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On 17/07/2022 at 11:43, Yen09 said:

My mum was active with TB when submitting her visa application to visit Australia, after years of treatment with negative results but now Bupa said waiting for TB Australian Expert Medical Panel gives the advice, been waiting for 6 months since final results submitted, does anyone know how long will it take for this case ?

many thanks 

Hi, has there been any update in your mum's case?

On 10/01/2023 at 18:21, WayneM said:

I don't have any help to give, but this exact problem happened on my father-in-law's tourist visa application. 

The Dr in our family had a very similar reaction to what DrDougster's was. From a visa perspective, once he had further testings to submit straight away, there is now a 3 month wait before he can submit again.

Interested to hear how it works out for you, and hope all is good with your wife's health.

Since the medical center didn't give us a copy of the X-ray, we had one done at a private lab. Will be going to our family doctor and see what he says. Hoping it's a minor issue!

On 10/01/2023 at 12:21, DrDougster said:

Has she been referred to a chest physician? This would, as a chest physician, be my immediate concern rather than which migration agent to speak to!

Yes, the letter mentions to consult with the panel pulmonologist. We have an appointment with our family physician too to see what could be the reason. She is asymptomatic otherwise, which is why this result was more upsetting. The medical center didn't provide us with the X-ray film, so we've had another one done at a private lab. Now waiting for our physician's consultation.

Hi All,

My wife got her medicals done on December 28th for our 189 skilled visa. We received Form 884: Opinion of Medical Officer which says that my wife's health assessments have been deferred "as I do not have sufficient information to determine whether or not they meet the health requirement". According to the report, her chest X-ray shows RLZ opacities. They've asked for further tests like smears and cultures of sputum and another chest X-ray after 3 months.

This has really upset us as we were expecting a clear result. We're not sure what the next step should be. If further tests do show TB, does that mean a visa refusal?

Any help will be appreciated!

5 hours ago, Marisawright said:

This sounds strange.  A child born in Australia does not get citizenship (the law changed in 1986), so their suggested strategy seems pointless.

I'm sure you're also considering how your wife will cope with giving birth in a foreign country. Living in a new country and trying to get settled is a stressful process already, never mind adding childbirth to the mix. Also, she'll have no support network -- no friends, parents or relatives.

If you're coming straight from the UK, you'll be covered by Medicare, so the expense should not be unreasonable (though remember that unlike the NHS, Medicare doesn't cover everything).  You just need to be careful and remind your GP, specialist etc that you want to be treated in the public system.  Most GP's in Australia are so used to people having private health insurance, they'll refer you to a private specialist without thinking, and then you'll find yourself thousands of dollars out of pocket. 

My vote would be, go ahead with your 189 application as normal and worry about the child visa later.  It's not going to be as tedious as any of the alternatives.  Remember the child can always travel with you on a visitor visa.

I didn't mention about my wife's brother living in Aus (he's a citizen), but then again, like you said, it's a foreign country and we'll definitely take time to get settled in. We'd also be traveling from India, and I believe the healthcare systems in both countries is quite different, so that will be another thing to adjust to. 

Our agent didn't suggest the possibility of bringing the child on a tourist visa; it seemed like their 'onshore delivery' was the only option we had, which did stress us out a bit. So we're going to apply with the necessary documents, wait for the baby to come, get wife's medicals done, add the baby to the application, submit it and then pray for the grant.  

6 hours ago, rammygirl said:

An agent told you the child would automatically become a citizen? Not so unless you are PR at the time of birth. 
You should ask again about this, you may have misunderstood your agents plan…..

We were wondering about this as well, will consult again.

8 hours ago, Quoll said:

If you aren't PR at the birth of the child, ie on a bridging visa, the child won't be Australian anyway and you'll still have to go through the shenanigans of applying for their visa. And there are lots of potential pitfalls to delivering a baby in a foreign country when you are only a visitor, not to mention expense - the child visa would probably end up cheaper. You'll likely  have to delay your wife's medicals until after the birth anyway because she's not going to want an xray while pegnant. 

Going by the replies, I agree that there's too much of a risk involved - we'll defer her medicals like you said until after the delivery. 

Hi everyone,

Is it mandatory to get marriage certificate attested or will a legal translation of it be enough? This is for the 190/491 visa, if either me or my partner get an invitation. 

Thanks!

Hi all,

My brother is interested in applying for the 190 visa. However, one of the registered agents he's contacted is saying that his skills assessment won't be successful based on the following details -

1) He has an undergraduate degree in Electronic Engineering

2) He doesn't have work experience related to his undergrad degree. Instead, he worked for 9 years in the field of Information Technology Networking.

3) The agent said that my brother would have to go through ACS assessment and not Engineers Australia because his degree and work experience don't match.

4) The agent also mentioned that the ACS requires documents like government tax record, employment reference letter and payslips (he has all except the tax record).

5) Due to lack of the tax document, the ACS will reject his application since it's apparently compulsory to show this specific evidence.

We're a little confused by all this and any advise will be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Hi all,

My husband needs 79+ in the PTE exam so as to claim 20 points. He's in the midst of attempting the exam soon. My question is that, in case he gets, say 60+, can he go ahead with the EA skills assessment with this score, and while that is being processed, he continues to attempt PTE to achieve 79+ for the EOI stage?

Thank you!
 

Hi,

I want to know if my spouse's and my occupation is on the same list, do we get extra points for that or not? My spouse has 5 years of experience in his field, while I have none. 

Thanks!

Hi all!

I'm in the midst of choosing a registered migration agent to handle my case and have spoken to about 10 so far. Out of these, I've come down to 3 agents who have similar service charges and experience. However, I'm still not able to decide which one to go for. You could say that reading stories of people getting scammed or the agent not being helpful enough in sticky situations has got to my head. The whole visa process is already so daunting to me and I haven't even started it

Any advice or tips on this would be really appreciated.

Thanks in advance!