Medical Inadmissibility

You may be considered medically inadmissible to Canada if your medical situation poses a danger to the health and safety of Canada’s population or if your condition puts an excessive demand on health and social services.

Shory Law can help you in fighting to overcome medical inadmissibility with legal expertise and sound guidance.

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How Can You be Deemed Inadmissible to Canada for Medical and Health Grounds?

There are three major designations for the determination of medical inadmissibility, which follows as being a danger to public health, a danger to public safety, and incurring excessive demand on health and social services.

Danger to Public Health

During a medical exam, it may be discovered that you have an infection or disease. Depending on how that finding is transferable to the public, you may be deemed medically inadmissible. Examples of a danger to public health include untreated STDs, tuberculosis, and other transmittable diseases.

Danger to Public Safety

The difference between danger to public safety and public health in the case of medical inadmissibility regards how you can affect the public without transference. Examples include sociopathy, pedophilia, and other impulsive or dangerous medical disorders.

Excessive Demand

You may be deemed medically inadmissible due to your medical affliction being too burdening on the healthcare system of Canada. For this, there are two assessments:

• How your medical needs will affect current wait times for medical service
• If the service you require costs upwards of 3 times the Canadian per capita cost over 5 years

What Can Be Done Regarding a Medical Inadmissibility Due to Excessive Demand?

The decision can be mitigated if you can provide proof of the services you require, how you will pay for them, and evidence of your financial situation while living in Canada. Receiving an inadmissibility due to excessive demand can be overturned if you can prove funding for the medical procedures you require, relieving the financial burden on the healthcare system.

There may also be instances where you can request for an exemption from the inadmissibility for humanitarian and compassionate reasons pursuant to section 25 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.