Application type: Open Work Permit for spouse
Country of birth/residence: India
I am Temporary Worker currently working in Alberta, Canada, and following my recent marriage, submitted an application for an Open Work Permit and TRV for my wife about a month ago.
Earlier this week, we received instructions to submit my wife's passport at a visa processing centre in India (I assume, for stamping) as well as instructions (along with a partially filled-in IMM 1017E form) to get her medical examination done.
Accordingly, my wife took the form with her and got her medical exam done from one of the CIC panel physicians in her city. On completion of the exam, the physician told her that all was well, and that the results would be "uploaded" to CIC that night. He also completed, signed and stamped the IMM 1017E form and gave it back to her, saying "....submit this along with your visa forms...". However, Section 8 (on page 13) of CIC manual OP 15 ("Medical Procedures") says "The Panel Physician sends the completed IMM 1017E, IMM5419E and other reports to the appropriate CIC immigration medical office"
My questions are:
1. Shouldn't the physician be submitting the IMM 1017E form directly to the Canadian Consulate where my wife's visa is being processed?
2. Is it that as the physician is obviously transmitting the results electronically (in his words, "uploading") to the CIC, the paper IMM 1017E has become redundant and just serves as acknowledgment and proof of her having completed the medical exam satisfactorily?
3. My wife's passport has already been sent to the Consulate in New Delhi for stamping via VFS. If the completed paper copy of IMM 1017E is actually needed as part of her application, is there some way she can "complete" her application by sending this document in herself? Note that the VFS official accepting her passport never asked or mentioned anything about the medical examination.
I would appreciate if someone would please reply and shed some light on this. Everyone involved seems to have an inadequate grasp of the procedure and we're able to find someone to tell us definitively what is needed to be done.
I'm traveling back to India at the end of February for two weeks and am hoping to bring my wife back to Canada with me, so this matter is a little time bound.
Thanks in advance for the help.
-Axeman
Country of birth/residence: India
I am Temporary Worker currently working in Alberta, Canada, and following my recent marriage, submitted an application for an Open Work Permit and TRV for my wife about a month ago.
Earlier this week, we received instructions to submit my wife's passport at a visa processing centre in India (I assume, for stamping) as well as instructions (along with a partially filled-in IMM 1017E form) to get her medical examination done.
Accordingly, my wife took the form with her and got her medical exam done from one of the CIC panel physicians in her city. On completion of the exam, the physician told her that all was well, and that the results would be "uploaded" to CIC that night. He also completed, signed and stamped the IMM 1017E form and gave it back to her, saying "....submit this along with your visa forms...". However, Section 8 (on page 13) of CIC manual OP 15 ("Medical Procedures") says "The Panel Physician sends the completed IMM 1017E, IMM5419E and other reports to the appropriate CIC immigration medical office"
My questions are:
1. Shouldn't the physician be submitting the IMM 1017E form directly to the Canadian Consulate where my wife's visa is being processed?
2. Is it that as the physician is obviously transmitting the results electronically (in his words, "uploading") to the CIC, the paper IMM 1017E has become redundant and just serves as acknowledgment and proof of her having completed the medical exam satisfactorily?
3. My wife's passport has already been sent to the Consulate in New Delhi for stamping via VFS. If the completed paper copy of IMM 1017E is actually needed as part of her application, is there some way she can "complete" her application by sending this document in herself? Note that the VFS official accepting her passport never asked or mentioned anything about the medical examination.
I would appreciate if someone would please reply and shed some light on this. Everyone involved seems to have an inadequate grasp of the procedure and we're able to find someone to tell us definitively what is needed to be done.
I'm traveling back to India at the end of February for two weeks and am hoping to bring my wife back to Canada with me, so this matter is a little time bound.
Thanks in advance for the help.
-Axeman