kdyer12 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 We completed our meds in Melbourne about 3 weeks ago for our ENS 856 visa. My wife and daughter both had their results back after a week or so, but no sign of mine. However, I declared I had a drink problem for a while in early 1980.s and I had an accident also during that time and lost an eye. I have excellent vision in the other eye, drive and work as normal and it has never impactwd on my life, save for I never picked up another drink. I have been totally honest on all the application forms Can I be refused a visa on health grounds for this???:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capetosydney Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Doubt it, I reckon you'll be fine, it is certainly not medical condition that will cost Oz gov an arm and a leg (excuse the pun) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graemsay Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Conditions that cause an issue with the Medical are those that are likely to cost the Australian health service a significant amount of money. Your missing eye isn't going to be an expensive problem, so they're probably fine with that. If anything, your prior drinking problem would be of more concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheshire Cat Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Hey there, my hubby is blind in one eye,has been since birth, and it didn't impact in anyway on our application, we got through okay. Hope yours comes through soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilfillan Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 We completed our meds in Melbourne about 3 weeks ago for our ENS 856 visa. My wife and daughter both had their results back after a week or so, but no sign of mine.However, I declared I had a drink problem for a while in early 1980.s and I had an accident also during that time and lost an eye. I have excellent vision in the other eye, drive and work as normal and it has never impactwd on my life, save for I never picked up another drink. I have been totally honest on all the application forms Can I be refused a visa on health grounds for this???:eek: Hi kdyer12, I have an artificial eye. I went for my medical last week and I aked the same question. It will have no bearing on your application at all. I wouldnt worry too much as you and I are not the only ones that have been in this position. Regards, John Gilfillan:hug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JOHN ODonnell Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Eye eye.whats going on here then. just keeping a look out? I damaged my right eye on a construction site aged 20 so I have every empathy with your question.....a very valid point. I also drive and play squashand golf and the accident never effected my stunning good looks. ..As long as you can pass the standard medical there should be no discrimination. Youre not seeking future employment as a tightrope walker are you ?? ...........Cheers.....John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilfillan Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Eye eye.whats going on here then. just keeping a look out? I damaged my right eye on a construction site aged 20 so I have every empathy with your question.....a very valid point. I also drive and play squashand golf and the accident never effected my stunning good looks. ..As long as you can pass the standard medical there should be no discrimination. Youre not seeking future employment as a tightrope walker are you ?? ...........Cheers.....John Quality John, That has cheered me up no end. Ha Ha:wink: John Gilfillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Hi John O'Donnell Sadly, there is LOTS of discrimination in the way that Australia's policies for the medical aspects of migration to Oz work. It is all explained in the links on the thread below: http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/67292-have-your-say-health-requirement.html Dr Paul Douglas is DIAC's Chief Medical Officer. The most recent record of him saying anything is his address to the Public Hearing in Canberra on 17th March 2010. http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/joint/commttee/J12880.pdf Both the UK and Australia recognise "legal blindness" or being "legally blind." Very few people who are "officially blind" are completely without sight. My late husband Jim was physically only partially sighted. He was registered blind - so he was "legally blind" - because his particular eye-problem would get worse over the years and it had reached the point where he could no longer drive and he couldn't have held down a regular job because if he looked directly at something, all that he could see was a dense, white fog. However he could see perfectly "out of the corners of his eyes." The only problem with that is that it is not particularly useful to anything that most people might do for most of each day. In the UK, blindness gives an automatic right to Disability Living Allowance, which is not means tested in the UK. If a specialist eye-doctor confirms that the patient is legally blind then Social Services get involved immediately and they issue a Blind Card immediately. Production of the Card guarantees a half price TV Licence etc. I noticed on Jim's Blind Card that it talks about the National Assistance Act 1948. Evidently that Act still exists. As far as I know, the National Health Service was formed in 1948 as well. You would think that Blindness comes under that but according to Jim's Card, it does not and it is covered by what was - presumably - an earlier Act. I think it must be a throwback to WW2. Maybe a lot of service men and women were blinded during WW2? I don't know whether a similar idea exists in Australia but what I do know for sure is that Disability Support Pension is means-tested in Australia unless the claimant is legally blind. If the claimant is legally blind