Medical Exam for Permanent Resident Applicants

You may be referred to a specialist for more testing, depending on the results of your medical exam. Complete this request as soon as possible to avoid delays in the processing of your medical examination.

COVID-19 vaccination

The panel physician may offer you a COVID-19 vaccine if it is available. Vaccination is completely voluntary and is not required as part of your exam.

If you receive the COVID-19 vaccine during your exam, the panel physician will record this if it is one of the vaccines authorized by Health Canada.

If you’ve already been vaccinated for COVID-19, even if you have only received 1 dose,

• bring proof of your vaccination to your exam
  • proof can be a paper copy or an electronic version
• if the vaccine you received is authorized by Health Canada, the panel physician will record your proof of vaccination with your exam
• keep a copy of the vaccination record given to you by the panel physician

Get more information on travel and COVID-19 vaccines:

• The facts about COVID-19 vaccines
• COVID-19: Travel, testing, quarantine and borders
• COVID-19: Who can travel to Canada

Right to have a chaperone

You have the right to a chaperone at any time during the medical exam.

You may:

• ask the medical clinic to have a staff member in the room
• stop the exam at any time to ask questions about what the doctor is doing
• stop the exam and ask for a chaperone, even if you refused one at first

If you have questions or feel uncomfortable with a part of the exam, please ask the panel physician to stop and tell them about your concerns.

After your exam is done

Once the exam is done, the physician will send us the results. The doctor will give you a document confirming that you had a medical exam. Keep this with you as proof of your medical exam.

If you’re unsatisfied with how the panel physician or panel radiologist did your medical exam, you may:

• complain using our Web form or
• contact the Client Support Centre

We welcome all compliments, comments or observations through our feedback form.

How to include your medical exam results with your application

If you had an upfront medical exam before sending in your application, then you must include a copy of the IMM 1017B Upfront Medical Report form with your application.

If the doctor works with eMedical, they’ll give you an information sheet print out to include with your application.

If you had your medical exam after submitting your application, you don’t need to send us anything.

How long your medical results are good for

Your medical exam results are valid for 12 months only. If you don’t come to Canada as a permanent resident within that time, you may need to have another exam.

Getting a copy of your medical exam

If you want a copy of your medical exam, please ask the doctor when you’re there.

Medical reports and x-rays for the medical exam become our property. We cannot return them to you.