Hi everyone.
I have just received my csq and am now preparing for federal step.
I checked the tracker and it showed me that people did their medical exams before filing a federal application. But according to the procedure illustrated on the cic.ca website, applicants do not need to do medical exam until notified.
So my question is: should I really do it now? and how without a letter or something from Canadian immigration?
Thanks in advance for your kind reply.
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People who get their CSQ from the Montreal MICC get to do their medicals up-front because Montreal has an agreement with Buffalo. We receive a form where we write our CSQ number, doctor's name and date of the exam.
If you haven't received exact instructions from your Quebec immigration office, do not do the medicals.
This is because many embassies take more than one year to process the applications, and medical exam results expire after 1 year. That's why they request them when they are ready to issue your visas.
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to Lucamontreal:
Thank you so much for your reply. It's very explanatory.
Yes I applied from New York and was interviewed here. And Buffalo is the office designated to me.
However, the interviewer didn't give me a form as you mentioned. That's why I feel kind of strange since most people applying from new york seem to have done their medical exam beforehand. I specifically asked the interviewer how long I could finish the whole thing, and he said it would be about 5 to 6 month.
Thanks again and I totally understand what you are saying. But I don't think he forgot to give me any form.
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to nyliu:
From the website (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides...), the last page stated that" You are not required to have a medical examination before you submit your application forms.)"
That's why I got confused since most people here actually did medical exam before submitting the federal application. Maybe I have some misunderstanding here???
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so I suppose only people who are interviewed in Montreal can do the medicals upfront.
But do not despair: your processing should be quite fast anyway.
Get into their shoes: linking up medicals and embassy file is quite laborious when you are flooded with tens of thousands of applications. Since Montreal's MICC has a lot of applicants and people in Montreal have already been granted admission to Canada (on another visa), CIC has their data and they have a client ID (XXXX-XXXX) which the DMP writes on the medical forms.
So the linkage is direct (via the client ID). I assume you haven't had a Canadian visa before (work or study), so hooking up your CSQ# on medicals and File# in Buffalo would be a nightmare for the very few employees in Ottawa.
Hope this helps.
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to Lucamontreal:
Thanks a lot! it makes sense now. I thought those who sent applications to Buffalo all live in the U.S.
Anyway, I feel much released now confirming that I don't need to worry about the medical thing right now.
And definitely I'll keep a close eye on the progress of my application there. I have a Canadian visa but it's a visitor's one, which means
they do not have record of my other conditions. Thanks again.
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Hello me too I received my CSQ on May 13th in the mail (I had no interview) but in the package there was nothing concerning the medicals. Originally I send my application for CSQ in Montreal.
Could it be that they are not sending medicals with CSQ so people can do the visit beforehand now?
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to lumierefl:
According Lucamontreal's post, it seems that people applying from Montreal should have the medical exam done before the federal application.
However if you apply in new york then just wait until they tell you. We'll see.
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If you did not receive an explicit instruction with your CSQ, I'd say don't do the medicals.
What I got with my CSQ after the interview was a specific guide on how to apply to Buffalo, which documents to enclose and in exactly which order. Part of this guide (a stapled photocopied sheet) was a table with column headings "CSQ #", "name of applicant", "Date of exam", "name of physician" and "physician's address and telephone". It also said "This form must be included with your application package when you submit it to our office".
If you don't have this, or a request to undergo a medical exam, don't do the medical yet.
Many Montreal applicants have shorter processing times than the posted 5 months, and my hunch is that this particular arrangement shaves off a month or two from the total time. But it isn't extended to North America as a whole.
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to Lucamontreal:
Hi. I just got a letter from Buffalo consulate. It includes a one-page form for medical exam.
I have a question about this: in the form it says I have to request the rest six pages of the form from Ottawa. Did you do the same thing or
they just sent to you the complete forms?
Thanks a lot.
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