Spousal sponsorship medicals: better to do it before or after applying?

[fandv]

Hi people...

I am a Canadian citizen who's going to marry an Indonesian citizen. I will then sponsor her so that she could get her Canadian permanent residence.

I was just reading this:

http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/singapore-singapour/visas/medical-medicaux.aspx?view=d

It says "If you are applying under the family class and being sponsored as a spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, or dependent child, then you should complete your medical examination before submitting your application."

1. So the medical exam must be done BEFORE submitting the application...? Correct? How soon should the exam be done? Is it acceptable to do the exam 1 month before submitting the application to CPC Mississauga? What about 2 months before? And 3 months before?

2. If we do the medical exam waaay before (say, 1 to 3 months prior) sending the application to CPC Mississauga, then once the CIC gets the medical result from the doctor, won't the CIC wonder why we haven't sent the application? (I'm concerned if the CIC will throw away the medical result, mistakenly thinking that we forgot to send the sponsorship application).

3. Conversely, what if we do the medical exam way AFTER sending the application? (say, doing the medical 3 to 6 months after submitting the application). Would that result in application refusal? Or is that aceptable?

 

[Sunshine87]

Always sent the medical with the application. The medicals have a 1 year expiration date, so it's best if you save the medical as the last step before you send in your application.

 

[fandv]

Always sent the medical with the application. The medicals have a 1 year expiration date, so it's best if you save the medical as the last step before you send in your application.

"medical with the application"? Hmmm so at the end of the medical exam session, what document(s) should my future wife request from the designated medical practitioner?

 

[OhCanadiana]

"medical with the application"? Hmmm so at the end of the medical exam session, what document(s) should my future wife request from the designated medical practitioner?

Appendix C (she'll need to take it with her to the exam and then they will provide it back to her stamped to submit with her application).

If you don't submit it with your application you run the risk of CPC-M pausing processing and requesting it (they seem to be doing so increasingly).