I'm applying from Canada and no, I don't have a job yet. Just my post graduation work permit (doesn't need a job offer).
I asked from my uni and was told it's because I said yes to a questions in the questionnaire that asks if I have dome medicals in the last 12 months. I did a medical last year for my PR application.
You are probably choosing the wrong answers.
If you've lived in Canada you don't need a medical.
The medical thing pops up only if you've lived in designated countries.
Who needs a medical exam
If you plan to stay for 6 months or less
You generally don’t need a medical exam, unless you plan to work in certain jobs.
Jobs for which you need a medical exam
You may need a medical exam because of the type of job you want to do in Canada.
Examples of such jobs are:
- Jobs that bring you into close contact with people, such as
- workers in health-care settings
- clinical laboratory workers
- patient attendants in nursing and geriatric homes
- medical students admitted to Canada to attend university
- medical electives and physicians on short-term locums
- workers in primary or secondary school settings, or workers in child-care settings
- domestics
- workers who give in-home care to children, the elderly and the disabled
- day nursery employees and
- other similar jobs
- Agricultural workers who’ve visited or lived in one of these countries for more than 6 months during the past year.
If you plan to stay for more than 6 months
You need a medical exam if at least one of these applies to you: