Medical exam for Family sponsorship

[bluebird0479]

Hello everyone

So I am in the process of sponsoring my wife and currently she is in India. So downloaded the forms and it say apply with all the documents including the medical exam to the missisauga office. So my wife booked an appointment for a medical exam in India an then they said, they wont hand the medical exam to her, but they will send it to the canadian embassy in new Delhi. After showing the info in the guide, they said they can provide a photocopy of the first page of the medical report.
I am really confused. The checklist clearly states submit the medical exam report with the application. Does any one know how the medical exam report works?

 

[messenger]

Hello everyone

So I am in the process of sponsoring my wife and currently she is in India. So downloaded the forms and it say apply with all the documents including the medical exam to the missisauga office. So my wife booked an appointment for a medical exam in India an then they said, they wont hand the medical exam to her, but they will send it to the canadian embassy in new Delhi. After showing the info in the guide, they said they can provide a photocopy of the first page of the medical report.
I am really confused. The checklist clearly states submit the medical exam report with the application. Does any one know how the medical exam report works?

Hi there friend

You are right for been confused (I was too)
Your wife will be handed a medical report "Upfront Medical Report" that has all her details as well as the doctors.
This report does not contain info of the exams results but it only serves as a proof that she did the exams.
On the middle right part of this page there is a Bar coded number which actually is the ID. You send this page along with your apps to Mississauga and the doctors will send the results by special delivery confidential.
So when they at your Visa Office open your apps package they just need to see the Bar Code and match it with the doctors foundings
The doctors will never give you or anyone else in that matter any of the results
We just did my spouses meds 2 days ago so all these are fresh in my mind
Good luck to you both
messenger

 

[bluebird0479]

Thank you. This helped a lot.

 

[messenger]

Thank you. This helped a lot.

Hi again!

Make sure that you leave the medicals for last because they have an expiry value of 12 months. We did ours on the 31 of January (just 3 days ago) and we are mailing our apps by this coming week.

Good luck

 

[pineapple87]

Hi there!
I'm a little confused. The medical exams have to be submitted upfront? On the CIC website under, "Medical exam requirements for permanent residents" they have, "Instructions on how to take the medical examination will normally be sent to you after you submit your application to the visa office". I understand they have to be submitted after but the checklist is asking for them upfront? I'm confused :-\

 

[messenger]

Hi there!
I'm a little confused. The medical exams have to be submitted upfront? On the CIC website under, "Medical exam requirements for permanent residents" they have, "Instructions on how to take the medical examination will normally be sent to you after you submit your application to the visa office". I understand they have to be submitted after but the checklist is asking for them upfront? I'm confused :-\

You do have the option yes. To wait for their notification but for what cost really. To have your apps waiting in limbo until you send them the meds. Maybe someone else can correct me here!
i believe your best bet is to have them done prior to sending your apps and again i say leave them for last days!

Regards
messenger

 

[Farfelu]

You do have the option yes. To wait for their notification but for what cost really. To have your apps waiting in limbo until you send them the meds. Maybe someone else can correct me here!
i believe your best bet is to have them done prior to sending your apps and again i say leave them for last days!

Regards
messenger

for Family Class sponsorships the medicals MUST be done upfront and proof of that should be sent alongside the application forms and supporting evidence at the same time to the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. It's not an option. If you send your application without proof that the medical examination was done, they will return the whole package to you and you will waste precious time and money $$.

So do yourself a favor and get the exams as soon as you have completed gathering the other documentation and include the form given by the medical examiner.

good luck.

 

[messenger]

for Family Class sponsorships the medicals MUST be done upfront and proof of that should be sent alongside the application forms and supporting evidence at the same time to the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. It's not an option. If you send your application without proof that the medical examination was done, they will return the whole package to you and you will waste precious time and money $$.

So do yourself a favor and get the exams as soon as you have completed gathering the other documentation and include the form given by the medical examiner.

good luck.

I stand corrected. Thank you Farfelu for clarifying this! When I was preparing my apps to send them over to CIC-M this is also what I knew. That the meds had to be done upfront

Cheers and thanks again

 

[ellaine]

hello there, my husband is a permanent resident in Canada and I am here in the Philippines. We already send our application for spousal sponsorship however without proof of medical examination. We thought medical examination will be necessary after we submit our application. Sadly, i read that the same is mandatory and should be incorporated to the whole application.Is it true that if an application was mailed without proof of medical examination,the whole package will be returned? if yes, how long would they mail the application so that we could returned it back to them and include proof of upfront medical? has anyone experienced the same?
My warmest and sincerest thanks.

 

[wowsers]

Good morning. I hope that someone with a bit more experience than I have will join in this chat and clarify the issue but pending that development I would like to point out that the CIC page concerning medical examinations appears to have been revised radically on 24 July 2013, just 3 days ago. When I applied, in May 2013, medical exams had to be taken before sending off the application package to Mississauga, because the first page of the report, proving that the medical had been taken, had to be included with the application package: that requirement appeared on the checklist. When I took the medical (in Canada) in April the doctor explained to me that the report, containing a barcode, was sent electronically to Ottawa (not Mississauga) and that when the application package was received by Mississauga the electronic link on the first page of the report was scanned and the whole report joined up at that stage with the application package. The immigration service strike appears to have created a new situation ( I am guessing here) because applications are now taking longer to process risking many medicals losing their 12 month validity before the application is fully processed. So now if I understand the process correctly there is a choice either of waiting to have the medical done once it is requested or taking it upfront. That latter alternative is only available to a limited category of applicants. I have not checked whether the documents checklist has caught up with this new development but previous posts under this subject heading suggest that it has not. If you google CIC medical exam results you can get to the new announcement dated 24th July 2013 without difficulty.

 

[zardoz]

Here's the link.... http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/medical/medexams-perm.asp

 

[wowsers]

I have now had time to check the document checklist (IMM 5491) and sure enough that is still in the old form requiring the medical report to be sent with the application. I suggest that applicants who want to rely on the first option (ie to get the medical done when CIC asks for it) add a note to the checklist pointing out that the checklist is out of date and that he/she opts for the first alternative in the announcement dated 24th July 2013 (ie the medical will be taken when demanded by CIC).

 

[estrada]

Hi to all. Can anyone knows what are the forms needed to bring on the day of medical examination? Thank you so much.

 

[ramkris]

Hi to all. Can anyone knows what are the forms needed to bring on the day of medical examination? Thank you so much.

Passport
Photos
Passport copies first and last page
Check for panel doctor who can do e medicals which city u r from

 

[jonny_rotten]

Hi folks,

Can anyone tell me the latest on this topic? Is it required to send a medical in with the initial application or wait until it is requested? We have 1 year until we plan to move over from the UK.

Also, I have read somewhere that you must submit a medical and police check for every member of your family that you may wish to sponsor in the future. My Canadian wife is sponsoring me so does that mean that i need to submit medicals and police checks for my parents and brother & sister just in case I might want to sponsor them in the future? Seems expensive given that a medical is £300 per person. We have no children yet though our first is due in December.

Thanks for your help!