I don't know too much about this so I would recommend getting in touch with the visa office to get the right answer. For the medical however I don't think a passport is absolutely required. It says on the instruction letter from IRCC to provide photo identification including a passport if available. Is there any other ID that can be used for the kids?
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Thank you Brown_Sugar!
The identification requirement in the Medical Request letter says:
- Identification, including your passport if one is available. Proof of identity must include at least one
government-issued document with photograph and signature, such as a passport or driver’s license.
The first time I contacted the visa office asking if they could let her kids get the medicals using their birth certificates, we did not get a response. I will email them again to ask for this exemption/consideration.
So, the way I'm understanding this is that they're using passport or driver's license as an example. Other forms of government issued ID would be accepted. The only issue is I don't know how many children have photo IDs. Is there something like a health card that they can use? If the only piece of ID you have is the birth certificate, I would say call the doctor's office and explain the situation to them since nobody has responded to your webform question.
They do not have health cards in Zimbabwe that they can use as photo IDs. They only have birth certificates. My sister has gone in-person to all the four panel physicians in Harare and they insist on having passports for her kids. They asked us to talk to CIC Pretoria. I will contact CIC again. Everything has been going well except for the passports. I am scared they will refuse our application now. Thank you again Brown_Sugar.
That's so frustrating. Keep a record of your webform submissions. I don't think they will refuse your application, but in the event that they do because you weren't able to submit the medicals, you will at least have proof that you tried to contact them and never got a response. Good luck with everything!
My sister was able to get her children's medicals done. We submitted a request to have the medicals done using the children's birth certificates and the Pretoria office sent us an email that we took to the doctors. In the email they said birth certificates are acceptable IDs for minors to get their medicals done with photos. Thank you.
We recently received a request for medicals and other information. My timeline is in my signature.
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Oh wow thats it didnt take long -yours is moving really fast hey.I have been waiting since my medicals where done in March.Its been a long wait
Oh wow thats it didnt take long -yours is moving really fast hey.I have been waiting since my medicals where done in March.Its been a long wait
The movement could be because it was all before the medicals were done. Maybe we will be waiting for just as long after our medicals.
That's great to hear. Glad it all worked out.
Moved to Pretoria you mean? Yes, our file was transferred in May. We are March applicants. Can you share your timeline please?
Oh sorry meant -since the files have been transferred to Pretoria have you heard from the visa office lately .My time line
App received 7 Sept 2018
Biometrics done 4 jan 2019
Sponsoorship approval 4 jan 2019
File tranferred to Pretoria 21 Jan 2019
Medical request 27 Feb 2019
Medical passed 19 March 2019
Then Total silence
Oh no. That sucks. I thought Pretoria would be much faster than this. We just passed the medical exam so I was hoping we were close to being done with the whole process. Maybe not... Good news is you're nearing the 12 months, so you will hopefully get your decision soon. Is there anything about your file that you suspect is slowing things down?
We had requested for notes in July and they had not done the background check,not even sure how long that takes or what it entails
