No more Upfront Medical Exams!

Changes have been made in the IRCC requirements for Express Entry applicants on October 1, 2023 allowing them to submit applications without a medical exam.

While this is good news for Express Entry for the applicants that receive an invitation to apply, it is important to understand what it means.

What is the new express entry medical update basically about? 

Effective from October 1, 2023 IRCC will no longer need Express Entry applicants & their family members to provide an upfront Immigration Medical Exam at time of submitting their application. 

As per the IRCC update, you will be prompted to attach proof of your upfront medical exam in your profile builder at the time of submitting your application after receiving an invitation to apply, but this is no longer required. 

What is an Immigration Medical Exam? 

You must undergo a medical exam in order to get the Canadian PR or a Temporary Residency.

This is to make sure that you are not medically inadmissible to Canada. A group of medical professionals with IRCC licenses lead an IME.

In Canada, there are two types of Immigration medical exams. An upfront immigration medical exam that is different from a standard immigration medical exam.

For those that do not have an application in the medical system an upfront medical exam is recommended.

Once receiving an IME letter, you typically visit a panel physician for a medical exam.

Panel doctors may occasionally perform an examination without an IME letter: Consequently, an upfront medical checkup essentially consists of this.