An applicant who had TB as a teenager (fully treated) received a medical surveillance notice from public health authorities while their Express Entry application (post-ITA) was still awaiting PCC submission, and worried it signaled an eligibility problem.
What group members advised:- A past, resolved TB history triggering surveillance notices is a routine follow-up, not a red flag. Members reassured that this is not, by itself, an issue and that the applicant should continue with the application as planned.
- If you're inland (already in Canada) and receive this notice, contact the provincial TB surveillance department and the physician who conducted your immigration medical exam — they will advise on any next steps required on the public-health side, separate from your IRCC file.
The practical takeaway: treat a TB medical surveillance notice as a public-health administrative process to follow up on with the relevant provincial authority and your examining physician, while continuing to move forward with your PR application in parallel.