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scsh728

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Jul 24, 2017
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Hi everyone. I am being sponsored under the family class by my husband. I just went for my medical exam last week and they found a 1 cm nodule on my lung. They have since scheduled me for a ct scan, to check to see if its cancer. My appt for that is the 16th of May. I'm not only scared to death about that, but I'm also worried that this will cause my application to be denied if It DOES come back that I have cancer. Does anyone know if that is a reason for inadmissability? Thank you in advance!!
 

KBH

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Hi there. I'm so sorry about the cancer scare. The good news is that this will have no impact on your application. Spouses are exempt from medical inadmissability on the grounds of excessive burden to the health care system. Hope everything turns out OK for you!
 

scsh728

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Jul 24, 2017
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Hi there. I'm so sorry about the cancer scare. The good news is that this will have no impact on your application. Spouses are exempt from medical inadmissability on the grounds of excessive burden to the health care system. Hope everything turns out OK for you!
Thank you so much! That relieves that bit of stress from my mind. Now if I could just get my brain to shut off for the next month while Im waiting for the test.
 

SriTLIN

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Sep 3, 2016
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Hi Everone,

Can someone please explain me the below statement in the new immigration IME revisions/ propositions announced by Ahmed Hussain on 16-Apr-2018 in here - http://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/CIMM/report-15/response-8512-421-328

"This will also have the effect of facilitating the arrival of families where a member has a health condition that may require less costly services, focusing the provision on those with conditions that require very costly treatment and care".

want to know if the government is looking forward "tripling the inadmissibility cap- 6635 to ~20k" to service only disabled persons or also for individuals with high medical costs.
Thank you.
 

KBH

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Sep 13, 2017
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Hi Everone,

Can someone please explain me the below statement in the new immigration IME revisions/ propositions announced by Ahmed Hussain on 16-Apr-2018 in here - http://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/CIMM/report-15/response-8512-421-328

"This will also have the effect of facilitating the arrival of families where a member has a health condition that may require less costly services, focusing the provision on those with conditions that require very costly treatment and care".

want to know if the government is looking forward "tripling the inadmissibility cap- 6635 to ~20k" to service only disabled persons or also for individuals with high medical costs.
Thank you.
Are you asking in relation to spousal sponsorship, or in general?
The new policy has no impact on spousal sponsorship at all, because spouses have never been subject to medical inadmissability based on excessive demand.

For all other applicants, it's my understanding the new $20K threshold applies to all applicants, not only applicants with disabilities. Applicants with disabilities will have certain expenditures related to their disability no longer be included in counting towards the threshold, but the threshold itself is being raised for everyone.
 
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SriTLIN

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Are you asking in relation to spousal sponsorship, or in general?
The new policy has no impact on spousal sponsorship at all, because spouses have never been subject to medical inadmissability based on excessive demand.

For all other applicants, it's my understanding the new $20K threshold applies to all applicants, not only applicants with disabilities. Applicants with disabilities will have certain expenditures related to their disability no longer be included in counting towards the threshold, but the threshold itself is being raised for everyone.
First of all, thank you for the reply @KBH,

the query i mentioned in my initial post was about the primary applicant, in this case- its me. I am sponsoring my spouse who is currently residing in India, and i am currently on closed work permit in Canada since 2.5 years; I am already aware of the spouse exclusion from Medical inadmissibility, thank you for raising this question. :)

As per the latest (detailed immigration changes listed on) CIC Canada website article, i am little confused about consideration of only the disability applicants/ children and not everyone who might depend on provincial healthcare programs. Can you please clarify!!
IRCC article - https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2018/04/government-of-canada-brings-medical-inadmissibility-policyin-line-with-inclusivity-for-persons-with-disabilities.html

Again as per my understanding of the above article, i am not sure if the government is addressing everyone or only disability applicants/ dependents in the above article. I did not get any clear idea even after reading a lot of news/ immigration articles published on the new policies. Please help me in this case!

FYI - My medical case and health care need is only a probability, but i am aware Canada immigration would not even take a chance; would send my application directly to fair trail, if the costs are not with in their guidelines.
 

