An applicant who did a medical exam in 2021 for a student visa attached that same (expired) medical via webform to their non-Express Entry Federal PR application, citing a temporary policy that allowed medicals up to 5 years old to remain valid for PR. They then received a formal medical request in their GCKey account and asked whether they still needed to redo it.
What the thread advised:- If IRCC sends you an explicit medical request, complete it — a formal request supersedes any earlier document you submitted informally via webform.
- The temporary policy allowing older medicals is no longer in effect, according to members, so relying on the previously-submitted expired medical isn't a safe assumption anymore.
- When in doubt about a formal document request, following it is safer than trying to argue a previous submission should count.
The practical takeaway: a formal medical request from IRCC should be actioned even if you already provided an older medical exam through another channel — don't assume a temporary COVID-era policy still applies without confirming its current status.