Medical Exam - When? / Spousal Outland Application

[Origin]

Hello,
I've searched and can't seem to find the answer. I am getting all my stuff together for my Spouse visa application, but I am not 100% sure about when to get my medical done.

Do I book it now, get it done and then send everything off or do I send everything else off and get my medical done for them to forward the results to CIC?

Thanks

 

[scylla]

Get the medical done before you submit your application. Include proof the medical has been completed with your application.

 

[Origin]

Thank you. I have sent off my appointment request. Time to get the rest of my forms completed ;D

 

[rumpelstiltskin]

I tried to get a medical exam before submitting my application (outland application, but I was in Canada at the time), but the DMP wouldn't let me because I did not have a UCI/application number. I had to wait for CIC to send my wife a letter telling us that they couldn't continue processing the application because it was incomplete (missing medical exam results). I took the letter to the DMP, and he finally gave me a medical exam. That probably delayed my application by a couple of months.

If you can find a DMP who is willing to give your spouse a medical exam before you get a UCI/application number, I'd recommend that. It should save you a month or two in processing time.

 

[blueangel371115]

FYI, I am from a visa exempt country though last time I entered Canada once he knew I had a Canadian fiance, he asked if I was planning on immigrating and I said "yes, eventually" and they issued me a visitor's record which as a client ID number. So that is a thought and my advice to others

 

[chipits]

Wow, my husband had no problem getting his outland medical done inside Canada before applying, before having a UCI.

 

[DCGelfling]

Yeah, make sure the DMP knows that you're trying to immigrate under the family class. The procedure is different for some of the other immigration types.