I have applied and am awaiting to hear if I am to go forward for medical. My question is, I have High blood pressure. Will this affect my application in any way?

It isn't just slightly elavated, it is quite high.

I realise medical questions are difficult to answer.

Thank you.

Brian Martin, applied July 16, family class sponshorship

You will get the standard answer ... Is your condition likely to cause a load on the
Canadian Healthcare system ? The answer to that is possibly. Much will depend on why
it is high and what you're doing about it. It's purely up to the medical examiner,
and not even the examining doctor.

Stuart

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As with all medical conditions. Is it contageous? Is it likley to be a = burden on
social services or health servicecs?

High BP, hypertension, often does damage to important organs before the = person is
aware. At some point it may be that the damage caused by the = BP will be costly to
fix or maintain in the future.

If you are worried, you can get opinions from doctors first or perhaps = your own
doctor can for somewhat of an opinion on what may happen in the = future.

This information may also be useful to you in the event that the = immigration
doctors send back a bad report. You could then provide = evidence of your own
if you wish.

--=20 Good luck,

Berto Volpentesta, B.A. (Spec. Hons.), B.Ed. Member, OPIC Director, OPIC and
Education Committee Chairman

Sidhu & Volpentesta Inc. Serving people around the world since 1991

www.svcanada.com

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You are right medical questions are hard to answer. My only suggestion is to obtain a
report on your conditiion fomr yuor family physician and include it with the medicla
report done by the designated MD when you do your medical. The report shoud include
the usual, diagnosis , treatment and prognosis. This may save you some time.

Jim Metcalfe , Consultant and former visa officer


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Thank you for your replies.

I have a canadian fiancee, and we plan to marry soon as immigration is finalised. Surely government wouldn't stop us from being together in Canada, because of high BP?

Also, what use would a medical report from my own doctor be, when decision is made by medical examiner he maybe would think my report biased because it's from my own doctor?

Lastly, what if my own doctor would tell me, yes. It would be a burden. What future for me and my fiancee then?

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The bottom line is that yes, they could tell you you can't be together in Canada.

That said, there could be H&C (Humanitarian & compassionate) grounds that might be
sufficient to get in if refused.

Remember that any reports are going to be reviewed by doctors. They aren't going to
bias anything that would be so far biased that couldn't be seen through.

If your own doctor's report was that negative, you need to worry about your health
far more than moving to Canada!

I think you're in a try it and see scenario, and see where the cookies fall and deal
with them if they do. Predicting the medical outcome is just too difficult, unless
you said that you had ebola, or you were in an iron lung!

Stuart

Hi Brian, I too have high blood pressure and control it with medication. It did not
affect my medical report. I had my personal Doctor add a letter saying it had been
under control for "x" years with "x" medication. Haven't seen anyone else have a
problem getting passed due to this.

Good luck, Lynn http://www.julyfood.com/immigration

Brian wrote:

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