kettysem said:
Yes, I agree with you, in the letter of rejection it was said "Invalid medical as medical has been assessed for Temporary residence only", which doesn't mean medical exam was done for Temp residence. It means that it was assessed for temp residence (also meant as evaluated). So it turns out that it might not matter what category a medical exam was done under, but how they will assess it. Just my point of view.
Totally agree. The mistake was made by CIC's own medical officers, who "assess" the results of tests sent them by panel physicians. A very few of them, seeing "Worker", which used to mean "temporary worker", and ignoring the non-EDE, which would only be true for PRs, limited their assessment to temporary resident status and returned the file to the VO, who then rejected the applicant.
Since all the right medical tests were performed in every case, the logical thing to do would be to return the medical file to the assessing officer at CIC and tell them to assess it for permanent resident. Instead, applicants are paying for a mistake made by CIC's own personnel, which is totally out of the control of the applicant, and which is probably the result of very unclear instructions on the part of CIC.
Why all this silly non-EDE, Worker, Family, etc? Why not just PERMANENT RESIDENT - EE, PERMANENT RESIDENT - FAMILY, and TEMPORARY RESIDENT? Why not clearly tell their own medical officers HOW to assess each application?
If mine had been rejected on these grounds and I was inside Canada, I would contact the press or a lawyer. If I were outside, I'd go to the Canadian Embassy to complain. Of course, I would file a CSE as well.