UK DCF -- the ins and outs and ups and downs

[Lansbury 19]

The visa is also valid for 6 months after you receive it,

That is no longer the case. The London Embassy adopted new rules on April 1st this year. The visa is now valid for 6 months from the date of the medical.

http://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/exams/ti/panel/tuberculosis-implememtation.html

Edited July 2, 2012 by Lansbury

[Holly2234 66]

Am i missing something there? You just posted a link about Tuberculosis screening when referring to how long a visa is valid.

[Lansbury 19]

Am i missing something there? You just posted a link about Tuberculosis screening when referring to how long a visa is valid.

The TB x-ray at the medical is now valid for six months and the visa when issued is valid from the date of the medical, or to be precise the TB screening. But as London do the x-ray screening and medical at the same time and most people think of the screening as part of the medical, it is more understandable to say from the date of the medical. The link I posted showed London adopted those Technical Regulations on April 1st this year.

Prior to that London used by the 1991 Technical Regulations which had the effect of making the visa valid for 6 months from date of issue.

So all anyone applying in London has to remember is the visa is now valid for 6 months from the date of the medical

Edited July 2, 2012 by Lansbury

[Lansbury 19]

It is confirmed here on the London Embassy web site

http://london.usembassy.gov/visa_processing.html

Look under Validity Period of the Visa

[Holly2234 66]

Great thanks for the info

[amandaq 0]

My husband has a scar on his upper arm that both he and his mum swear is a TB immunization. I had never heard of this before coming to the UK, but does anyone know if he has been immunized, does he still need the chest x-ray/test?

[Holly2234 66]

Everybody has the chest X-ray. Its not negotiable.

The scar sounds like the TB vaccination. I have one too! In fact, everybody i know who got vaccinated for TB in the UK has got the same scar from it

[amandaq 0]

Which is what I don't understand. Why do you need an x-ray to prove you don't have a disease you have been inoculated for... But I'm not surprised.

[Holly2234 66]

The X-ray is part of the price of the medical so it wont cost extra. The whole medical is £227. They probably do it just to be on the safe side.