Its a public policy with very specific requirements :
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/mandate/policies-operational-instructions-agreements/exempt-certain-in-canada-foreign-nationals-immigration-medical-examination-requirement.html
A foreign national (principal applicant):
- Has submitted an application to become a permanent resident or for a permanent residence visa and is physically present in Canada;
- Has submitted to an Immigration Medical Examination within five years prior to the coming into effect of this temporary public policy;
- The Department has a record of that Immigration Medical Examination, and the most recent examination submitted to was assessed and coded as:
- M1: indicating they pose no danger to public health and public safety;
- M3 (except where they have been assessed and coded as “TR only” or “EDE only”): indicating they have a health condition present but are not expected to place an excessive demand on health or social services; or
- M2 or M2/3 (except where they have been assessed and coded as “TR only” or “EDE only”): indicating they are a potential risk to public health, but they have complied with their requirement to report to provincial/territorial health authorities for medical surveillance; and
- Has not resided or stayed for a total period in excess of six months in an area that the Minister determines has a higher incidence of serious communicable disease than Canada (i.e., identified on IRCC’s tuberculosis designated country and territory list available on the IRCC Web site) within the year prior to the coming into effect of this temporary public policy.
Needless to say its for in-canada applicants.
That being said it is a bit finicky policy. Those who are trying to benefit from it, counterintuitively, are getting their applications delayed and getting medical pass after 2-3 months if at all, some have their applications rejected as incomplete and then re-instated when IRCC is subsequently contacted. One person has received a re-med request weirdly ... even though he swears that he did not step outside Canada for more than 3 weeks. Interestingly, TR to PR folks have this policy applied automatically without them even noticing. So... its a big unknown.
Can you tell me what happened with you? Did you get a re-med request? Whats your situation and where you are located ie are you in Canada or outside Canada?