If you apply to come to Canada, you need to meet all inadmissibility rules to be allowed to enter the country. This includes medical inadmissibility, which affects anyone applying to visit, study, work or live permanently in Canada.
What are the reasons for medical inadmissibility to Canada?
There are 3 possible reasons for medical inadmissibility: Danger to public health; Danger to public safety; and Excessive demand on health or social services.
With danger to public health, IRCC may refuse your application if it is believed your health condition will endanger Canada’s public health. With danger to public safety, IRCC may refuse your application if your health condition endangers public safety. With excessive demand on health or social services, IRCC may refuse your application if your health condition might cause an excessive demand on health or social services. This decision is based on the results of your immigration medical exam.
Who receives an invitation to receive a mitigation plan?
A mitigation plan explains what you’ll do to make sure you won’t cause an excessive demand on health or social services. If it applies to you, IRCC will invite you to send us one. Your plan must be credible, detailed and individual to you.
Who receives a procedural fairness letter?
If IRCC believe you may be medically inadmissible, you will receive a letter which explains the reason. This letter is called a procedural fairness letter. You’ll receive this letter before a final decision is made on your application. You’ll have the opportunity to submit information to respond. All additional information must be sent within 90 days from the date of the letter.
How do Immigration Officer decide if you are medically inadmissible? There is no specific health condition that automatically leads to inadmissibility based on excessive demand on health or social services. IRCC assess each applicant individually and make a decision by looking at the results of your immigration medical exam. IRCC may consider: current state of your health condition(s); the likely prognosis; the cost of health and social services that you’ll need over the next 5 to 10 years; or the effect that your medical care will have on wait lists for health and social services in Canada.
At NPZ Law Group, our U.S. and Canadian lawyers seek to assist clients with regard to employment and family immigration issues. If you or your friends or family should have any questions about any aspect of U.S. and Canadian Immigration Law, please feel free to contact us at info@visaserve.com or you can call our office at 201-670-0006 (ext. 104). We look forward to being able to assist you.