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So I had my medical and passed with flying colors (according to the doctor). But, one of the questions on the medical questionnaire was - have you ever been admitted to a hospital or had a surgery?

I ticked "Yes". I had, twice.

Then at the bottom of the questionnaire there was a note, saying "if you answered yes to any of the questions, be ready to provide records at the time of the interview"...

Well, one of my surgeries was 20 years ago, when I was a child, in Russia, during the still communist times and at a first commercial clinic. No records kept there and my family did not keep whatever doctors gave us.

Records would be available for the second hospitalization if I went to Russia to pick it up personally, but I did not plan to, and my interview is in 5 weeks.

I am sure I can not be the only person going through immigration who was ever admitted to a hospital. What was your experience? Did they ask for your medical records related to hospitalizations? If yes, did you provide notarized certified translation of your medical documents?

(I don't know about other countries, but Russian doctors tend to make records in handwriting that even Russian patients can't understand, that will be tough to translate!)

Any advice is welcome!

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