Medical exam validity extension for additional 12 months (new CIC Bulletin)

[Sweetmine]

That's for sharing this info. I hope as a result of this new change proccesing will bit faster. Applicants can also save some money by nit having to do the medical again.

 

[enna00]

So what now my husband did the medicals in march of 2011 it is already june and he did new medicals already now waiting for a response from immigration because of them having to wait to receive the new ones what does this mean for us?????????????????????

 

[janita]

hhmmm...and we just spent over 200$ to re-do ours!!

oh well, I hope lots of other can benefit from this change!!

 

[missmymexi]

Thank you for sharing this news ! For those of us just starting the process this is encouraging, I was sure we would have to re-do ours just do to the current wait times, very good information to have

 

[BBG83]

This is AWESOME news. My husband did his medical in December right before our wedding as we thought we'd get everything ready and sent in by the end of February. It took us a bit longer than that and we weren't able to apply until end of April. A big relief and $300 in our pocket since we shouldn't have to have him redo!

 

[stevent]

This is good news for a lot of people. For me, it came just a week too late... lol... Just 10 days ago, my wife received a notice to redo her medical exam which expired on May 19, 2012. Of course, she urgently redid the med exam as required last week. ;D

 

[Zouk Princesse]

AWESOMEEEE!!!! Plus one for you Oh Canadiana for sharing! Was about time we got some kind of good news from CIC!

 

[OhCanadiana]

So what now my husband did the medicals in march of 2011 it is already june and he did new medicals already now waiting for a response from immigration because of them having to wait to receive the new ones what does this mean for us?????????????????????

Thank you for sharing this news ! For those of us just starting the process this is encouraging, I was sure we would have to re-do ours just do to the current wait times, very good information to have

That's for sharing this info. I hope as a result of this new change proccesing will bit faster. Applicants can also save some money by nit having to do the medical again.

This is AWESOME news. My husband did his medical in December right before our wedding as we thought we'd get everything ready and sent in by the end of February. It took us a bit longer than that and we weren't able to apply until end of April. A big relief and $300 in our pocket since we shouldn't have to have him redo!

Glad I could spread some cheer May you all hear good news soon from your VO's.

AWESOMEEEE!!!! Plus one for you Oh Canadiana for sharing! Was about time we got some kind of good news from CIC!

Thank you, very much appreciated!

This is good news for a lot of people. For me, it came just a week too late... lol... Just 10 days ago, my wife received a notice to redo her medical exam which expired on May 19, 2012. Of course, she urgently redid the med exam as required last week. ;D

hhmmm...and we just spent over 200$ to re-do ours!!

oh well, I hope lots of other can benefit from this change!!

Think about it this way - you're going to get your PPR that much faster!

 

[mrandmrsromero]

There's a new procedure that will allow medical validity to be extended if your application processing is completed within 15 months of the original medical exam and the only thing stopping your application from final approved and PPR is the expiration of your medical results (or ability to reasonably land within the initial year-long validity).

Officers will now be able to submit a request for an extension of the medical exam result validity (as long as they were done within the last 15 months) and they can extend them for an additional 12 months without the need for an additional medical exam. The details are on the CIC website.

Hopefully this saves folks time and expense of extra medical exams.

Missed it by *thismuch*. Oh well. At least many others won't be stuck waiting the extra time for re-do's.

 

[OhCanadiana]

Missed it by *thismuch*. Oh well. At least many others won't be stuck waiting the extra time for re-do's.

And you will be done *thatmuch* faster 8)

 

[Yasiin]

There's a new procedure that will allow medical validity to be extended if your application processing is completed within 15 months of the original medical exam and the only thing stopping your application from final approved and PPR is the expiration of your medical results (or ability to reasonably land within the initial year-long validity).

Officers will now be able to submit a request for an extension of the medical exam result validity (as long as they were done within the last 15 months) and they can extend them for an additional 12 months without the need for an additional medical exam. The details are on the CIC website.

Hopefully this saves folks time and expense of extra medical exams.

This is a very good procedure. I think this new bulletin has come into effect exactly when i needed it. I was directed to re-do the medical exam a couple of days ago by an officer because i was being told that the final decision of the officer is pending because of the medicals so i then got this good news and i requested a reassessment of the medical results. I was then contacted by an officer informing me that they would send a request to the panel physician to examine them. I became so glad when i got the email but what i don't get is how long it is gonna take for the panel physician to re-examine the medical file and send a decision to the immigration officer? I would be delighted if you share your thought, idea and experience on this matter.
Thanks in advance!

 

[OhCanadiana]

This is a very good procedure. I think this new bulletin has come into effect exactly when i needed it. I was directed to re-do the medical exam a couple of days ago by an officer because i was being told that the final decision of the officer is pending because of the medicals so i then got this good news and i requested a reassessment of the medical results. I was then contacted by an officer informing me that they would send a request to the panel physician to examine them. I became so glad when i got the email but what i don't get is how long it is gonna take for the panel physician to re-examine the medical file and send a decision to the immigration officer? I would be delighted if you share your thought, idea and experience on this matter.
Thanks in advance!

Fantastic! Glad it helped

For new exams, the medical assessment at the Regional Medial Offices usually takes anywhere from 2-3 weeks. This should be faster (hopefully!) since all the data is in they system already.

Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

 

[Yasiin]

Fantastic! Glad it helped

For new exams, the medical assessment at the Regional Medial Offices usually takes anywhere from 2-3 weeks. This should be faster (hopefully!) since all the data is in they system already.

Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

Thanks. Doest it take that long, ohCanadiana? I thought it would be a lesser time. The average processing time for the medicals exams if requested is from 3-4 weeks according to London office procedure so I had thought this new procedure will reduce the time from 3 to 2 or to 1 respectively. what do you think?

 

[mrandmrsromero]

And you will be done *thatmuch* faster 8)

That would be grand.

 

[Yasiin]

I just wanted to keep this subject alive. I have recieved a letter from cic in London today informing they would request the reassassment and will get back with information in due course. Fingers crossed now.