student, and I'm now working full-time after finishing university here. So I'm now on a PGWP. I have seen specialist doctors every couple months I was at the university and also in high school. But not for the entire ~10 years of this duration, as when I wasn't seeing them, I was just seeing a family doctor for prescription.

I never had public health care until beginning of this year from Canada so all my medications, I paid myself. In university, I paid for medical insurance via tuition fee, and I had 80% coverage. I'm now working with various benefits, and medication is also covered by employer's group insurance. I would say without coverage, the total cost of medication for a year would be around $1000.

I started seeing a specialist doctor again a few weeks ago in a city I moved to last year, and I will be seeing him every month or two I'm guessing, and that's covered by the public health care. I'm not sure how much cost this would be.

I have CELPIP exam date coming soon, and I requested to get accommodation, but I'm not 100% sure if this is a good idea in terms of PR eligibility. Does anyone have any idea about this? Would it negatively affect my application?

I'm really worried if I will get rejected because of my illness. Does anyone else have any similar experience?

Thank you so much.

There is a set amount that they measure you against. I'm not sure of the exact figure but it's aroun $6000 a year. If they think you'll cost more then you will likely get rejected.

I don't believe Tourette's would be enough of a drain on the health system to worry about

 

[DelPiero07]

So I recently read a news about a family in rural Manitoba who have a pretty good business got rejected for a PR because of one of their small child (6 year old I think?) had epilepsy. The news said that the reasoning for rejection is the cost of medical care required will be too high.

I also have an health issue. I have a neurological disorder called Tourettes, and I have had it since I was 11. I came to Canada around that time as an international student, and I'm now working full-time after finishing university here. So I'm now on a PGWP. I have seen specialist doctors every couple months I was at the university and also in high school. But not for the entire ~10 years of this duration, as when I wasn't seeing them, I was just seeing a family doctor for prescription.

I never had public health care until beginning of this year from Canada so all my medications, I paid myself. In university, I paid for medical insurance via tuition fee, and I had 80% coverage. I'm now working with various benefits, and medication is also covered by employer's group insurance. I would say without coverage, the total cost of medication for a year would be around $1000.

I started seeing a specialist doctor again a few weeks ago in a city I moved to last year, and I will be seeing him every month or two I'm guessing, and that's covered by the public health care. I'm not sure how much cost this would be.

I have CELPIP exam date coming soon, and I requested to get accommodation, but I'm not 100% sure if this is a good idea in terms of PR eligibility. Does anyone have any idea about this? Would it negatively affect my application?

I'm really worried if I will get rejected because of my illness. Does anyone else have any similar experience?

Thank you so much.

Requesting accommodation on your CELPIP is irrelevant, what is important is whether your health issue costs excessive demand on Canadian health services.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/medic/admiss/excessive.asp

 

[dr feras]

So I recently read a news about a family in rural Manitoba who have a pretty good business got rejected for a PR because of one of their small child (6 year old I think?) had epilepsy. The news said that the reasoning for rejection is the cost of medical care required will be too high.

I also have an health issue. I have a neurological disorder called Tourettes, and I have had it since I was 11. I came to Canada around that time as an international student, and I'm now working full-time after finishing university here. So I'm now on a PGWP. I have seen specialist doctors every couple months I was at the university and also in high school. But not for the entire ~10 years of this duration, as when I wasn't seeing them, I was just seeing a family doctor for prescription.

I never had public health care until beginning of this year from Canada so all my medications, I paid myself. In university, I paid for medical insurance via tuition fee, and I had 80% coverage. I'm now working with various benefits, and medication is also covered by employer's group insurance. I would say without coverage, the total cost of medication for a year would be around $1000.

I started seeing a specialist doctor again a few weeks ago in a city I moved to last year, and I will be seeing him every month or two I'm guessing, and that's covered by the public health care. I'm not sure how much cost this would be.

I have CELPIP exam date coming soon, and I requested to get accommodation, but I'm not 100% sure if this is a good idea in terms of PR eligibility. Does anyone have any idea about this? Would it negatively affect my application?

I'm really worried if I will get rejected because of my illness. Does anyone else have any similar experience?

Thank you so much.

Like Gavin said, there is a set amount per year which is slightly less than 6k cad. That includes cost of medications, consultations, hospitalisation, need for social services etc. If your yearly costs are less than that threshold you are not inadmissible. They also look at your income and whether you can cover such costs by private insurance or not. I say dont let fear stop you from applying. You can however start preparing and gather things to support your application. This includes gathering your previous reports and prescriptions. Show them that in no way will you exceed that set amount. Private health insurance most likely wont cover pre-exsisting conditions as you know, but it helps show them that you are at least covering other conditions you might encounter. Whatever you decide to do, try your best to show such evidence at the time of application, as doing so later on if they send you a fairness letter is bit harder and complicated.
Best of luck, go for it.

 

[sw6lee]

Like Gavin said, there is a set amount per year which is slightly less than 6k cad. That includes cost of medications, consultations, hospitalisation, need for social services etc. If your yearly costs are less than that threshold you are not inadmissible. They also look at your income and whether you can cover such costs by private insurance or not. I say dont let fear stop you from applying. You can however start preparing and gather things to support your application. This includes gathering your previous reports and prescriptions. Show them that in no way will you exceed that set amount. Private health insurance most likely wont cover pre-exsisting conditions as you know, but it helps show them that you are at least covering other conditions you might encounter. Whatever you decide to do, try your best to show such evidence at the time of application, as doing so later on if they send you a fairness letter is bit harder and complicated.
Best of luck, go for it.

Hey, thanks for your detailed answer. I have another question. How do I submit this gathered information before getting a fairness letter? Is there extra document section in the online application? How will they know that I actually have this disorder? Will they look at my previous work permit application and see my letter about it? If they don't then I'm not sure how they will actually know if I have this disorder because if I don't tell the medical exam doctor before submitting application, he might not be able to tell because I can kind of fake it (try my best to not tic). But not sure if there is anything else to it. Or should I just explain in my application letter and show them my proofs that it won't cost too much? Not really suer how it works..would really appreciate your help or any one else too.