Hello all, since this is my first post on this forum I hope I am doing it correctly and not violating any forum regulations.
We submitted an express entry application in June 2021 (AOR). We are PNP outland applicants. At the time we followed the advice on this page in not doing an upfront medical exam. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...da/express-entry/documents/medical-exams.html
To this date, the medical still shows ‘you do not need to do a medical exam’. And so far the only update we have got was a biometrics invite in Nov21 and now it is showing as confirmed on the account. But since then it was all dead silence.
I follow this forum and immitracker routinely and find out many in fact most people actually just went and did their medical exams when they submitted their EE application (like before covid) (i.e. not following the webpage I quoted above). Many of these applicants have got MEP confirmed, and those expired have had extension or re-medical requests. And some of these people (some even with AOR later than ours) have got even their PPR after.
Here are my questions:
1. Were we right in not doing a medical exam with our initial submission? Or were we interpreting the webpage wrongly?
2. Would not having that medical exam done put us in the ‘slow queue’, as our application is about as raw as one can be and the officers may just skip on to a more completed case file to work on?
3. Has anybody like us (who did not undertake an upfront medical exam) managed to receive a medical invite out of the blue, that asked them to go and do their exam?
4. As for the vast majority of applicants who went and did the exam beforehand, what would be the logic behind? Knowing that the application likely would not close within a year, that they would have to re-do or ask for extension?
5. Would it be of any use, if we book a medical exam today, ‘forcing’ them to somehow update our case?
6. Is there any other thing we can do?
I am sorry if some of my doubts may seem a little dumb. I know we are all waiting patiently but like many of you here our patience is running out. It is like our lives are put on hold for 2+ years not being able to move on. Do I put my kids through secondary school here or start applying in Canada? What about our place, continue to rent or buy one in Canada? There are no updates, estimates or timeline given to us. We cannot keep on waiting indefinitely and stop making other major life decisions. We have become deeply frustrated. Where do we go from here? Any pointers or opinion would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
We submitted an express entry application in June 2021 (AOR). We are PNP outland applicants. At the time we followed the advice on this page in not doing an upfront medical exam. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...da/express-entry/documents/medical-exams.html
To this date, the medical still shows ‘you do not need to do a medical exam’. And so far the only update we have got was a biometrics invite in Nov21 and now it is showing as confirmed on the account. But since then it was all dead silence.
I follow this forum and immitracker routinely and find out many in fact most people actually just went and did their medical exams when they submitted their EE application (like before covid) (i.e. not following the webpage I quoted above). Many of these applicants have got MEP confirmed, and those expired have had extension or re-medical requests. And some of these people (some even with AOR later than ours) have got even their PPR after.
Here are my questions:
1. Were we right in not doing a medical exam with our initial submission? Or were we interpreting the webpage wrongly?
2. Would not having that medical exam done put us in the ‘slow queue’, as our application is about as raw as one can be and the officers may just skip on to a more completed case file to work on?
3. Has anybody like us (who did not undertake an upfront medical exam) managed to receive a medical invite out of the blue, that asked them to go and do their exam?
4. As for the vast majority of applicants who went and did the exam beforehand, what would be the logic behind? Knowing that the application likely would not close within a year, that they would have to re-do or ask for extension?
5. Would it be of any use, if we book a medical exam today, ‘forcing’ them to somehow update our case?
6. Is there any other thing we can do?
I am sorry if some of my doubts may seem a little dumb. I know we are all waiting patiently but like many of you here our patience is running out. It is like our lives are put on hold for 2+ years not being able to move on. Do I put my kids through secondary school here or start applying in Canada? What about our place, continue to rent or buy one in Canada? There are no updates, estimates or timeline given to us. We cannot keep on waiting indefinitely and stop making other major life decisions. We have become deeply frustrated. Where do we go from here? Any pointers or opinion would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
