Visa Applicants No Longer Need To List HIV-AIDS Status

Published June 29, 2005

HIV-positive visitors to Canada are no longer required to disclose their medical status to get a temporary visa after health advocates argued there's no reason for the federal government to collect the highly sensitive information.

The move comes after a foreign businessman infected with HIV complained to health activists that a Canadian consular official demanded he provide detailed information about...

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