{"id":1996,"date":"2024-09-14T17:17:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T17:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration-services.org\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2024-09-14T17:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T17:17:11","slug":"ircc-updates-country-list-for-required-medical-examinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration-services.org\/?p=1996","title":{"rendered":"IRCC updates country list for required medical examinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/images\/_1200x630_crop_center-center_82_none\/medical-evaluation.jpg?mtime=1656366274\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Medical evaluation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/images\/_newsThumbnail\/medical-evaluation.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Medical evaluation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/images\/_newsThumbnail\/medical-evaluation.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Government of Canada has updated its list of countries for which an immigration medical examination is required in order to apply for a temporary resident visa.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on an individual&#8217;s country of residence at the time of the application and the duration of his or her intended temporary stay in Canada, a medical examination, or IME, may be required before that individual is granted entry to Canada. Not all temporary residents in Canada, or persons intending to come to Canada on a temporary basis, need to undergo an IME, but some do.<\/p>\n<p>An IME is now required for residents of Tunisia, Singapore, Fiji and Timor-Leste.<\/p>\n<p>The update also removed\u00a0IME requirements for the following countries: Argentina, Bahrain, Belize, Colombia, French collectivity of Wallis and Futuna, Portugal, Seychelles, Surinam, Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>The changes\u00a0came into effect Nov. 23, 2017, and affect the following people:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Temporary resident agricultural workers coming to Canada from the designated countries and territories outlined in the list.<\/li>\n<li>Those who apply to visit Canada for longer than six months.<\/li>\n<li>Those who, in the 1-year period before they seek entry to Canada or apply for a visa or permit, have spent more than six consecutive months in a country for which an IME is required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For temporary resident visa applications submitted before Nov. 23, 2017, from countries for which an IME is no longer required, IRCC says the following applies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No IME is required\u00a0if the IME has not been started.<\/li>\n<li>An\u00a0IME is required\u00a0if the IME has been started.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For applications submitted before November\u00a023, 2017,\u00a0from residents of Singapore, Tunisia or Fiji, IRCC says no IME is required.<\/p>\n<h5><em>For more information on Immigration medical examinations, see our\u00a0Visiting Canada: Find out if you need a medical exam\u00a0page.<\/em><\/h5>\n<p> Please visit:  <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/teo-bg.com\/en\/tractors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Our Sponsor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Canada has updated its list of countries for which an immigration medical examination is required in order to apply for a temporary resident visa.Depending on an individual&#8217;s country of residence at the time of the application and the duration of his or her intended temporary stay in Canada, a medical examination, or&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immigration-services-at-one-place"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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