Immigration Medical Exam in Brampton: What Peel Region Applicants Should Know

If you live in Brampton, Mississauga, Caledon or anywhere in the west GTA, you can complete your IRCC immigration medical exam right here in Peel Region — there is no requirement to travel into downtown Toronto. IRCC allows you to choose a panel physician anywhere in the world, even in a different country from where you live, which means you are free to pick the clinic that is most convenient for you. Complete Immigration Medical Centre is an IRCC-authorized panel physician clinic located at 36 Vodden Street East, Unit 203, Brampton, and you can book your exam online.

This article is general information only, not legal or medical advice. Always confirm current requirements on the official Government of Canada pages linked at the end.

Who can do your immigration medical exam

Not every doctor can perform this exam. Only a doctor approved by IRCC can do the immigration medical exam, and this doctor is known as a panel physician. You cannot use your family doctor if their name is not on IRCC's list.

One important thing to understand: the panel physician does not make the final decision about your medical exam — IRCC makes that decision. The clinic's role is to complete the examination and required tests accurately and send everything to IRCC.

Why Brampton and Peel applicants don't need to go to Toronto

Because IRCC lets you choose any panel physician, the practical question becomes: where is the visit easiest? For most people in Brampton, Mississauga, Caledon, Georgetown and the surrounding west GTA, staying local saves a long drive, downtown traffic and paid parking.

Here is what the visit looks like at our Brampton clinic:

Everything in one building. Blood testing is done at the clinic, and there is an X-ray clinic in the same building — so every test required for your exam is completed in one location, with same-day on-site testing.
Appointments and walk-ins. You can book an appointment online, and walk-ins are also welcome.
Free parking for patients.
Easy to reach. The clinic is close to Highways 410, 401 and 407, and about a 10-minute walk from the Brampton GO station. See our directions page for details.
Service in English, Hindi and Punjabi, so you can ask questions in the language you are most comfortable with.
eMedical paperless processing, so your results go to IRCC electronically.

Fees vary between panel physicians — as IRCC notes, you must pay for the medical exam, and the cost can differ from one doctor to another. Our current fees are listed on the prices page.

Who needs the exam

Panel physician exams are required across many application types. If you apply for permanent residence, you must have an immigration medical exam, and your family members must also have a medical exam even if they're not coming with you. Visitors staying more than six months, students, workers in certain jobs, and super visa applicants may also need one. For temporary residence, you should get your medical exam before you apply — this is called an upfront medical exam — and you can get one if you apply to visit (including the parent and grandparent super visa), work or study by contacting a panel physician directly.

Express Entry applicants should note the timing rule: if you're applying under Express Entry, you must get a medical exam after you receive your invitation to apply, but before you apply — this is called an upfront medical exam.

Our Brampton clinic performs immigration medical exams for permanent residence, visitor, student, worker and refugee applications.

What to bring to your Brampton appointment

Based on IRCC's instructions, bring:

Proper identification — IRCC strongly recommends you bring your passport as your identification document
Eye glasses or contact lenses if you wear them, any medical reports or test results you have for previous or existing medical conditions, and a list of your current medications
The Medical Report form (IMM 1017E or IMM 1020E) if you are not getting an upfront medical exam — IRCC sends you this form
Proof of past vaccinations if you have it — IRCC encourages you to bring any proof of previous vaccinations, though the proof of vaccination is not mandatory

Four recent photographs are only needed if the panel physician doesn't use eMedical. Our clinic uses eMedical, so photographs are not required here. For a fuller checklist, see our guide on how to prepare for your immigration medical exam.

What happens during the exam

The exam itself is straightforward. You'll undergo a physical exam during which the panel physician or clinic staff will weigh you, measure your height, check your hearing and vision, listen to your heart and lungs, feel your abdomen, check how your limbs move and look at your skin. Depending on your age and application type, laboratory tests and a chest X-ray may also be required — and because our blood testing is on site and the X-ray clinic is in the same building, you can usually complete everything in a single visit.

After the exam, results are transmitted to IRCC through eMedical. If you had your medical exam after submitting your application, you don't need to send IRCC anything. If you had an upfront exam, the clinic gives you a confirmation document to include with your application.

How long your results stay valid

Plan your timing carefully. Your medical exam results are valid for 12 months, and if you don't come to Canada as a permanent resident within that time, you may need to have another exam. The same 12-month rule applies to visitor, student and worker exams.

Book your exam in Brampton

If you're anywhere in Peel Region or the west GTA, you can complete your entire immigration medical exam — consultation, blood work and chest X-ray — in one Brampton location, with free parking and service in English, Hindi and Punjabi.

Book your immigration medical exam online, or walk in during clinic hours. For questions, visit our contact page or call (905) 459-2700.