What is the Canadian Immigration Medical Exam and How Can You get It Done?

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If you want to immigrate to Canada, you will need to obtain a work or study permit as required. To do that, you will have to complete a medical exam before you actually go to Canada. This exam is required for most permanent residence applications and for some applications for temporary residence, including workers, students, and visitors.

Read on to learn everything you need to about medical exams for Canadian immigration.

When you go to your medical exam, you will need to bring proper identification such as a passport and/or other government-issued identification. You will also need to go along with relevant details or information about your health like a list of medications you’re taking, eyeglasses, et cetera.

You can take the exam after you’ve applied for your immigration programme and your visa. The IRCC will contact you with instructions on how to get the exam done and give you a deadline to complete it.

But hang on a minute …

1. They pose a risk to public health and safety in Canada: Certain conditions, like highly contagious illnesses, can pose a risk to the health and safety of Canadian residents, so a person with such a condition could be medically inadmissible.

2. They will cause excessive demand on the Canadian healthcare and social services systems: In Canada, health care and social services are universal and publicly funded for all citizens and permanent residents, as well as some temporary residents. Immigration applicants may be medically inadmissible if it is determined that they will be a financial burden on this free health care system or if they will negatively affect wait times for Canadians.

The excessive demand threshold is calculated to be just above CAD 20,000 per year, about three times the previous threshold following a change made in 2018. If you require medical treatment that may cost more than this amount, then you may be medically inadmissible.

Notably, your partner and dependent children who are being sponsored for immigration are exempt from the excessive demand provision. Refugees and protected persons are exempted as well. Additionally, some temporary residence applications do not require this exam, so certain students, workers, and visitors will not be subject to these admission criteria. Find out whether you need a medical exam.

Temporary Residents planning to stay six months or less should not require a medical exam unless they plan to work in a specific type of job. These jobs include positions in which public health must be protected, such as jobs that bring you into close contact with people. Examples of such jobs include:

• 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 and secondary school settings and workers in child-care settings;
• domestics;
• workers who give in-home care to children, the elderly and the disabled;
• daycare employees;
• agricultural workers from designated countries/territories. Nigeria is a designated country, so you will need a medical exam if you have lived there in the past six months before your application. Find out other places that fall into the designated list. You will know that a place is designated if there is a “YES” in the column entitled “Immigration Medical Examination (IME) required”.

The above list is not exhaustive, and applicants with other job titles may also be asked to take a medical exam.

Additionally, agricultural workers who have visited or worked in certain countries for at least six months within the previous year also require a medical exam.

Temporary residents planning to stay six months or more require a medical exam if they meet one of the following scenarios.

You will need to take a medical exam if you

• Have lived in or visited one of these countries for at least six months within the previous year.
• Are planning to work in a job where public health must be protected.
• Are applying for a parent or grandparent super visa.

Permanent resident applicants are usually required to undergo a medical exam, including accompanying spouses, partners, and dependent children.

• City: Abuja
  Name: IOM MHAC Abuja
  Address: No. 55, Hassan Musa Katsina Road ( at the junction of Hassan Musa Katsina Road and J-K Gadzama Street), Asokoro.,
  E-mail: [email protected],
  On line booking: https://mymedical.iom.int/ (This panel physician or clinic provides services paid by Interim Federal Health Program)
  Telephone: +234 09 460 58400 /0809 563 7898
  0808 522 1427/0703 289 8491
  Spoken Languages: English

• City: Lagos
  Name: Patrick Olayinka Olowojolu
  Address: Q-Life Family Clinic,
  Plot 155a Prince Ade Odedina Street,
  off Sinari Daranijo, Victoria Island Annexe,
  E-mail: [email protected]/ [email protected]
  Telephone: +234-8113975433 or +234 7027704055
  Spoken Languages: English

• City: Lagos
  Name: Adetokunbo Omodele Alakija
  Address: Q-Life Family Clinic,
  Plot 155a Prince Ade Odedina Street,
  off Sinari Daranijo, Victoria Island Annexe,
  101244
  E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
  Telephone: +234 8113975433
  +234 7027704055
  Spoken Languages: English

• City: Lagos
  Name: Olutayo Olasimbo Labiyi
  Address: Q-Life Family Clinic,
  Plot 155a Prince Ade Odedina Street,
  off Sinari Daranijo, Victoria Island Annexe,
  101244
  E-mail: [email protected]
  Telephone: +234-8113975433 or +234 7027704055
  Spoken Languages: English, Yoruba

• City: Lagos
  Name: IOM MHAC Lagos
  Address: No. 1 Isaac John Street,
  GRA Ikeja,
  This panel physician or clinic provides services paid by Interim Federal Health Program. Email address: [email protected] Online Booking: www.mymedical.iom.int
  Telephone: +234 01 465 6600 +234 802 2264059
  +234(0) 909 9991256; +234(0) 909 2156079
  Spoken Languages: English

Also, find out what to expect during the exam.

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