JonnyP Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Thanks everyone who has given me information to help with this visa. I know it has taken a bloody long time but it is worth waiting for. Digger - Your help has been GREAT. You introduced me to this forum and without it i would be as lost ...../edit (moderator)>[/b] Scouse - Your an STAR, thanks for sharing your knowledge. Keep it up. (What PO BOX should i send the cheque to ?? ) but i would like to ask a question for anyone who has been successful on gettin there fiancee's over to england. i originally thaught that i would have to arrange health insurance for my fiancee, but after talking with a welsh man at the embassy who had done this before, he convinced me that she will have free health care as i pay national insurance. My next step if this is true is to get her enlisted at my doctors incase she gets sick but am unsure what i have to get before i can do this. Obviously she has no NI number before we marry but what do i need to do to enlist her at my GP. Any help would be FANTASTIC. And again thanks to everybody who has helped u become this happy. If only you could see the smile on her face . Kind Regards Jonny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 If she is on the residency visa she will receive a letter a couple of weeks after arriving inviting her to register with a local GP. Take that along to your GP surgery & depending how good they are she will be registered & asked if she wants to have a well women check for free. Just as an aside, you may want to get her some lung xrays done (to prove she doesn't have TB) in Bangkok otherwise she will have to have them done on arrival in the UK at the airport & when we arrived after a 20hr flight it was a 2hr delay & my family, waiting for us, had to hang around heathrow in the freezing cold A lot of people from SA & AUS had already got these done in their home countries & were rushed through so didn't have to queue & deal with the rude staff at the med clinic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GU22 Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 The medical on arrival is a random check, some people are pulled over, some are not. If you have a chest X-ray you may still be sent to the medical centre so the doctor can look at it. A vaccination certificate is better. Boo, you have my sympathies. The same thing happened when my wife arrived for the first time. After a near 3 hour wait we finally saw the doctor. She took one look at the vaccination scar on my wife's arm, asked if we had a permanent address and then sent us on our way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyP Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 she is only on a fiancee visa to marry and i have recieved nothing in the post. SORRY FOR MY LANGUAGE ADMIN..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshchris Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 How common is it that Thais get pulled over for the Lung xrays? would they accept a xray your brought with you, could be anyone couldnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonman Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Everyone arriving in UK to take up residence were given lung x-rays when my wife arrived for first time.Only took 10 minutes,guess we were lucky.She was not asked about vaccinations until she registered with my GP.Went to get her registered next day so don't know if she would have received a letter. They didn't ask for any documentation in doctor's regarding her marital or immigration status.They also gave her a full check up and various vaccinations all free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the scouser Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Everyone arriving on a settlement visa should be seen by the port medical inspector but a lot of the time the immigration officers can't be bothered, especially if they know that the doctor will have to be called in. As she hold a fiancé(e) visa your wife-to-be is entitled to NHS treatment. If she sees the doctor at the airport then, as Boo says, she will receive a letter shortly afterwards inviting her to register with a doctor. If she doesn't, then you can contact any GP and see if they've got space on their books. Cheers, Scouse. PS Don't just send the cheque to "Scouse, Liverpool" as there are 400,000 of us up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I think for fiancee or visitors visa then the health check isn't compulsory (???) but for residency the TB check is. They request anyone of any nationality coming to stay here for an extended period of time to have this TB check now but on VV they will just spot check the people coming through the immigration. All I know is the people coming with the xrays already done were being cleared through much quicker than the ones that didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyP Posted February 24, 2005 Author Share Posted February 24, 2005 Wicked. i will give em a ring tonight. Cheers Guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive sorts Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Hi Guys If I understand it correctly, if GF arrives in UK with Fiancee visa it is advisable for her to have a lung X-ray for TB beforehand in Thailand ? Thank you Regards Clive Sorts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GU22 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 (edited) Or a vaccination certificate. From UK Visas"The Rules state that any person who intends to remain in the UK for more than 6 months should normally be referred for a medical examination." Obviously, although a fiancé visa is only for 6 months, the holder intends to stay for longer. It does seem to be done randomly. From the many conversations I have had it seems to happen far more frequently at Heathrow than at a provincial airport. Manchester seems to have the least chance of this happening. However, this is based only on anecdotal evidence and so is not to be relied upon. I cannot speak for other countries, but I have NEVER known anyone to be informed by the Bangkok embassy about the possibility of this health check. Why don't they tell people and advise them to get a vaccination certificate or x-ray before leaving Thailand? Edited February 24, 2005 by GU22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive sorts Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 GU22 Do you mean a vaccination certificate for TB ? Regards Clive Sorts Or a vaccination certificate.Any person ariving in the UK for a stay in excess of 6 months is liable to this health check, but it does seem to be done randomly. From the many conversations I have had it seems to happen far more frequently at Heathrow than at a provincial airport. Manchester sems to have the least chance of this happening. However, this is based only on anecdotal evidence and so is not to be relied upon. I cannot speak for other countries, but I have NEVER known anyone to be informed by the Bangkok embassy about the possibility of this health check. Why don't they tell people and advise them to get a vaccination certificate or x-ray before leaving Thailand? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GU22 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Sorry, Clive, you posted whilst I was editing! Yes, I mean a vaccination certificate for TB. But watch this space, the Tories are proposing even tougher medical checks should they win the election! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive sorts Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 OK thanks GU22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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