Syed Khan – January 13, 2022
Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, Ottawa Immigration has proposed to raise the upper limit on medical and social costs for foreign nationals, and prevent them from getting their permanent residency if their anticipated costs unduly put a burden on the country’s healthcare and social service facilities.
In 2020, the cost threshold was $21,798, in 2021, it was raised to $24,057 which is almost three times the cost it takes for a Canadian to get healthcare and social services.
Under the new proposal, announced on January 4th, immigration officers can prevent immigrant candidates from getting their PR if the anticipated costs due to them are more than a Canadian.
The federal government has said that they are implementing a cost threshold policy to prevent the country’s healthcare and social service system from being overburdened which may adversely affect the well-being of Canadians. The higher the cost threshold for excessive demand, the more foreign nationals with lesser medical needs can be accommodated.
The following can be considered as needs of social services and healthcare:
- home care by a nurse, physiotherapist, respiratory therapist, etc.
- residential facilities, including long-term care and substance abuse services
- psychological counseling or therapy
- psychiatric services
- chemotherapy and radiotherapy
- dialysis
- palliative care
- medical aids
- appliances and prostheses
- physician services
- nursing services
- laboratory and diagnostic services
- pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical services
- hospital services
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