[padma]

Hello All,

I am a NZ citizen and planning to sponsor my parents for NZ PR.
My parent meet all the requirements and I am an eligible sponsor as well.

My mother is 54 yrs old and suffers from Asthama and my father is 60 yrs old and suffers form Myasthenia Gravis(Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease). My parents take medications for these conditions but I am not sure of the implications if they declare these conditions in their Medical forms. Can these be grounds for rejection?

I am aware that Asthama is not a major illness but not sure about Myasthania gravis.

Does anyone here has experience with Immigrating with these medical conditions?? I would appreciate if you can share your story...

[JandM]

I don't have any information for you, but hello, and welcome to the forum.:)

[KatieBen]

I can't link to it properly but there's a thread in the list under "emigrate NZ community" titled "sponsoring parents" which has a lot of very useful info in it. Parents would appear to have to have the same medical clearance that anyone else does and if suffering from some medical conditions, would not get a medical waiver.


Appendix 10: Medical conditions deemed to impose significant costs and/or demands on New Zealand’s health and/or education services
HIV infection
Hepatitis B surface antigen positive, with abnormal liver function
Hepatitis C, RNA positive, with abnormal liver function
Malignancies of solid organs and haematopoietic tissue, including past history of, or currently under treatment
Exceptions are:
a) treated minor skin malignancies (not melanoma)
b) malignancies where the interval since treatment is such that the probability of cure is > 90%, e.g.: early stage (I & IIA) breast cancer at 5 years; low risk prostate cancer at 5 years; early stage (Dukes A & B1) colorectal cancer at 5 years; childhood leukaemia at 5 years
Solid organ transplants, excluding corneal grafts more than 6 months old
Chronic renal failure or progressive renal disorders
Diseases or disorders such as osteoarthritis with a high probability of arthroplasty in the next four years
Central Nervous System disease, including motor neurone disease, complex partial seizures, poorly controlled epilepsy, prion disease, Alzheimer’s and other dementia, and including paraplegia and quadriplegia
Cardiac disease including ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy or valve disease requiring surgical and/or other procedural intervention
Chronic obstructive respiratory disease with limited exercise tolerance and requiring oxygen
Genetic or congenital disorders: muscular dystrophies, cystic fibrosis, thalassaemia major, sickle cell anaemia if more than one sickle crisis in 4 years, severe haemophilia, and severe primary immunodeficiencies
Severe autoimmune disease, currently being treated with immuno-suppressants other than prednisone
In a person up to the age of 21 years, a severe (71-90 decibels) hearing loss or profound bilateral sensori-neural hearing loss
In a person up to the age of 21 years, a severe vision impairment with visual acuity of 6/36 or beyond after best possible correction, or a loss restricting the field of vision to 15-20 degrees
In a person up to the age of 21 years, a severe physical disability, where they are unable to stand and walk without support, and cannot independently dress, eat, hold a cup, or maintain their stability when sitting.

I would think that myasthenia would come under the severe autoimmune disease (depending on classification - if it's just a proximal muscle weakness you may be OK).

Asthma can be a major illness! However the only pulmonary problem on the list above is one requiring home oxygen or one which limits mobility, so assuming your mother is reasonably active for her age and her asthma is well controlled, she'll probably be OK.

Having said all that, I'm not qualified in immigration medicals! And I'm hoping for my sake that they let well controlled asthmatics in.