Ottawa: Canada’s immigration department is renewing a temporary medical exam exemption on some foreign nationals who are applying for immigration.
According to the information, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is extending the already-existing medical exam exemption on immigration candidates applying from inside Canada until March 31, 2022. Originally, the public policy came into effect in June and was set to expire on December 28.
When foreign nationals apply for permanent residence, they must provide an immigration medical exam or a unique medical identifier number from their previous exam and they have to meet following criteria:
-they have applied for permanent residency and have not completed a new immigration medical exam;
-the have completed a medical exam within the last five years and were found to pose no risk to public health or safety, or complied with a requirement to report to health authorities for monitoring; and
-they have not left Canada for more than six months in the last year to live in a country that is on the federal government’s list of countries requiring an immigration medical exam.