Hello
I was just about to start my Express Entry profile last year, qualifying for Canadian Experience Class and Federal Skilled Worker streams, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Currently undergoing treatment and PR plans have been on the back burner. Treatment is going well and I've started to get my head around PR again. If all goes well I should be cancer free by summer 2019. By my count I will only have about a year and a half to apply before my CRS score will be too low due to getting older (my score isn't huge right now so every birthday that goes by will take off crucial points). This means that all going well cancer-wise I will only have the chance to be in remission for a year and a half at the most before applying. Are there any stories of anyone out there who has managed to complete their PR while being in remission for such a short time? I certainly won't be able to wait the 5 years that would comfortably class me as cancer free. I have read up on medical inadmissibility a fair amount now and think it is perfectly valid and understandably that people who could potentially require a large amount of healthcare can't be approved for PR. I also know it will all be assessed on an individual basis and there is no blanket rule. Just wondering if there are any stories of anyone with such recent cancer being approved? It is a lot of hassle, stress and expense to go to to be denied on medical grounds so would love to know my chances before I even start on anything else.
Thank you
I was just about to start my Express Entry profile last year, qualifying for Canadian Experience Class and Federal Skilled Worker streams, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Currently undergoing treatment and PR plans have been on the back burner. Treatment is going well and I've started to get my head around PR again. If all goes well I should be cancer free by summer 2019. By my count I will only have about a year and a half to apply before my CRS score will be too low due to getting older (my score isn't huge right now so every birthday that goes by will take off crucial points). This means that all going well cancer-wise I will only have the chance to be in remission for a year and a half at the most before applying. Are there any stories of anyone out there who has managed to complete their PR while being in remission for such a short time? I certainly won't be able to wait the 5 years that would comfortably class me as cancer free. I have read up on medical inadmissibility a fair amount now and think it is perfectly valid and understandably that people who could potentially require a large amount of healthcare can't be approved for PR. I also know it will all be assessed on an individual basis and there is no blanket rule. Just wondering if there are any stories of anyone with such recent cancer being approved? It is a lot of hassle, stress and expense to go to to be denied on medical grounds so would love to know my chances before I even start on anything else.
Thank you