Medical exam validity extension for additional 12 months (new CIC Bulletin)

[OhCanadiana]

There's a new procedure that will allow medical validity to be extended if your application processing is completed within 15 months of the original medical exam and the only thing stopping your application from final approved and PPR is the expiration of your medical results.

Officers will now be able to submit a request for an extension of the medical exam result validity (as long as they were done within the last 15 months) and they can extend them for another 12 months without the need for an additional medical exam. The details are on the CIC website.

Hopefully this saves folks time and expense of extra medical exams.

 

[alexchristi]

very helpful post.

+1 for you 8)

 

[OhCanadiana]

very helpful post.

Glad to have good news to report!

+1 for you 8)

Appreciated

 

[avigtr]

Thank you very much!!

 

[canada0801]

HOPEFULLY it doesn't mean that CIC preparing for files to be processed 27 months after submission of medical reports. That would mean 15 months delay vs what it is expected to be now.

But I think it is distinct possibility, with so many offices closing and workloads increasing in remaining consulates

 

[wilson]

It is not just an extension of the medical. Look what is the Operational Bulletin 423 says:

Effective June 1st, 2012, officers can request that an applicant's medical file be reassessed by a Medical Officer (MOF) or a Health Branch (HB) delegated staff for the issuance of a new medical certificate. The process applies to cases where a final decision of an officer is pending only due to the expiration of a medical certificate or when the validity of the medical certificate is about to expire and the applicant is unable to land before it expires. This process is limited to applicants who had a routine immigration medical examination (IME) done by a panel physician within the last 15 months in or outside Canada. The new medical certificate issued will be valid for 12 months.


It is a good releif for those cases which are pending for decision and the medicals expired as specified in the O B.