I applied for my grandmother's visitor visa extension online.
After 3 weeks I get request for her medical and after 2 days I got the message that her extension has been approved for 6 months.
So now I am in dilemma should I go for her medical or it is not needed now?
Would this have any affect on her stay or in future if she visits me again?
I applied for my grandmother's visitor visa extension online.
After 3 weeks I get request for her medical and after 2 days I got the message that her extension has been approved for 6 months.
So now I am in dilemma should I go for her medical or it is not needed now?
Would this have any affect on her stay or in future if she visits me again?
I am 100% sure that medical examination is not needed. In my 4-5 yrs of dealing with CIC, I have come to a conclusion that sometimes CIC's decision does not make sense and they do make mistakes (they are human too).
In OP's case, grandmother has not lived outside Canada in last 6 months and this might have been realized later by the CIC officer and hence they approved the application.
BTW I have been interacting with CIC/IRCC since nearly 20 years. The rules do not change arbitrarily, nor do the rules change from applicant to applicant. All documents issued by IRCC makes sense with little/zero scope of human error.
Your statement is contradictory as the whole purpose of medical examination is focused on keeping infected people away from the Canadian soil which is automatically defeated by granting a travel authorization to land in Canada. @pav please submit a request to ask CIC if they still need medicals by using this link. I would love to know what explanation they have behind this: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/web-form.asp
If what you said is true then all TRV applicants would be required to go through medicals as part of the TRV process. Medicals are required for any visitor who is expected to stay more than 6 months or who will extend the stay beyond 6 months.
The OP's grandmother's extension will be cancelled if she does not give her medicals.
You may go through this forum for several such cases. In fact, this is a very common situation i.e. the approval/visitor record to come through first before the medicals are given.
Lol. The advise on this forum by the "experts" is not always correct. I have seen multiple errors on CIC's processing ranging from incorrect extension dates to requesting non relevant documents (ofcourse they correct when you provide an answer- not the document they requested).
I have received advise on this forum which was incorrect and CIC did exactly the opposite of what the members mentioned will happen.
Regardless, I only come to this forum to take from actual experience and not for expert advising.
