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Immigration Forum / Australia and NZ / March 2005Medical and Police check for Spouse Visa
I'm currently filling out form 47SP. I'm a bit unsure about the medical and Police checks. Can I go to my GP and have him do a medical check on me? Do I need a form to take to whoever does the test? If there's no form to take, what do I ask the Doctor for? After reading form 47P I asked my local Police (Cheshire) for a 'Police clearance certificates'. They say they don't do them. They gave me a 'Subject Acccess' form instead. I'd really like to front-load the 47SP. Are there any tips for front-oading it? Thanks, Ian > I'm currently filling out form 47SP. I'm a bit unsure about the > medical and Police checks. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Ian Hi I was from Cheshire too, the Subject Access form is the right one. You should have to get it counter-signed by a teacher/policeman etc, then send that, your proof of ID (I used a bank statment) and your tenner off to the address and you'll get your PCC PDQ:) For my medical I went to Dr Million in Manchester. Just call up and tell them you want an Aussie medical, they'll book you in for the medical and xray at the same time. Mine took under an hour and was completely painless. You need to take some passport photos, and the completed forms... You use to be able to email off for the forms, but it seems to have changed. All the info you need now is here http://www.australia.org.uk/vti/HTML/medical.html You MUST use a doctor off this list, http://www.australia.org.uk/vti/FORMS/DOCTORS.PDF such as Dr Million. To front load, you need to send EVERYTHING in at once. If for any reason you can't send your passport (need it for travel etc) then mention this in a covering letter. Also, now is a good time to renew your passport if you only have a year or so left on it. You'll get 9months of unused time back, but its a lot easier to do this now, than when you're in Australia and also get your visa put into another passport. HTH - ask if you have any more questions :) > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > HTH - ask if you have any more questions :) Didn't put hubby's passport in with his application as I assumed they asked for it later once they'd granted the visa so didn't explain either -thought it was a bit presumptuous to just send it off and am paranoid they might keep it too long as he will be needing it soon but I assume they will just ask for it to put the label in? > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > HTH - ask if you have any more questions :) I wanted to frontload my spouse application too, but the local approved doctors (I'm in Surrey, but asked around London too) all said they were not allowed to give me the sealed medical forms/xray to submit with my forms - I had to submit the application and THEN they would send the medical info direct to Australia House!! Said this was the only way Immigrations would work!?! Interesting info about sending passport - had not thought I needed to do that, and would have waited until asked. Good tip - thanks > I wanted to frontload my spouse application too, but the local > approved doctors (I'm in Surrey, but asked around London too) all said [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Interesting info about sending passport - had not thought I needed to > do that, and would have waited until asked. Good tip - thanks We got the police check (subject access) in advance, and will send it with the application this week. Hubby took his medical a few weeks ago. Some doctors will hold on to your medicals until you tell them to submit them to the HC. Ours was meant to do that but accidentally sent them to the HC early! I emailed the HC, and they acknowledged receipt, and said they will match them up with the application when it arrives. We are also sending his passport with the app-presumptious I know, but many people seem to do it. It just makes the process a little bit quicker. I can't wait to get home to Oz, so every day counts! > I wanted to frontload my spouse application too, but the local > approved doctors (I'm in Surrey, but asked around London too) all said [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Interesting info about sending passport - had not thought I needed to > do that, and would have waited until asked. Good tip - thanks I had my medical done at the Heathrow medical centre on the list of Panel Doctors and they let me take the medical forms home with me to send of myself. I too didnt send my passport with my application, didnt even think about that one to be honest. Anyway turns out that there was no big rush for us as we got our visas last summer and still here trying to sell our house. (would do a frown but seem to have lost the ability to add smillies, maybe I have used up my quota) Thanks very much for all your advice. It cleared things up a bit for me. I'm going to send off the Subject Access form to Cheshire Police this week. I have a question though, and it's to do with the medical. I read the first link that you gave and noticed something at the bottom: "medical and radiological forms Persons applying in London can download their medical forms and present a printed copy to the panel radiologist/ doctor. All other persons should await instructions from the office where there application is lodged." It seems like it's saying that if you live in London, you can just download these forms, take them to the Doc's and he/she will do the rest. If you don't live in London however, you have to wait till we have your application and we'll tell you which Doctor to see. Am I wrong? hmmmm, it's got me scratching my head. Thanks, Ian : > I'm currently filling out form 47SP. I'm a bit unsure about the : > medical and Police checks. [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] : : HTH - ask if you have any more questions :) > Thanks very much for all your advice. It cleared things up a bit for > me. I'm going to send off the Subject Access form to Cheshire [quoted text clipped - 84 lines] > : -- > : Posted via http://britishexpats.com This is my guess...I think it might be because they only process certain categories of visa in London, e.g. spouse visa. As this type of visa is very quick to process it is ok to download forms and get your meds in advance. Other visas e.g. skilled take a lot longer to process so you are meant to wait until you're sent the med forms by the HC - this would ensure your med is still valid when you submit it, and also that you have used the most up-to-date form. > This is my guess...I think it might be because they only process > certain categories of visa in London, e.g. spouse visa. As this type [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the HC - this would ensure your med is still valid when you submit it, > and also that you have used the most up-to-date form. Britishaussie - I didnt send my passport off either, I got a letter saying visa was granted on the Saturday. Sent my passport off on the Monday and had it back by the Thursday, no probs :) Floss - My doctors in Manchester wouldn't allow me to have my medicals either. All you do is one of two things- Ask your doc's to hold on to them, then when you have a case number give the Doc's that and then they can send them to London. Or, send them off at the same time as your application, but mention in a covering letter what you've done. Ian - I think what Briz-chick has said is right; you are applying to London AHC (as opposed to Australia where a lot of the skilled visas are sent to). You use to just email the AHC for the forms and they sent them out to you, I think one of the agents mentioned on here recently that it was all going to be done electronically to make things a bit quicker. > Thanks very much for all your advice. It cleared things up a bit for > me. I'm going to send off the Subject Access form to Cheshire [quoted text clipped - 84 lines] > : -- > : Posted via http://britishexpats.com No, it's not if you live in London it's if you are applying to AHC. You used to e-mail AHC and they sent the forms to you. Now, if you are applying for a spouse visa (to AHC) you can download them and take them with you to your panel doctor. When I had mine done in October, there was space for where you wanted the doctor to send the meds to after the bloods came back - mine were sent back to me to frontload with everything else, including passport. Now the doctor has to send them to AHC and you send everything else. It will all get put together again when AHC receive it. For anyone not going for the spouse visa please ignore the above. > No, it's not if you live in London it's if you are applying to AHC. > You used to e-mail AHC and they sent the forms to you. Now, if you [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > For anyone not going for the spouse visa please ignore the above. Does this really work without hiccups - you sending your application and all those certified copies of your life, and the doctor sending off your medical, and hoping the two meet in the middle?!? SCARY [I seem to have lost my scary face too... is this a trend?] > Does this really work without hiccups - you sending your application > and all those certified copies of your life, and the doctor sending > off your medical, and hoping the two meet in the middle?!? SCARY [I > seem to have lost my scary face too... is this a trend?] Yes, AHC obviously don't get quite so many applications as Adelaide, Sydney etc. The bloods get back to the doctor about a week after the med, they should ring you to say they are ok (you could ask them to) and send everything off Special Delivery then, AHC will have no problem linking the two packages up. In your table of contents you could mention that meds are coming from X doctor in X town. The reason you can't add smilies is that they are not available on this forum. They are all sitting on the lifestyle site. Relax. you only do this once but AHC do it hundreds of times;) (although that would mean that the odd mistake will happen) ;) |
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