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Hello Roy & Sharon & friends,
I had discussed this question earlier but want your advice again as now I have to make a decision.
I applied with an AEO at the London office and my case began procession according to ECAS on 12th Feb 2009. I haven?t heard any thing from then yet after that.
As mentioned earlier, I am an obese person, my blood sugar levels are high and I have early diabetes as well as little high blood pressure. As of now I don?t have any other ailment and everything is just fine.
My doctor has advised me to go for the Weight loss surgery (Gastric bypass); he suggests that as I am young and my BMI (body mass index) is high I am a valid candidate for the surgery. He also suggests that the surgery is the only option left for me to loose weight and lead a healthy life ahead.
He suggests that however now I am ok, but in the near future I might be getting a lot of diseases due to my weight and the surgery is a necessity for me. It is an elective procedure.
He has suggested that with in 2 months of my surgery I will have reversed the diabetes and blood pressure and start losing weight and will become healthier. There are many cases to prove it, and I have done my research as well and am inclined towards getting it done.
However this immigration process and medicals I what is causing concern.
There are two scenarios.
1. I don?t do the surgery until immigration is completed. - In this case I will be a candidate with diabetes, and High Blood pressure (both mild) and a very high BMI.
2. I do the surgery before the medicals are requested. - I will be a candidate with no or very less diabetes and normal or very mildly high blood pressure, lesser BMI and on track to a healthier life. But will have gone through a MAJOR SURGERY.
I need your advice which of these scenarios is better for immigration.
Will having a major surgery done Jeopardize my chances for immigrating to Canada?
Would I be a better candidate for immigration in the 1st or the 2nd scenario?
I wouldn´t mind waiting until the medical if my current condition is not a problem , but the time line as we all know for the process is very uncertain.
Please friends and seniors I need your expert opinion on this, as immigration to me is as important as my health and vice-versa.
Waiting for your advice.
Thanks and best regards.
Kash.
[12-05-2009,12:53]
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kash |
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(in reply to: medical related query-Roy, Sharon Please advise)
Dear Kask This might be of some help.
Excessive Demand Threshold
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) outline the health inadmissibilities for immigration to Canada. Paragraph 38(1 )(c) of IRPA states that: "A foreign national is inadmissible on health grounds if their health condition might reasonably be expected to cause excessive demand on health or social services." Subsection 1(1) of the IRPR defines excessive demand, health services and social services.
Each applicant is assessed on an individual basis. When determining whether an individual is likely to cause an excessive demand, a medical officer employed by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) compares the costs of anticipated publicly funded health or social services for that individual against the Canadian per capita average over a period of five consecutive years from the date of the person´s most recent immigration medical examination. However, in cases where there is evidence that significant costs are likely to be incurred beyond that period, the period is no more than 10 consecutive years.
The officer also assesses whether the anticipated health or social services requirements would add to existing waiting lists, and would increase mortality or morbidity in Canadian citizens or permanent residents as a result of the prevention or delay of the provision of those services.
The combined average per capita cost of health and social services in Canada is the "excessive demand cost threshold." When calculating whether a person exceeds this threshold, the CIC medical officer multiplies the average Canadian per capita health and social services costs by the number of years used for the medical assessment window of the individual applicant.
To calculate the dollar amount of the health services component of the excessive demand cost threshold, CIC uses the Canadian Institute for Health Information´s (CIHI) figure on per capita costs for health services. CIHI updates this information annually and publishes it in their document "Health Care in Canada," available on their website at www.cihi.ca.
The CIHI figure is under-inclusive as per the definition of excessive demand in the IRPR as it does not fully capture the per capita costs of publicly-funded social services. Social services are included under excessive demand because they represent an important component in the management of certain health conditions.
The IRPR defines "social services" as:
any social services, such as home care, specialized residence and residential services, special education services, social and vocational rehabilitation services, personal support services and the provision of devices related to those services that are intended to assist a person in functioning physically, emotionally, socially, psychologically or vocationally; and for which the majority of the funding, including funding that provides direct or indirect financial support to an assisted person, is contributed by governments, either directly or through publicly-funded agencies.
To calculate the dollar amount of the social services component of the excessive demand cost threshold that is not captured in the CIHI figure, CIC has used information from Statistics Canada, provincial governments, and the Canadian Home Care Association.
CIC´s Health Management Branch updated the excessive demand cost threshold effective December 1,2008 to comply with departmental legislation. The new cost threshold is $5,143 and replaces the previous threshold of $4,806 (from December 2007). This new threshold amount was calculated by adding the 2008 CIHI figure of $4,867 to the new amount for social services that was calculated as $276.
Roy
www.cvimmigration.com
[12-05-2009,13:25]
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Roy |
(in reply to: medical related query-Roy, Sharon Please advise)
do what is good for your health - regardless of what the situation is with CIC.
I would do the surgery now.
[12-05-2009,14:03]
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Sharon |
thanks (in reply to: medical related query-Roy, Sharon Please advise)
dear roy / sharon,
sorry for delay in acknowledging in your replies.
Thanks a million for your advice.
i too fell i should get the surgery done as it is good for my health and i am sure by the time my medical requests arrive i will be a better candidate with better health factors.... as i am sure it might will be a few months before my medical requests as it has just been 3 months since my application with and AEO at london.
thanks a lot again,
best regards,
kash.
[14-05-2009,14:40]
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Anonymous |
(in reply to: medical related query-Roy, Sharon Please advise)
Hi Roy,Sharon and friends,
My family has an ongoing immigration application in canada.But just recently, I feel from a bicycle and mri results showed a disc bulging on L5-S1.I took some meds and underwent physical therapy sessions.My doctor said that the bulging will not disappear and as a precautionary measure, I should rrefrain from lifting heavy objects.And this caused me to worry.
Would this health condition affects our immigration chances?
What are the diseases/illness that are banned in canada?
Please shed light on these issues.Please find time to reply.ty
[16-05-2009,06:10]
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Marlene |
(in reply to: medical related query-Roy, Sharon Please advise)
my unscientific rule of thumb... if you can still work, and you are not contageous, and it won´t cause you to die in the next 5 years - things should be OK.
[16-05-2009,14:39]
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Sharon |
(in reply to: medical related query-Roy, Sharon Please advise)
Just wondering: may past conditions cause medical inadmissibility if they happened in canada and probably cost a lot of money to the provincial government? I used to have a temporary health problem that I cleared 7 months ago, but I had to see Canadian specialist doc for that,as that happened during my study in Canada
I am not sure how expensive my treatment was, is there any way to find out that I did not cross this threshold?
thanks!
[05-04-2010,03:50]
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kitty |
medical hearing loss 70 desible (in reply to: medical related query-Roy, Sharon Please advise)
hi,ihave a question that my 4 month old baby is having 70 desible hearing loss as doctor said with hearing machine she is fine with hearing and speking so is there any effect on visa grant beacause of my baby hearing loss in medical test please reply
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raj |
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