Karen Talosig is confused if immigration officials have already made up their minds to reject her deaf daughter — who they found to be “medically inadmissible” to Canada — but are keeping their decision secret due to public pressure.

The Filipino caregiver has been religiously checking the status of her permanent residence application on Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s website; the latest posting that a decision has already been rendered. Yet, the family has not received any notification.

Then on Wednesday, Talosig received an email from the Canadian visa post in Manila informing her that her file was still under review.

“No one seems to know where the official notice to me and my daughter is or has gone, or when it went out,” Talosig said in an interview from Vancouver. “I would appreciate they can understand the urgency of this matter.”

A registered nurse in the Philippines, Talosig, 38, came to Canada in 2007 under the then live-in caregiver program. In 2010, she submitted her application for permanent resident status after fulfilling the required employment hours.

After waiting for five years, she recently received a letter from the immigration department informing her that her 14-year-old daughter Jazmine has been determined to be inadmissible to Canada because officials speculated that her deafness could cost Canadians $91,500 for health-related services over five years.

Neither Immigration Minister Chris Alexander’s office nor his ministry would comment on the case, but told the Star there was no final decision and Talosig has been given 60 days to respond to Jazmine’s inadmissibility decision.

While the immigration law stipulates medical inadmissibility does not apply to the foreign spouse or child of a Canadian sponsor, the exemption does not apply to the children of live-in caregivers because applicants such as Talosig are neither Canadian citizens nor permanent residents.