Unless there is a life threatening situation there is no point in contacting IRCC. There is a special process for medically urgent visits. Processing for all forms of visitor visas often takes months and posted processing times are not guarantees.
Super Visa timeline Feb 2025 only
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Unless there is a life threatening situation there is no point in contacting IRCC. There is a special process for medically urgent visits. Processing for all forms of visitor visas often takes months and posted processing times are not guarantees.
Unless much longer than posted processing time you will just be told to wait so there is no point in contacting IRCC via any method. It may also take weeks to get a response from a webform because so many people send in webforms. Either you get a response quite quickly because your profile qualifies you for mainly AI processing while everyone else needs a manual review which takes time.
For many preexisting medical issues there may be no coverage. You will have to look at the fine print of all the policies. If you do make a claim, especially a large one, would expect insurance companies to look through your parents’ medical histories to ensure they have to pay the claim. Depending on their preexisting condition and your financial situation would consider limiting the duration of their visit or reassessing whether visiting Canada is a good idea.
Supervisa insurance rates are based on risk assessment of the individual applying. In general the rates reflect the fact that those visiting on supervisas are typically seniors who do often make claims. I would even consider taking out a larger policy since we see people surpass the 100k and recently someone posted that the hospital was demanding the balance of 100k be paid right away because the bill for the hospital stay was 200k due to emergency heart bypass surgery. Would expect it to likely be impossible or prohibitively expensive to purchase supervisa insurance once the policy expires and in general will need to return home when well enough to travel for any follow-up care. Supervisa visits allow parents to visit Canada not move so parents are expected to return home if they need routine healthcare or can’t purchase supervisa insurance.
We submitted application and received Biometric appointment within 2 days. Can I do the medicals upfront at this stage? Or need to wait for IRCC to send me a request for medicals? I didn't know we could do medicals upfront until now. Pls advise.
Hello all,
Yesterday 1st May I have received Passport Request for my parents'(Indian Passport Holders) visa applications. Summary of the timeline is as follows
Application Submitted : 20th February, 2025
Medical : Upfront and attached along with application
Biometrics : Already there for 10 years so did not submitted again
Passport Request : 1st May 2025
There were no updates at all in between. After 20th Feb, I have received final decision yesterday. Medical Passed status was updated yesterday only. And IRCC tracker is still not updated at all.
Good Luck to all who all are waiting for approval. This timeline may help you for estimations atleast. Though this is just for information as IRCC works very randomly so no 2 applications can be compared.
Yesterday 1st May I have received Passport Request for my parents'(Indian Passport Holders) visa applications. Summary of the timeline is as follows
Application Submitted : 20th February, 2025
Medical : Upfront and attached along with application
Biometrics : Already there for 10 years so did not submitted again
Passport Request : 1st May 2025
There were no updates at all in between. After 20th Feb, I have received final decision yesterday. Medical Passed status was updated yesterday only. And IRCC tracker is still not updated at all.
Good Luck to all who all are waiting for approval. This timeline may help you for estimations atleast. Though this is just for information as IRCC works very randomly so no 2 applications can be compared.
Hello all,
I have a question if someone can answer. This question only for people in India.
Yesterday my parents went to VFS Global Ahmedabad for passport submission. They opted for one way courier to get the passport back so they paid the required amount to them for their courier and sms charges.
Second thing happened was, the person sitting there asked them if previously visa was rejected or not and my parents got rejection 6 months back for visitor visa. So they said yes and surprisingly that person said you need to pay 570 rupees for the rejection. And that's what that person did for other people too who got previous rejection.
This sounds suspicious to me, because we already paid $100 + $85 for application fees and biometric fees to IRCC. And at VFS global we opted for 2 way courier service and paid for that too, which got void because received rejection. So now how can they charge 570 rupees for each applicant saying that this is for your previous rejection. In that visa application they haven't done anything apart from biometrics.
Is this happened to someone else as well in any of the VFS Global office in India?
I have a question if someone can answer. This question only for people in India.
Yesterday my parents went to VFS Global Ahmedabad for passport submission. They opted for one way courier to get the passport back so they paid the required amount to them for their courier and sms charges.
Second thing happened was, the person sitting there asked them if previously visa was rejected or not and my parents got rejection 6 months back for visitor visa. So they said yes and surprisingly that person said you need to pay 570 rupees for the rejection. And that's what that person did for other people too who got previous rejection.
This sounds suspicious to me, because we already paid $100 + $85 for application fees and biometric fees to IRCC. And at VFS global we opted for 2 way courier service and paid for that too, which got void because received rejection. So now how can they charge 570 rupees for each applicant saying that this is for your previous rejection. In that visa application they haven't done anything apart from biometrics.
Is this happened to someone else as well in any of the VFS Global office in India?
Just got passport request for my parents super visa
No of applicants: 2 (Mother and Father)
Nationality: India
Application Date: february 25th
Biometrics given: february 28th
Absolutely no updates after that except biometrics updated on same date
May 6th: back to back medicals passed and passport request updated in IRCC portal within few minutes
No of applicants: 2 (Mother and Father)
Nationality: India
Application Date: february 25th
Biometrics given: february 28th
Absolutely no updates after that except biometrics updated on same date
May 6th: back to back medicals passed and passport request updated in IRCC portal within few minutes
Hi good to know they are working on Feb applicants. Did they sent request for medicals or your parents did by themselves.
Yes, indeed they are working on February applications.
Medicals (previously submitted ourselves through webform) got approved, application got approved and passport request letter received.
I wonder how long it's taking from passport submission to collection of passport. Any insight on the matter would be helpful.
Medicals (previously submitted ourselves through webform) got approved, application got approved and passport request letter received.
I wonder how long it's taking from passport submission to collection of passport. Any insight on the matter would be helpful.
This is an exerpt from VFS Global website:
Package Transmission Service Charge
If you submit your passport/documents to the same VAC where you had initially submitted your biometric information and you have not previously submitted additional documents and/or a passport to support your current application, you will not be required to pay for the package transmission service. If the above does not apply to you, you will have to pay a service charge for package transmission in order to submit your passport or additional documents at a VAC.
