IEC visa - Medical exam for working with children

[Visacanadak]

Hi,

I intend to work with children in a few different settings such as nannying, sports coaching and as a camp counsellor. But I will not be working as a formal teacher. I wanted to firstly double check that I will need a medical report to attach to my visa application?

Secondly, in your experience (for anybody else who has done this or knows about it) how long has the process of obtaining this taken? There seems to be so many different elements to applying for this visa I'm not sure how anybody gets it done within the time limit!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you in advance.

Kim

 

[bellaluna]

As far as I know, a medical is required for any visa to Canada that entails a stay of over 6 months—foreign workers, students, and of course, permanent residents.

The medical takes a few hours to complete, and you’ll get a form by the end of it to attach to your application. How soon you get an appointment depends on the clinic.

 

[Bs65]

Not all IEC applicants require a medical but generally only if having 6 months or more in one of the countries designated as requiring an exam or the IEC applicant is planning to work in health or with children

See here for IEC specific requirement

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/standard-requirements/medical-requirements/exam/who-must-submit-immigration-medical-examination.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/medical-police/medical-exams/requirements-temporary-residents.html

Designated countries stated here for anyone who has spent 6 months or more in one of these

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/medical-police/medical-exams/requirements-temporary-residents/country-requirements.html

 

[canuck78]

You can also take your medical report to the border and they will remove the conditions if your visa had those conditions. Much faster.

 

[Visacanadak]

As far as I know, a medical is required for any visa to Canada that entails a stay of over 6 months—foreign workers, students, and of course, permanent residents.

The medical takes a few hours to complete, and you’ll get a form by the end of it to attach to your application. How soon you get an appointment depends on the clinic.

Thank you for your reply. It seems to be pointing me in the direction that I do indeed need one if planning to work with kids, yes. The only problem now is that it costs 360 Euro! Considering my stay in Canada will be one year or perhaps (but not necessarily) two, the cost is quite shocking. I do not have a guaranteed job yet working with children over there, and the work I do may only be sporadic, so overall I'm not sure if it is worth it.

 

[Visacanadak]

Not all IEC applicants require a medical but generally only if having 6 months or more in one of the countries designated as requiring an exam or the IEC applicant is planning to work in health or with children

See here for IEC specific requirement

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/standard-requirements/medical-requirements/exam/who-must-submit-immigration-medical-examination.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/medical-police/medical-exams/requirements-temporary-residents.html

Designated countries stated here for anyone who has spent 6 months or more in one of these

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/medical-police/medical-exams/requirements-temporary-residents/country-requirements.html

Thank you for your response. Based on the work I will be doing with children it seems a medical exam is necessary, but I am shocked at the cost of 360Euro.

 

[Visacanadak]

You can also take your medical report to the border and they will remove the conditions if your visa had those conditions. Much faster.

Sorry I don't quite understand what you mean?

Thank you for your response.

 

[scylla]

Thank you for your response. Based on the work I will be doing with children it seems a medical exam is necessary, but I am shocked at the cost of 360Euro.

You can wait and take the medical once you arrive in Canada. it will be somewhat cheaper here.

To remove the condition off your work permit after you arrive, you'll need to take the medical and then wait 2-3 weeks for IRCC to process it. You would then travel to a US/Canada land border to get the restriction removed from your work permit. This is how you would do it if you wait until after you have arrived in Canada and after the work permit has been issued.

 

[Visacanadak]

You can wait and take the medical once you arrive in Canada. it will be somewhat cheaper here.

To remove the condition off your work permit after you arrive, you'll need to take the medical and then wait 2-3 weeks for IRCC to process it. You would then travel to a US/Canada land border to get the restriction removed from your work permit. This is how you would do it if you wait until after you have arrived in Canada and after the work permit has been issued.

OK, understood. Thank you very much.