Strokes & Medical Examination

[vaduke1]

Hi everybody,
There was a topic about this situation 5 years ago, but original poster didn't update how it ended.

We are sponsoring my father. Unfortunately he had a brain stroke several months ago, he fully recovered in no time, but he decided to diagnose himself properly in order to prevent further strokes. Just couple days ago he went through diagnostic procedures that left lots of bruises on his body, but diagnostics confirmed that strokes shouldn't happen anymore and couple days ago he got an invitation to medical. Bruises not going to disappear in a month, so he will have to explain all this.

I was wondering if anybody knows how CIC classify brain strokes, is it a high risk for them or if the person is fully recovered it should be ok?

Anybody know successful or unsuccessful immigration stories from stroke survivors or families of stroke survivors?

Pretty much any information would be vital right now. He is the last family member that still not in Canada and leaving him at home is not an option. If we will get a Fairness letter what should be next steps? Should we wait for Fairness letter or we should hire an attorney before medical? Anybody knows any lawyers who has experience with stroke survivors?

Thank you!

 

[Rob_TO]

Read here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...cessive-demand-on-health-social-services.html

The time to get a lawyer, would be when you get the procedural fairness letter.

In the meantime you should be collecting as much proof/evidence as possible, that his medical condition won't present an average cost of $6,655 per year over his first 10 years as a PR. So you will need official reports/diagnosis from the doctors, hospital, specialists etc that treated him to help confirm his projected follow-up treatments and prognosis for next 10 years. The more info you have to counter IRCC's cost estimates, the better.