Hello. I am married and living in Canada with my Canadian wife. I have a work visa and I had a medical examination done for my work visa which was done in August of 2010. Do I need another medical exam for my permanent residency? I would hate for the process to be delayed because of this issue as we are ready to send out all the documents. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Yes you do. Or actually, you MAY.
15. Procedure: Temporary resident and permanent resident results
Medical assessments for temporary residents and permanent residents may not be used
interchangeably. An applicant who is medically inadmissible as a permanent resident may be
admissible as a temporary resident. The reverse may also be true, if the temporary resident's
medical condition improves between applications. Officers must request a review of the medical
examination by CIC medical staff before issuing a visa to an individual who was medically
examined under a different category.
If an applicant changes categories and has undergone a medical examination under another
category, officers should do the following:
• If the first examination was less than a year earlier, a medical officer may review the existing
results for the new category.
• If the medical examination took place more than a year earlier, the officer will issue
instructions for a new examination.
• An officer may ask a medical officer to review the examination of temporary residents with
valid medical results who apply as permanent residents.
Applicants are responsible for informing a visa office if they applied previously in a different
category. This includes applications in Canada for extensions of status. They must state where
they applied and the file number.
Officers should double-check that a medical assessment has been done using the correct
temporary resident or permanent resident category.
And, as Material pointed out, medicals only have a 1 year validity and you will probably need another one anyway.
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