At panel physician, major problem please help

[DB2101]

He's saying he can't sign off because she has a strong vision prescription?! It's bad in one eye, -10 but she wears contacts and has no problems...... Now sending us to find an optometrist who could sign off that it's correctable?? Anyone else have this?

 

[DB2101]

Well that was utterly ridiculous. They basically said nope, your vision precludes you from acceptance. She had to find a local optometrist, get tested on the spot (€€€€) and get a letter saying her vision was correctable like anyone, and easily meets the minimum requirement for a drivers license in Germany (as a point of reference). So, everything ok with the medical now but GEEZ! I would think that you could sponsor a BLIND spouse if you wanted to??

 

[truesmile]

I would think that it's not the panel physician's call. They're simply signing off that the test results submitted are accurate and truly belong to the applicant whose name is on the paperwork.

Did the panel physician choose the optometrist? Sounds like a cash grab to me. Optometrists are not even doctors, an ophthalmologist IS a doctor.

 

[DB2101]

No, he just said if she could find an optometrist to write something saying her vision is correctable, it was ok. This, almost 3 hours from home. Thank God for Auntie Google and a co-operative optometrist. It just doesn't make any sense to me - she needs glasses or contacts but she can drive and so on, this would preclude millions of people from being eligible.

 

[jul2014]

Hi ,

I am from India and had same issue in year 2013 when my company applied WP for me. Panel physician asked me to get report from ophthalmologist which I did. Yes its extra cash.

My case was my retina is shattered due to some surgery that happened longtime ago and it was unsuccessful. I always have to wear glasses, without glasses I can see blur big objects only.

Finally I got my WP visa, within canada when I did medical for PR, no question was asked about vision and now am PR...

Hope this helps you lil bit.

Thanks.

 

[Ponga]

Well that was utterly ridiculous. They basically said nope, your vision precludes you from acceptance. She had to find a local optometrist, get tested on the spot (€€€€) and get a letter saying her vision was correctable like anyone, and easily meets the minimum requirement for a drivers license in Germany (as a point of reference). So, everything ok with the medical now but GEEZ! I would think that you could sponsor a BLIND spouse if you wanted to??

Total scam. There is NOTHING that would deem a person with bad vision to be medically inadmissible for a spousal sponsorship application.

 

[kangamoose]

Total scam. There is NOTHING that would deem a person with bad vision to be medically inadmissible for a spousal sponsorship application.

Have to agree with that, it sounds like a scam. Are optometrist appointments even covered by provincial health care? I know glasses and contacts aren't so even if you were blind as a bat and had coke bottle lenses its your financial responsibility not the governments, so that alone couldn't make you a drain on the health system.

 

[Aquakitty]

Did she not have her eyeglass prescription with her? We had some bad luck during one of my spouse's medicals, and we left his glasses in our hotel room right before the appointment. The doctor couldn't send the medical until we had provided the prescription information proving he wore glasses (though that just required a phone call back to the physician's office, not an ophthalmology appointment).

 

[DB2101]

No, I'd assume if there was an eye test they'd do their own readings. Ah well, it's sorted now and the package is on it's way via dhl worldwide express!

 

[Aquakitty]

No, I'd assume if there was an eye test they'd do their own readings. Ah well, it's sorted now and the package is on it's way via dhl worldwide express!

They do do a rudimentary eye test (the one where you cover one eye and read letters off a poster) which is why you need your glasses prescription, but that's it.