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Visiting Canada
Medical Examination Requirements for Visitors (Tourists,
Students and Temporary Foreign Workers)
TOURISTS
Duration of Visit to Canada |
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Less than six months:
Generally, no medical examination is required.
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Greater than six months:
A medical examination is required if an applicant has resided or
sojourned for six or more consecutive months in a designated country/territory
in the one year immediately preceding the date of seeking entry
to Canada. Please see the Designated Country/Territory
List to determine if a country/territory is designated. A country/territory
is designated if there is a “YES” in the column entitled
“Designated” in the Designated Country/Territory List.
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Authorized Doctors
Your own doctor cannot do the medical examination. You must see a physician
on Canada’s list of Designated
Medical Practitioners.
STUDENTS
Duration of Visit to Canada |
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Less than six months:
Generally, no medical examination is required.
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Greater than six months:
A medical examination is required if an applicant has resided or
sojourned for six or more consecutive months in a designated country/territory
in the one year immediately preceding the date of seeking entry
to Canada. Please see the Designated Country/Territory
List to determine if a country/territory is designated. A country/territory
is designated if there is a “YES” in the column entitled
“Designated” in the Designated Country/Territory List.
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Authorized Doctors
Your own doctor cannot do the medical examination. You must see a physician
on Canada’s list of Designated
Medical Practitioners.
TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKERS
Duration of Visit to Canada |
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Less than six months:
Generally, no medical examination is required. However, a medical
examination is required if an applicant is to work in an occupation
in which protection of public health is essential. Please see Occupational
Basis for Medical Examination of Temporary Foreign Workers for
more information.
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Greater than six months:
A medical examination is required if an applicant has resided or
sojourned for six or more consecutive months in a designated country/territory
in the one year immediately preceding the date of seeking entry
to Canada or an applicant is to work in an occupation in which protection
of public health is essential (see point below). Please see the
Designated Country/Territory List to determine
if a country/territory is designated. A country/territory is designated
if there is a “YES” in the column entitled “Designated”
in the Designated Country/Territory List.
A medical examination is required if an applicant is to work in
an occupation in which protection of public health is essential.
Please see Occupational Basis for Medical
Examination of Temporary Foreign Workers for more information.
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Authorized Doctors
Your own doctor cannot do the medical examination. You must see a physician
on Canada’s list of Designated
Medical Practitioners.
NOTE:
If you are uncertain about whether you require an immigration medical
examination, you can contact the Canadian
visa office where you are making an application, for clarification.
If
you do require a medical examination, the visa office will provide
you with instructions and a form with your assigned file number before you
see a designated medical practitioner.
OCCUPATIONAL BASIS FOR MEDICAL
EXAMINATION OF TEMPORARY
FOREIGN WORKERS
Depending on their intended occupation while in Canada, certain temporary
foreign workers are required to undergo medical examination regardless
of their intended duration of stay. The following list provides examples
of such occupations. This list is not all-inclusive. Should you
have any questions about whether a medical examination is required, please
contact the visa/immigration office where you are making, or have made,
your application.
- Occupations which bring the incumbent into close contact (more than
three hours per day and/or risk of exchange of body fluids) with people,
namely:
- workers in the health sciences field, including staff and employees,
clinical laboratory workers, patient attendants in nursing and geriatric
homes, medical students admitted to Canada to attend university,
medical electives and physicians on short-term locums;
- teachers of primary or secondary schools or other teachers of
small children;
- domestics;
- workers who give in home care to children, the elderly and the
disabled; and
- day nursery employees.
- Agricultural workers from designated countries/territories. A country/territory
is designated if there is a “YES” in the column entitled
“Designated” in the Designated Country/Territory
List.
Authorized Doctors
Your own doctor cannot do the medical examination. You must see a physician
on Canada’s list of Designated
Medical Practitioners.
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