I see so many ppl with their medicals done ...

[Canuckgirl]

If it is possible that the medical will expire before the date of landing, and the application has already been submitted (sponsorship approved) but is currently being processed, is it wise to submit a new medical before the decision is made, or better to wait until a new one is requested or what would people suggest?

 

[canadianwoman]

... but (I believe) the Canadian Immigration system is NOT conducive to new marriages. They put tremendous stress on families and marriages by either forcing them to be separated or making it illegal for the "foreign" spouses to support their families.....

Amen to that, brother!
In general people really don't know how difficult it can be to get your spouse into Canada. I certainly didn't know it would be this hard before I tried. People tend to think that if you marry a Canadian you can automatically come to Canada and that there is no trouble or delay. Maybe it's because there are so many immigrants in Canada, and we hear so much about 'mail-order brides', that we don't realize that the immigration process can be difficult and time-consuming.

By the way, if you're applying as a spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner, you have to submit your medicals with the application. Too bad for you if your application process takes more than a year and you have to get them redone.
If a year has passed, I'd wait until they asked for the new medical. Sometimes the visa officer will extend the validity of the medical; and sometimes it takes more that two years, so doing it too soon is a waste of money. If you're worried that you won't be able to land within the two months or whatever that is left by the time you get your visa, I'd contact the visa office and ask if you can submit a new medical so as to extend the time you have for landing.

 

[gdlucky]

How long would it take to finish a medical exam for a visit visa

My mother submitted all the requirements for visitors visa application at the canadian embassy manila end of march. After 15 days they recieved a letter that they are required to take a medical exam. They choose to do it in baguio city because it is near to our place. Everything was ok except her xray examination..they been asking my mother to repeat the xray exam.
How long would it take to finish a medical exam for a visitors visa application, and how many xray exam before they can approved the examination?

 

[montrealsnow]

so far before they actually submit their application

Am I missing something. We intend to do them within days of each other.... since the medical is "the" date (year later expires/must land by then).


Is it other paperwork that needs to come in?
I just want to make sure that we haven't somehow missed something really important.

For what it's worth, I had my medicals done on the same day that I sent in my outland application. It took a long time for my ECAS status changing to "medicals received" but I have no idea if that has anything to do with when I had the exam done. Since the whole process takes so long anyway it didn't matter, though. So yeah, seems like a good idea to do them rather later than earlier. You should probably make sure that you can get an appointment at the DMP without having to wait for a long time, just to be sure (for me I was offered an appointment the next day).