London Medical Fee increased!

[Marina + Dave 0]

Just wanted to tell everyone that Dave made his medical appointment today and they made a point of telling him that the medical fee had increased from £160.00 to £170.00

Not a huge increase, but still an increase!!!

[TracyTN 237]

Yes, I believe that increase was expected and just went into effect April 1 (lucky us!).

[Brooklyn23 0]

I had my medical in January and paid £170 then -either I was overcharged or they have been charging this for a while now, all for 15 minutes of form filling and an x ray to prove I don't have a disease that I would have been pretty aware of having. To be fair, the doctor I saw was so embarassed by what they charge he felt the need to try and justify it...

Lauren

[TracyTN 237]

Really? How interesting! I wish now I could find where I read that Apr 1st date - obviously it was wrong!

[featherB 1]

Yup, I paid £170 too, and that was in February. Someone posted about the increase a while ago... in January, maybe? Will see if I can find the thread!

[tonyeck 0]

YEah when I booked they told me as of April 2nd the price has gone up to £170...

[TracyTN 237]

It sounds like they were getting that extra 10 pounds from folks a tad bit early though...!

[featherB 1]

As of April 2nd?! They just told me (my medical was on Feb 23rd, and I booked it on Feb 12th) that it had 'gone up' - maybe they were planning on increasing it AGAIN from April 2nd, and have just got a bit confused and are still quoting £170?!

[featherB 1]

Here y'go: someone reporting that the fee had gone up way back in the middle of January. Guess they must have just started collecting it 'early' for April 2nd, to make sure they didn't forget.

[TracyTN 237]

Sounds like someone there is confused!!

[tonyeck 0]

[flutter95 4]

Stupid fees.

Mine was expensive cause I had me jabs done too!

[Private Skylark 0]

I haven't had a medical so this £170.. Is it for the Xray, check-up and the blood test?

I know the vaccinations cost more so I plan to have them done at my GP before I get to the medical stage.

So much money though. All I keep thinking about is how difficult the US and the UK make it for people to just be together. Everything is so complicated, so long-winded and so bloody expensive! *sigh* </rant>

[Marina + Dave 0]

I haven't had a medical so this £170.. Is it for the Xray, check-up and the blood test?

I know the vaccinations cost more so I plan to have them done at my GP before I get to the medical stage.

So much money though. All I keep thinking about is how difficult the US and the UK make it for people to just be together. Everything is so complicated, so long-winded and so bloody expensive! *sigh* </rant>

Yes, the £170 is for the entire medical --xray, blood test, check-up, etc. The vaccinations are a totally different matter and will be different for everyone. For instance, a lot of us have probably already had MMR (as it's something you get when you are a kid). NHS covers most vaccinations apart from Yellow Fever and stuff like that (but thank goodness that's not required to get to the US)!

If you are interested in costs, I'm keeping everything up to date in a doc. I think it's interesting and rather scary so I figured I'd post it here for everyone to see.

Oh the Costs of Marrying a Foreigner

US size Passport Photos: £19 = $37.54

Mailing the I-129F to Georgia: £10.11 = $19.88

Mailing the I-129F to USCIS: USD$20

Processing Fee of I-129F: USD$170

UK Name and Background Check: £10 = $19.23

Fingerprint fee to City of London Police: £15 = $28.88

Mailing the AFP police check to Dave's Mum: £1.40 = $2.70

AFP police check fee: AUD$130 = USD$105

UK Medical Examination: £170.00 = USD$336.01

Total in USD: $739.24

Total in AUD: $908.03

Total in GBP: £373.95

Feeling when we finally get approved: Priceless

Edited April 4, 2007 by Marina + Dave

[Private Skylark 0]

I haven't had a medical so this £170.. Is it for the Xray, check-up and the blood test?

I know the vaccinations cost more so I plan to have them done at my GP before I get to the medical stage.

So much money though. All I keep thinking about is how difficult the US and the UK make it for people to just be together. Everything is so complicated, so long-winded and so bloody expensive! *sigh* </rant>

Yes, the £170 is for the entire medical --xray, blood test, check-up, etc. The vaccinations are a totally different matter and will be different for everyone. For instance, a lot of us have probably already had MMR (as it's something you get when you are a kid). NHS covers most vaccinations apart from Yellow Fever and stuff like that (but thank goodness that's not required to get to the US)!

If you are interested in costs, I'm keeping everything up to date in a doc. I think it's interesting and rather scary so I figured I'd post it here for everyone to see.

Oh the Costs of Marrying a Foreigner

US size Passport Photos: £19 = $37.54

Mailing the I-129F to Georgia: £10.11 = $19.88

Mailing the I-129F to USCIS: USD$20

Processing Fee of I-129F: USD$170

UK Name and Background Check: £10 = $19.23

Fingerprint fee to City of London Police: £15 = $28.88

Mailing the AFP police check to Dave's Mum: £1.40 = $2.70

AFP police check fee: AUD$130 = USD$105

UK Medical Examination: £170.00 = USD$336.01

Total in USD: $739.24

Total in AUD: $908.03

Total in GBP: £373.95

Feeling when we finally get approved: Priceless

That's quite cheap in total actually! Considering I read somewhere that it's £500 to bring a US citizen to the UK! o_0;

But yeah, still, so much money. And this doesn't include plane tickets, other bits of travelling for medical/interview, all the phones call made worrying about where your visa is at...