Medical Condition

[John Cruz]

Hello! This is my first time I join here hoping for some advice/answer to my problem about medical requirements for permanent resident in Canada.

1. My wife is working in Canada and she is applying for permanent resident, and she is sponsoring me being her husband. my problem is? I am hepatitis b positive, but my wife and my children are not positive. Can i live in Canada as permanent resident? or is there a chance that canadian government will allow me to be a permanent resident with my wife and my children.

2.Or Is there a possibility that canadian government will approve my wife permanent resident application even I fail in medical exam.

3. However they aprove my medical exam and allow me to live in canada, do they allow me to work there in canada.

Thank you very much

 

[BeShoo]

If you are being sponsored by your wife, the only medical conditions that would make you ineligible for permanent residency are those that would pose a risk to the public. The only example I know of is tuberculosis. Something like HIV/AIDS is not considered a danger to the public and I don't see how hepatitis B would be either.

You can't work in Canada until you either become a permanent resident (or pass first-stage approval in the case of an inland application) or receive a temporary work permit. A temporary work permit can take a long time and has several conditions. In addition to not having a medical condition that poses a danger to the public, it must not be something that is expensive for the Canadian health care system to care for (must not cause "undue strain" on the system). Depending where you apply, you could have PR or first stage approval in as little as 6 months, so I think that is the route to go.

 

[PMM]

Hi

If you are being sponsored by your wife, the only medical conditions that would make you ineligible for permanent residency are those that would pose a risk to the public. The only example I know of is tuberculosis. Something like HIV/AIDS is not considered a danger to the public and I don't see how hepatitis B would be either.

You can't work in Canada until you either become a permanent resident (or pass first-stage approval in the case of an inland application) or receive a temporary work permit. A temporary work permit can take a long time and has several conditions. In addition to not having a medical condition that poses a danger to the public, it must not be something that is expensive for the Canadian health care system to care for (must not cause "undue strain" on the system). Depending where you apply, you could have PR or first stage approval in as little as 6 months, so I think that is the route to go.

The OP is not being sponsored by his wife, he is included in her application so he is not "excessive demand" exempt.

PMM

 

[John Cruz]

Thank you BESHOO and PMM

Thank you guys! it sounds interesting to me, that their is possibility, the immigration of canada will admit me even they found out that I'm a hepatitis b positive, because I am only being sponsor by my wife.

Because I heared to some of my friends that once you have a hepatitis b you can't work in canada.

 

[John Cruz]

Thank you BESHOO and PMM

Thank you guys! it sounds interesting to me, that their is possibility, the immigration of canada will admit me even they found out that I'm a hepatitis b positive, because I am only being sponsor by my wife.

Because I heared to some of my friends that once you have a hepatitis b you can't work in canada.

By the way what do you mean by "OP"

 

[BeShoo]

By the way what do you mean by "OP"

The "original poster" of this topic, the one who posted the first message. That would be you.

As for the problem, there is a possibility you will be admitted, but it depends on your individual case. I forgot that your wife is not yet a permanent resident. That means that if you are inadmissible, she won't be admitted either. That is because if she was admitted, she could sponsor you and you would be exempt from the "excessive demand" reason for being declined.

The real question is whether you are admissible and whether you can work. Firstly, I don't know of any blanket rule against working if you have Hep B, but there may be jobs such as working in a hospital or retirement home where it might be a problem.

The other question is about whether you would cause an "excessive demand" on the government health care system. This depends on the specific details of your case, whether it's stable, and what the ongoing costs of treating it are.

I found a couple of useful web pages that might give you a little more information:

http://www.gatewaytocanada.com/2009/07/hepatitis-b-and-canada-immigration.html

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-B/am-i-disqualified-to-work-in-canada/show/714221

http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/diseases/hepatitis_b.html#_1_9