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The Canadian government has extended its temporary policy that exempts some Canada-based foreign nationals from having to take an additional medical exam as part of their permanent residence application.
The exemption will remain in place until March. 31, 2022, and will apply to:
Additional Information: A foreign national’s family members who live in Canada may be eligible for the medical exam exemption if they meet the aforementioned criteria. A list of countries requiring an immigration medical exam is available here.
BAL Analysis: The exemption intends to streamline application processing for low-risk in-Canada applicants and helps the Canadian government process as many applications as possible this year to meet its targets that were not met in 2020 and 2021.
This alert has been provided by the BAL Global Practice group. For additional information, please contact berryapplemanleiden@bal.com.
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