then enitlement to DSP is automatic and I think the full amount of DSP is paid. Disability Support Pension A person who only has one functional eye should be OK on his or her meds because s/he will not be considered to be legally blind, so DSP would not become payable at all, I imagine. However there can be MAJOR problems with some types of blindness. For instance, James Galway, the flautist, suffers from Nystagmus. His eyes seem to dance all over the shop. Technically he is blind. I know a girl who is aged 25-30 and she has Nystagmus. She works at a normal job in a normal office, with a computer terminal on her desk. She does not use Braille and I don't know whether she even knows any Braille. Special software has been loaded into her computer and it enables her to see the machine, so she can do a normal, clerical job. After all - there is nothing the matter with her brain. The problem is a physical one with her eyes. I guess that she could sit at home all day and claim full Disability Living Allowance if she wanted to. However Dr Douglas has confirmed in Hansard, either on 17th March or in his earlier public appearance on 24th February 2010, that this girl would not be accepted for migration to Australia because she is "legally blind." She can't drive and she uses a white stick when she is out in the street. So if this girl were to marry, "The Brightest and Best" (whom the Minister seems to think is the bloke with a degree in Life Sciences from Harvard University) this girl's blindness would prevent both of them and any children from getting visas for Oz under the "one fails, all fail" rule. It doesn't matter whether or not the girl would claim DSP in Australia. Her Aussie clone ("the hypthetical person") would be entitled to claim DSP, so the girl's visa would be refused on medical grounds. Dr Douglas has confirmed that this would be so. Which makes blindness a disability. It assumes that the person is hopeless, cannot do anything and so full DSP is payable. Which is VERY hard on the blind person who is perfectly well able to earn lots of money and prefers to do that than to sit at home doing nothing. This disability would also prevent the whole family from being able to migrate to Australia, regardless of whether or not Hubby is the "Brightest & Best" - either according to the Minister's definition of that or because Hubby genuinely is the brightest and best. So - Australia is crying out for Nurses. But if the Nurse's Partner is legally blind then there is no chance of the Nurse getting a visa for Oz. Cheers Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JOHN ODonnell Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Hello Gill, that's a fairly comprehensive write up and thanks for the over view. I am wholly inclined to acknowledge what you are telling me. The ADA influenced a lot of the detail in the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act and both can be governed by the human rights act/policies. I note your examples and feel they are worthy of consideration. I support the right of any individual to a fair crack of the whip and I am sure its finding the correct levers to ensure smooth passage. Cheers..........John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chriscarina Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hi kdyer12, I have an artificial eye. I went for my medical last week and I aked the same question. It will have no bearing on your application at all. I wouldnt worry too much as you and I are not the only ones that have been in this position. Regards, John Gilfillan:hug: Hi John, We have just been for our medicals 19th jan 2011 kids and mine have been finalised, but my OH have been referred today, The only thing i can think of is he is also blind in one eye, Doesnt stop him driving work etc, Can i ask you if your medicals got referred? Thanks in advance and good luck with your visa. Carina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anandan Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Hey there, my hubby is blind in one eye,has been since birth, and it didn't impact in anyway on our application, we got through okay. Hope yours comes through soon i have losy my one eye at the age of 11, my MEDICs is end,...the other is perfect, i do drive, do all active daily assignments as a normal person. Will i have any problem in MOC?.. or HOC?...pl send ur email ID.. thanxs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anandan Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Hi John,We have just been for our medicals 19th jan 2011 kids and mine have been finalised, but my OH have been referred today, The only thing i can think of is he is also blind in one eye, Doesnt stop him driving work etc, Can i ask you if your medicals got referred? Thanks in advance and good luck with your visa. Carina. Hai ----andystaceymann08, Carina. i have losy my one eye at the age of 11, my MEDICs is send,...the other eye is perfect, i do drive, do all active daily assignments as a normal person. Will i have any problem in MOC?.. or HOC?...pl send ur email ID.. thanxs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anandan Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 VISA GRANT,......today. MEDICAL REFERRED on MAY 13th 2011 :--------------------------------------------------------------within 10days MEDICAL finalised and immediately received GRANT,MAY 24-2011.... as usual submitted with detailed SPECIALIST report with PANEL.{ One EYE Prothesis} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tonymaloney Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Im in the one eye gang aswell never knew there were so many of us :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheshire Cat Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Im in the one eye gang aswell never knew there were so many of us :wink: Maybe we should start a club? :idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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