songbien Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Hi guys! I am very anxious at the moment. I had my meds today and the panel doctor told me that my case is going to be referred to a MOC due to a history of latent TB. My latent TB was picked up by Quantiferon Gold test with no symptoms at that time. I never had any active TB infections previously and I am pretty sure my chest x ray and the rest are normal. I saw a specialist at that time, which said that I dont need any further follow-up. I provided the letter to the panel doctor already. 1. My concern is that I will be working in the healthcare field. Will the latent TB (and asymptomatic) make MOC refuse my visa application at all? 2. I have not submitted my visa application yet as my employer has not completed the nomination. Does that mean my med referral won't be reviewed by MOC until I submitted my visa application? 3. And do you know how long MOC would take to review the referral? Thank you very much. I am so worried!! I will start working in January next year Any advice are really appreciated!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdad84 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Hmmmm..... Just curious to know why you went ahead and got a medical already, with no visa application or nomination lodged? Reason I ask is that when you lodge your application it asks you a series of questions, when you answer them and your CO begins to process your application they actually tell you very specifically what type of medical you need if any..... it would depend what area you are going to work in, previous health, age etc. The CO actually gives you a code to lodge for your medical, otherwise how would you know you've gotten the correct one? My husband and I, both 30, husband is allowed to work in hospital neither of us had any pre-existing conditions and neither of us had to do a medical for our 457. Why has your company not lodged nomination yet, if you say you are due to start in January? They probably wanna start looking at this, are they a sponsor already lodged with immigration? Just wondering as if they aren't they have to go through a process for that too so i'd be asking them to pull their finger out. As 457 is only a temporary visa I don't think there are such heavy requirements regarding health, if you were going for PR though it would be a different matter i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songbien Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Hmmmm..... Just curious to know why you went ahead and got a medical already, with no visa application or nomination lodged? Reason I ask is that when you lodge your application it asks you a series of questions, when you answer them and your CO begins to process your application they actually tell you very specifically what type of medical you need if any..... it would depend what area you are going to work in, previous health, age etc. The CO actually gives you a code to lodge for your medical, otherwise how would you know you've gotten the correct one? My husband and I, both 30, husband is allowed to work in hospital neither of us had any pre-existing conditions and neither of us had to do a medical for our 457. Why has your company not lodged nomination yet, if you say you are due to start in January? They probably wanna start looking at this, are they a sponsor already lodged with immigration? Just wondering as if they aren't they have to go through a process for that too so i'd be asking them to pull their finger out. As 457 is only a temporary visa I don't think there are such heavy requirements regarding health, if you were going for PR though it would be a different matter i think Hi jdad84, Thank you for your reply. When I contacted the place im working next year, they have already lodged their nomination and waiting for a TRN number for me to fill in my online form. On the online immi account , I just fill out the health declarations and it tells exactly what tests I need to do for specific type of visas. It also gives a code for me to book an appointment with the clinic. With the online health declarations, you could do medical assessment prior to lodging your visa. My student visa is still valid till March 2015 and I was told that I could still work without a working visa initially. But I am afraid that this process is gonna take too long and if worse become worst they might just reject my visa application based on my medical history. However, the hospital is happy and has no concerns about my medical history whatsoever until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdad84 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Hey, I would contact the place you are due to start working again, when you process the nomination, regardless of how far you get in lodging it the TRN number is generated automatically, so if they've logged the nomination they will have the TRN already. I'm not sure about the working conditions for student visas but there are strict stipulations, assuming you have checked here: https://www.immi.gov.au/students/visa-conditions-students.htm Also, for the 457 it's more common that your employer would actually process this application for you as I'm pretty sure that as it's a temporary visa your employer would pay for this, the nomination and the visa application itself can be applied for at the same time. I wasn't aware of the option to do the health assessment before lodging visa, I guess in our instance we've never had any health concerns so we knew we wouldn't need to do one for the 457. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieMay24 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 A lot of 457 applicants are responsible for lodging and paying for their own visa. The employer must pay for the sponsorship and nomination though. If they've lodged the nomination, then they will have been given a TRN which you can now use to lodge your application. You won't hear anything regarding your medical referral until your CO looks at the outcome, and you won't get a CO until you lodge your application. I think I've read that the medical referrals take approx. 4 weeks, but I'm not sure on that. Your student visa should state any work conditions. This is usually 40-hours per fornight while classes are in session, and then unrestricted work rights after classes are done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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