American Seeking Reality Check for Complicated Family

[wondermom]

I imagine there is a lot of us here today. We are concerned about our children's well-being, but may have very limited choices due to our circumstances.

My husband is a software engineer, so this may help with employment, but we have two huge issues which may prevent us from being able to move and Canada. I personally have an auto-immune disorder--very similar to Lupus. I am controlling everything with meds, and prognosis is good. The big kicker, I have to sons with severe autism. One son has limited speech and the other is non-verbal with Epilepsy too. They would need services for the rest of their lives, since there is no family to step-up and handle their care.

So, my question, even if my husband was highly employable, would our situation prevent Canada for accepting us?

Thank you for all the details you can give.

 

[Rob_TO]

So, my question, even if my husband was highly employable, would our situation prevent Canada for accepting us?

Unfortunately the most likely answer is yes, you and your sons' conditions will bar any move to get Canadian PR no matter how qualified your husband was.

As part of the PR process all of you would need to pass a medical excessive demand test. This means if any of your conditions would result in potential costs to Canada's healthcare or social services of approx $6500 CAD per year or more, the entire app is rejected for everybody.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/medic/admiss/excessive.asp

 

[vensak]

I imagine there is a lot of us here today. We are concerned about our children's well-being, but may have very limited choices due to our circumstances.

My husband is a software engineer, so this may help with employment, but we have two huge issues which may prevent us from being able to move and Canada. I personally have an auto-immune disorder--very similar to Lupus. I am controlling everything with meds, and prognosis is good. The big kicker, I have to sons with severe autism. One son has limited speech and the other is non-verbal with Epilepsy too. They would need services for the rest of their lives, since there is no family to step-up and handle their care.

So, my question, even if my husband was highly employable, would our situation prevent Canada for accepting us?

Thank you for all the details you can give.

Your health problem is not that big problem. But for your children it is a different story. I know for sure, that if your husband would come to the point of ITA (invitation to apply), whole family will be requested for Medical exam. Also they are mainly there in order to screen for contaigious illnesses, your case might lead to rejection.
But then again there might be others with similar problematic case to state if they made it through.

 

[scylla]

Unfortunately I agree with everyone else's comments. I don't believe immigrating to Canada will be feasible for your family. Your children will most likely be refused on medical grounds which means the entire application will be automatically refused as well.

Having said that, you can certainly still try to apply. It's guaranteed that you'll receive a letter from CIC stating they intend to refuse your sons. You will then have to make the case that the costs of their medical and social/support care will be less than $6,500/year. If you search this forum for your son's conditions - you will find examples of individuals who have gone through this in the past.