April 16, 2018 – Canada's immigration department has announced changes to its medical inadmissibility policy expected to eliminate the vast majority of cases where candidates are rejected on medical grounds.
The new policy will see the cost threshold for medical inadmissibility tripled. In 2017 the cost threshold was $6,655 per year and $33,275 over 5 years. Under the tripled threshold, applicants with conditions requiring publicly funded prescription drugs such as HIV would become admissible.
A second change will see the definition of social services amended to remove references to special education, social and vocational rehabilitation and personal support services. This change would mean that most people with disabilities would no longer be inadmissible.
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