gibsonslanding

hi

does any one have any experience of applying for your pr status off the back of a pnp and the medicals being out of date..............

we are applying for our pr status now as we have pnp in place but we are going over on twp.....has anyone submitted thier pr application only to find that the medicals submitted, which are valid for 12months, are invalid as the 'they' have sat on the application and they have ran out of the 90 day limit......

gibsonslanding

has no one had any experience of this or advice for us? we've not been asked for medicals to be done, as we are going out on twp but are applying for pr status immediatley, as of now......our concern is, if we are applying now and the medicals are out of date by the time the pr application is looked at (pr medicals have to be current by 90 days, even though they are valid for 12 months)....will we have to re-do them? more money???? and can we get them done in canada?

someone out there in BE cyber land must have some advice, surley?

chumley

can answer part of your question yes you can do meds in canada

lof

i'm sorry, your post is confusing me a bit... i don't get the grasp of those medical questions....
the stations for pnp's ( in big brush strokes ) would be the following:


1. fullfill the provinces rules for a pnp application (they can differ greatly from province to province check their websites)
2. send pnp application to provincial office
3. get aor from pnp office
4. attend interview if applicable
5. your province nominates you
6. you get your nomination certificate and a lot of information about the further steps in the immigration process.

7aI. apply to your applicable visa post if you need a medical done for your job in healthcare or with other risk groups like the elderly or kids
7aII. get your medicals done on request from cic
7aIII. your visapost issues your acceptance lettre
7b. get a lmo-exempt wp with the supporting lettre from your provincial office (under r204c) of cic's fw-manual)
8. start working with your (sponsoring) canadian employer asap

9. submit your complete and watertight pr-application (i recommend to pay the rprf upfront whenever possible) to the visa post suggested by your pnp officer
10. get aor from cic
11. once your application is looked at and passed the initial assessment stage you receive your medical request / request for further info (if you didn't send conclusive information in the first attempt) from cic
12. get your pr medicals done (you normally have 90 (or sometimes 60) days from the date of the medical request lettre to do so)/ send info & rprf (if applicable)
13. if you passed all hurdles (see note) your cic officer issues ppr
14. send passport or get it stamped in person if / where applicable
15. get your pr-single entry visa and copr
16. land as a pr on initial arrival / flagpoling / at cic office in canada

17. if you provide them with a canadian address the io doing your landing procedure will send one sheet of the copr to cpc sidney ns who issues your pr-card in about 4 weeks
18. fulfill pr-obligations to maintain your status


notes

• you may skip 7. /8. if your personal circumstances don't suit that procedure
• people who don't need a medical or a trv can apply for their wp at poe - this is not without risk however (check the according wiki for more information]
• you can apply for the federal part as soon as you are nominated and have your paperwork together (no need to be in canada if you go route 7./8.) - nomination certificates are normally only valid for a certain time though, i.e. 6 months in bc, you must have sent your federal application in that timeframe
• there have been people on be who talked to their pnp officer because they wanted to have their pr-application sent to a different visa post they are equally eligible to apply to.
• some visa posts seem to send aor and medical requests in the same envelope lately
• medicals for twp and pr are in general not the same. having said that, iirc there have been cases where cic accepted them interchangeably - i wouln't count on that though
• medicals can be taken wherever you want - just keep in mind that if cic wants follow-up checks the have to be done by the same dmp who did the original examination, so it probably makes sense to do them locally
• in addition to the medical checks cic / govenrment agencies working for them has a look into your past, which takes its time - depending on the complexity of your life.
• ppr is only issued after you have paid your rprf (not paying that fee upfront might delay your application if cic needs to ask for it) and are considered medically and criminally admissible.
• you have 30 to 90 days (from the date of issuance of the ppr) time to submit your passports
• many visa posts offer in person passport stamping - the rules vary greatly from visa post to visa post. follow the specific instructions to avoid disappointment
• under certain circumstances people already working in canada can land at their local cic office instead of crossing the border aka flagpoling
• the validity of your pr visa expires 12 months after your initial pr medical exam meaning you must have landed (= activated your pr status) in that time frame or start from scratch
  

as i said that list is only from the top of my head, i might have forgotten something or remember things incorrectly, it's just meant as a general idea. remember every case is unique.

hope that helps a bit - if not, please try to put your questions in other words (or wait for somebody to come along who slept more last night and is therefore less tired than me and understands your questions the way you already wrote them down... )

good luck to you!

gibsonslanding

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