KBH

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Sep 13, 2017
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August 2nd, 2017
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December 29th, 2017
VISA ISSUED...
January 23rd, 2018
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Feb 1st, 2018
First of all, thank you for the reply @KBH,

the query i mentioned in my initial post was about the primary applicant, in this case- its me. I am sponsoring my spouse who is currently residing in India, and i am currently on closed work permit in Canada since 2.5 years; I am already aware of the spouse exclusion from Medical inadmissibility, thank you for raising this question. :)

As per the latest (detailed immigration changes listed on) CIC Canada website article, i am little confused about consideration of only the disability applicants/ children and not everyone who might depend on provincial healthcare programs. Can you please clarify!!
IRCC article - https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2018/04/government-of-canada-brings-medical-inadmissibility-policyin-line-with-inclusivity-for-persons-with-disabilities.html

Again as per my understanding of the above article, i am not sure if the government is addressing everyone or only disability applicants/ dependents in the above article. I did not get any clear idea even after reading a lot of news/ immigration articles published on the new policies. Please help me in this case!

FYI - My medical case and health care need is only a probability, but i am aware Canada immigration would not even take a chance; would send my application directly to fair trail, if the costs are not with in their guidelines.
Sorry if my original response was unclear. The increased threshold of $20,000 will apply to ALL applicants, not just applicants with disabilities. This is based on my understanding. The fact that they mention HIV as an example on the page you linked seems to further imply that it applies to everyone, as HIV is an illness not a disability.
 
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SriTLIN

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Sorry if my original response was unclear. The increased threshold of $20,000 will apply to ALL applicants, not just applicants with disabilities. This is based on my understanding. The fact that they mention HIV as an example on the page you linked seems to further imply that it applies to everyone, as HIV is an illness not a disability.
Thank you once again for your valuable inputs @KBH,

Does the following statement in Ahmed Hussain's (immigration minister) response mean, the policy or changes are in effect immediately ?
"Pending the coming into force of the regulatory amendments that are needed to implement the changes in the definitions, I plan to use my authority under section 25.2 of IRPA to put into place a public policy." (Paragraph 6 under Implementation of policy changes in http://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/CIMM/report-15/response-8512-421-328)
 

KBH

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January 23rd, 2018
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Feb 1st, 2018
Thank you once again for your valuable inputs @KBH,

Does the following statement in Ahmed Hussain's (immigration minister) response mean, the policy or changes are in effect immediately ?
"Pending the coming into force of the regulatory amendments that are needed to implement the changes in the definitions, I plan to use my authority under section 25.2 of IRPA to put into place a public policy." (Paragraph 6 under Implementation of policy changes in http://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/CIMM/report-15/response-8512-421-328)
While I don't know if the public policy is in effect as of today, putting a public policy into place does mean they can start operating under these new guidelines immediately/relatively immediately without having to wait for the actual regulations to be amended.
 
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scsh728

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Jul 24, 2017
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Hi again! My dr emailed me today to let me know my results have been sent in. I had contacted the cic a couple days ago to let them know my sons results would be late due to an issue with their xray machine. Anyway, today I received an email stating that I have until May 18th to get them sent in but I also received a message asking me to upload proof of medical exam. Do I need to do this if the drs are sending in the results??
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canuck_in_uk

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Hi again! My dr emailed me today to let me know my results have been sent in. I had contacted the cic a couple days ago to let them know my sons results would be late due to an issue with their xray machine. Anyway, today I received an email stating that I have until May 18th to get them sent in but I also received a message asking me to upload proof of medical exam. Do I need to do this if the drs are sending in the results??
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SriTLIN

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Sep 3, 2016
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While I don't know if the public policy is in effect as of today, putting a public policy into place does mean they can start operating under these new guidelines immediately/relatively immediately without having to wait for the actual regulations to be amended.
Thanks for your inputs @KBH,

I have gone through the House of Commons - response and CIC new policy revisions article along with my peers, and became aware that- the public policy is in immediate effect tripling the threshold (increase current budget of 6.5 K to 20 K) of excess medical admissibility criteria for immigrants and later government would make amendments based on the study of the data available from the new immigration rule revisions.