deltadeliquent

Oh man! My silver lining just got busted.
Better to know though.Thanks. I got ahead of the game...

richtee

Just out of interest what is a medical furtherance letter? We sent our application to Mississauga for the spousal approval however the result of the medical (done before we sent off the spousal approval) was sent directly to London. Therefore how would you get questions about the medical prior to spousal approval? Does London look at the medicals before Mississauga process their bit?

Thanks

Deficient

The letter is something you would receive if CIC want you to complete additional medical requirements, i.e. if they find something wrong or unusual in your medical and want to investigate further. Most people hear nothing - no news is very likely to be good news!

With the current lengthy processing times for apps in Mississauga, the medical assessments seem to be getting done well before before the sponsor approval part gets done in Mississauga. But I'm guessing the aim is that these two things are done concurrently. And then everything comes together in London.

I don't know for sure that it is London that looks at the medical but I assume it is. My letters seem to originate in Nairobi but are postmarked from London. Either way, it seems to happen as a separate part of the process and most people hear nothing about it.

PMM

Hi


1. A medical furtherance means that something has come up during the Immigration Regional Medical Centre (IRMC) review of the tests submitted by the DMP.
2. An example is x-rays. If there is a shadow or scar on the lungs, which could be from TB or pneumonia or poor development of the x-ray usually means a furtherance for more tests. Sputum test, 6-8 weeks and then a further x-ray.
3. Another is high blood pressure. The IRMC will then will "further" the medical until a creatinine test is done to ensure that the high blood pressure has not effected the kidneys.
4. London doesn't see the results before the file is sent to London. Note there are only 7 IRMCs. Southern Africa results are sent to London and Northern Africa go to Paris. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resourc...ppendix-01.asp

stuabroad

I did my medicals before posting the Spousal App Package. They all go to Ottawa now. My understanding is this is a fairly new procedure they're testing according to CIC.

My Meds were done when i thought i was applying 'In-Canada' - but CIC told me to write a covering note in the App when i changed to London. She said it made no difference, as all Medical paperwork now gets routed to Ottawa.

Presumably if you don't hear anything by the time it gets to London...then you won't hear anything. (I hope )

stuabroad

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4. London doesn't see the results before the file is sent to London. Note there are only 7 IRMCs. Southern Africa results are sent to London and Northern Africa go to Paris.


Effectively then, if you don't hear anything and you had Sponsor approval from London, your meds are good?

Deficient

Thanks for clearing everything up PMM.

carley_jackson

Hmmmm, no approval for us yet though so it seems perhaps you are slightly further along!

richtee

Good shout

carley_jackson

Just wondering how people found out about their sponsorship approval, was it by e-mail or mail? How long was the time between being able to log on to E-CAS and the decision made?

stuabroad

Comes via email first to the Sponsor. ECAS access came about 3 days later.

Deficient

In our case my husband (sponsor) got an email acknowledging receipt of the application and then a few days later I was able to log in with the UCI and see decision made on the sponsor. The sponsor approval itself came via snail mail.

bmccallion

Same thing happened with me and my partner. I never got any emails, I just got a letter saying I was approved in the regular post. Even though we checked the box to say contact us via email. Very frustrating.

michty6

Sponsor approved! Now I'm really on the board. So

Application Received: May 11th
Sponsor Approved: August 15th
(96 days)

One strange thing, if anyone knows anything about this. As I have applied for a FSW visa and 2 IEC visas previously I already had a UCI. I logged into the Client Application Checking using this UCI and it said 'Application Received 11th May'.

Now, in the sponsor approval they sent today, the UCI is different! And I try to log on to the Client Application system and it doesn't work. What is going on here? Do you get a different UCI when the application is sent to London?

ek84

I think (but don't know for sure) that the sponsor will be given their own UCID, hence the new one with sponsor approval. The new one will only work with their info, and yours will only work with your info. I'm sure someone can correct me if I'm wrong....