Where in the Uk are you?. When we had ours done we chose a centre that had radiology facilities and panel doctors in the same place, so everything done at the same time no need to go back and forth
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Chrissy
Chrissy ( nurse) ,Simon (Health care assitant), Josh 6 years and Sam (20 months)
457 lodged on line 9th November 07
Meds 22nd November 07
Case officer assigned 27th November 2007
Meds sent 10th December 07
Meds recieved at LCU 13th December 2007
OH and Sam meds finalised 17th December 2007
Mine and Josh's meds finalised 22nd December
Visa Approved 02/01/2008
:) hi all just wondering if anyone can confirm what i been told
a friend of a friend (yeh you know the type) has told me that i must go and have xrays done before the medical? i have not heard this before
does it really matter which is done first? not booked them yet but hoping to once i know which way round if any
big thanks in advance
When you book your meds try and get a panel doctor that does x-rays aswell then meds, x rays and bloods can go off together. Send by a courier then you can track them and you know they are there safe and sound.
i did my meds in bournemouth at the poole road medical centre. they wanted me to have the x rays done first - which i did at the nuffield the week before. the poole road med ctr then forwarded all of the forms, bloods, etc using the courier service they have. it worked really well. let's just wait and see how they get on at the other end!
I don't think there is any hard & fast rule that says the x-rays MUST be done first. I think it is morethe case that Panel Doctors tend to encourage it so that the PD will have seen the x-ray plates by the time you see him. That enables him to confirm that the x-rays are clear, which helps to reassure the visa-applicants, obviously.
We applied online and had to travel to Manchester as they were our nearest med doctors who offer the online facility. Everything was done in the same building but we actually had our medicals done first and then went into another room and had our x.rays done! Both results were sent off together the next day! I guess it depends on whether you have to go somewhere else for the xrays, not all med doctors have xray facilities. So may prefer for you to have them done first. I guess the safest option is to to telephone the one you choose and ask them.
TRA sent 25/10/07
Start University of Western Sydney on 25th february. 2008
Acknowledged 29/10/07
Everyones medicals finalised except mine. Specialists medical report for me sent 07/12/07
House on market Oct 07/changed agents 13/12/07 Roll on January....
18/12/07 The Visa man he says YES !!!!!!!
Fly on 19th January.
Last edited by mandy&Jem; 10-12-2007 at 07:33 PM.
Reason: sellings
this is Karl,Mel & kids x2, how do you tell when your Meds have got to OZ also how long is it from the meds to geting a reply for you visas.
many thanks karl.
Sorry homer is sitting in front of the telly drinking duff ha ha.
If you send them by courier you can track them as the courier will give you a tracking number (this could be done on line) then they tell you who signed for them. They seem to be finalized really quick at the mo. for some anyway but we have had no news yet.
As for from meds to getting your visa thats the $64000 queston someone who applied the 1st sept on 175 got their visa in 7 weeks but sadly the rest of us are still waiting.
We got told to have our x-rays done first the idea is that they can be checked and you take them to your panel doctor who is the one who sends them off with your medical forms.
Ali
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