People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~

[cptrosco 0]

Congrats to you guys. I have my medical tomorrow in knightsbridge and im completely terrified. Does anyone know what to expect, i have been told the give you a complete check over, and i mean complete, if you know what i mean guys

[Jewel-8 21]

Congrats to you guys. I have my medical tomorrow in knightsbridge and im completely terrified. Does anyone know what to expect, i have been told the give you a complete check over, and i mean complete, if you know what i mean guys

Dave had his yesterday and said he enjoyed it. I think he might have been trying to wind me up though. That guy!!

Anyhow, getting there seems to be half the battle. They seem to get you in and out of there quickly according to everyone. It seems to be a walk in the park compared to the long wait we've already been through.

[pdcvcc 0]

Congrats to you guys. I have my medical tomorrow in knightsbridge and im completely terrified. Does anyone know what to expect, i have been told the give you a complete check over, and i mean complete, if you know what i mean guys

Dave had his yesterday and said he enjoyed it. I think he might have been trying to wind me up though. That guy!!

Anyhow, getting there seems to be half the battle. They seem to get you in and out of there quickly according to everyone. It seems to be a walk in the park compared to the long wait we've already been through.

Anything about the boobie chick?

[lesleysizeland 0]

Congrats to you guys. I have my medical tomorrow in knightsbridge and im completely terrified. Does anyone know what to expect, i have been told the give you a complete check over, and i mean complete, if you know what i mean guys

I have mine tomorrow too! Good Luck but i think its all pretty straight forward

Lesley

[Jewel-8 21]

Anything about the boobie chick?

He ended up going to the Bond street location. Wasn't she at the Knightsbridge place? hehehe

I will have to ask him, but I doubt he was even coherent enough to notice boobs after the sleeper train. That man needs his sleep!!

[Jewel-8 21]

Congrats to you guys. I have my medical tomorrow in knightsbridge and im completely terrified. Does anyone know what to expect, i have been told the give you a complete check over, and i mean complete, if you know what i mean guys

I have mine tomorrow too! Good Luck but i think its all pretty straight forward

Lesley

Good luck you two! I hope it is a breeze!

[cptrosco 0]

Good luck mate, i have been told it is a breeze, just that im mega nervous of doctors and stuff like that, ha ha.

Im going to the one by Regents Park, just off oxford street, nice early appointment. Does anyone know how long the whole process takes?

[Justine+David 218]

hello,

i got my rsults bk from my blood test i done had at my medical and im confused what they mean lol seems like alot of numbers??? all i can work out it it say negative for syphilis and it say not detected for HIV, but i had to also had to have a blood test for alcohol but not sure what it means ( <10 Mg/100ml )?????? any body had the same??

As a nurse, I can tell you that <10mg/100mL sounds very good because if it was a bad level, it would be of a better range than <10, which could mean 0mg of alcohol in your blood the same as 9mg, you know? Anyway, a quick google search yielded

"Tests on twenty alcohol-free human subjects shall not yield a result greater than 10 mg/100 mL." from a California lawyer site...

Edited November 25, 2009 by Justine+David

[lesleysizeland 0]

I wanted to share my experience with you all as i had my medical yesterday at the Knightsbridge doctors (Bentinck Mansions).

I got there early to find out where the place actually was and just checked with the reception staff that i was indeed booked into this one and not the other one! Yep, all confirmed so went off for a coffee and came back 10 mins before my appointment. Was asked for my questionnaire, passport and photo and was told to wait in the waiting room. After about 5 mins asked to fill out another tick checklist and sign the HIV form to say i was happy to have the test. I was called to get my chest x-ray and then was sent to the next doctor for a physical check up.

This consisted of listening to my chest, asking me questions like have i ever been addicted to drink/drugs (no), have i ever wanted to kill myself or another person (no), what medication(s) was i on (none), she asked me about my contraceptive pill, luckily i thought she would so brought the box along, she wrote some info down and then i was up on the bed. She felt my abdomen, chest area, stomach and checked i was definitely a girl (turned out i was telling the truth!) then she listened to me breathing and took my blood. After about another 10 mins of just chatting about my wedding, her, where she was from, the process for other foreign people coming into England and whether it is as tough as what we are going through she wished me well and i waited for my injection.

Final part was my typhoid injection - my 10 year booster was out and as i was there i just thought i might as well get it as i didn't want to hold my medical up. All other injections were up to date and that was it.

I paid the £215 and left on first name terms 40 mins after my appointment started. All in all a pleasant experience, they were all very nice, one doctor even looked over my chest x-ray with me just to let me know there was nothing wrong and that is it. I am now just waiting on the blood tests coming back but other than that everything is fine. Yay, i was worried for nothing and if you are a 'fit bill of health' (this is what the docs called me) you will have NOTHING to worry about, its a breeze. Now only the interview is left to conquer!

[yorkshirerose22 4]

I think my medical could of been done soo much better. it was soo rushed, i wasnt impressed at all to say how much it cost me. i wasnt told showed or told a thing. the doctor also coul of been more professional.

[lesleysizeland 0]

I think my medical could of been done soo much better. it was soo rushed, i wasnt impressed at all to say how much it cost me. i wasnt told showed or told a thing. the doctor also coul of been more professional.

Thats a shame as were paying a lot of money and also, you do stress about whether everything is ok for the interview (or i do at least). Even though everyone was really nice to me i definately do not think the medical is worth £190. In fact i think this whole visa process including the AOS is a complete rip off.

[yorkshirerose22 4]

Yeah its alll money money money, they know that ppl wanting to be with there loved ones they will pay the money. They dont make i easy .

[Gemmie 142]

I also thought it could've been done a bit more professionally.

It was quick, I'll give them that. But the receptionist was rude, the doctor didn't speak to me unless asking a question on her checklist (leaving minutes of silence), and I felt rushed too. After the chest X-ray, the guy told me to take my clothes and just go back to the other room, so in I went - carrying my bra! So being made to sit around the waiting room in a robe (nothing underneath) was uncomfortable, to say the least.

I was glad to pay the money and get out of there, and go shopping in London with my fiancee (at the time)!

Congrats on getting through it!

Edited November 27, 2009 by Gemmie

[Chaz and Riggs 0]

Waiting for an interview date is really driving me crazy!!! GRRRR!!

[Jewel-8 21]

Waiting for an interview date is really driving me crazy!!! GRRRR!!

Right there with you! How many of us are there right now? I hope they have someone work on the scheduling the K1 interviews soon. I am going insane!!!!!!