VisaMedicals Knightsbridge Experience - 14 Jan 2022

[nanobot 27]

Hey folks

 

Plenty of these on the forum but here's mine from last week.

 

Family of 4, booked 28th Dec for 14th Jan.  Concerned about proximity to interview, VM said to contact the embassy and rebook as they needed 10 business days pls 5 days to send it.  My lawyer said to keep both dates and go with it.

 

Appointment 8.50. Arrived 8.45 went to the window, they said to take a seat until 8.50 then come back. Ok fine. So 5 minutes later, same person, went to the window. Several forms to sign per person. I had docs split per person in the family which worked. They took digital photos there - despite me calling up and asking if they still needed the 4 identical photos brining.  Sit down and wait about an hour.  Then see the Dr, this was all of 10 minutes per person.  The Dr was super nice, put everything at ease.  Review of the questionnaire, chat about what we did, quick check of vision, height, weight tendon reflexes, and abdomen (or, as he told the kids, trying to guess what they had for breakfast!).  Dr was super with the kids and they had a great time.  Dr also said he thought they'd get the medicals over to the embassy in time for us, suggesting it takes them a couple of days if there are no issues.

 

No urine samples (I think they said it was 12-24 or similar now).

 

Called for chest xray for adults, takes about 2 minutes.

 

There is a nurse who checks vaccinations, they had changed the rules end of Dec to add HepA for older kids, which they did there and then for £45.

 

Then about another hours wait.

 

3 hours start to finish... pay and walk away with a certified vaccine file for each of us to keep (not for embassy) for using in the USA for schools, medicals etc.

 

Take aways

• If you are a family then have all your documents split per person - we did, but others did not, which really annoyed the reception staff
• They didnt need passport photos, they did them on site
• Take ipads and snacks for kids, there is also water in the waiting room
• Many of the staff are super nice, there's a few coarse characters

 

Lots of worry for no reason, doesn't appear they aren't looking to fail anyone unless you have big unmanaged health issues, drug or other addictions etc.

 

[chb 9]

29 minutes ago, nanobot said:

Hey folks

 

Plenty of these on the forum but here's mine from last week.

 

Family of 4, booked 28th Dec for 14th Jan.  Concerned about proximity to interview, VM said to contact the embassy and rebook as they needed 10 business days pls 5 days to send it.  My lawyer said to keep both dates and go with it.

 

Appointment 8.50. Arrived 8.45 went to the window, they said to take a seat until 8.50 then come back. Ok fine. So 5 minutes later, same person, went to the window. Several forms to sign per person. I had docs split per person in the family which worked. They took digital photos there - despite me calling up and asking if they still needed the 4 identical photos brining.  Sit down and wait about an hour.  Then see the Dr, this was all of 10 minutes per person.  The Dr was super nice, put everything at ease.  Review of the questionnaire, chat about what we did, quick check of vision, height, weight tendon reflexes, and abdomen (or, as he told the kids, trying to guess what they had for breakfast!).  Dr was super with the kids and they had a great time.  Dr also said he thought they'd get the medicals over to the embassy in time for us, suggesting it takes them a couple of days if there are no issues.

 

No urine samples (I think they said it was 12-24 or similar now).

 

Called for chest xray for adults, takes about 2 minutes.

 

There is a nurse who checks vaccinations, they had changed the rules end of Dec to add HepA for older kids, which they did there and then for £45.

 

Then about another hours wait.

 

3 hours start to finish... pay and walk away with a certified vaccine file for each of us to keep (not for embassy) for using in the USA for schools, medicals etc.

 

Take aways

• If you are a family then have all your documents split per person - we did, but others did not, which really annoyed the reception staff
• They didnt need passport photos, they did them on site
• Take ipads and snacks for kids, there is also water in the waiting room
• Many of the staff are super nice, there's a few coarse characters

 

Lots of worry for no reason, doesn't appear they aren't looking to fail anyone unless you have big unmanaged health issues, drug or other addictions etc.

 

This is super helpful and reassuring. Thank you for taking the time to write it. 

[Gujjupat 0]

On 1/16/2022 at 10:24 AM, nanobot said:

Hey folks

 

Plenty of these on the forum but here's mine from last week.

 

Family of 4, booked 28th Dec for 14th Jan.  Concerned about proximity to interview, VM said to contact the embassy and rebook as they needed 10 business days pls 5 days to send it.  My lawyer said to keep both dates and go with it.

 

Appointment 8.50. Arrived 8.45 went to the window, they said to take a seat until 8.50 then come back. Ok fine. So 5 minutes later, same person, went to the window. Several forms to sign per person. I had docs split per person in the family which worked. They took digital photos there - despite me calling up and asking if they still needed the 4 identical photos brining.  Sit down and wait about an hour.  Then see the Dr, this was all of 10 minutes per person.  The Dr was super nice, put everything at ease.  Review of the questionnaire, chat about what we did, quick check of vision, height, weight tendon reflexes, and abdomen (or, as he told the kids, trying to guess what they had for breakfast!).  Dr was super with the kids and they had a great time.  Dr also said he thought they'd get the medicals over to the embassy in time for us, suggesting it takes them a couple of days if there are no issues.

 

No urine samples (I think they said it was 12-24 or similar now).

 

Called for chest xray for adults, takes about 2 minutes.

 

There is a nurse who checks vaccinations, they had changed the rules end of Dec to add HepA for older kids, which they did there and then for £45.

 

Then about another hours wait.

 

3 hours start to finish... pay and walk away with a certified vaccine file for each of us to keep (not for embassy) for using in the USA for schools, medicals etc.

 

Take aways

• If you are a family then have all your documents split per person - we did, but others did not, which really annoyed the reception staff
• They didnt need passport photos, they did them on site
• Take ipads and snacks for kids, there is also water in the waiting room
• Many of the staff are super nice, there's a few coarse characters

 

Lots of worry for no reason, doesn't appear they aren't looking to fail anyone unless you have big unmanaged health issues, drug or other addictions etc.

 

Hi

Could you please advice what documents you took with you from GP.! Do you have to get like health summary or something from GP or not.? Please advice.!

 

Thanks

[nanobot 27]

 

1 hour ago, Gujjupat said:

Could you please advice what documents you took with you from GP.! Do you have to get like health summary or something from GP or not.? Please advice.!

Sure. I just emailed our Gp surgery for our short patient summary, they emailed a PDF right back in a few minutes, no hassle. This had a summary of recent activity on there.. like covid jabs... not much else!

[Gujjupat 0]

1 hour ago, nanobot said:

 

Sure. I just emailed our Gp surgery for our short patient summary, they emailed a PDF right back in a few minutes, no hassle. This had a summary of recent activity on there.. like covid jabs... not much else!

Thanks for reply.! Is that  GP health record right.?

[Wuozopo 4,293]

6 hours ago, Gujjupat said:

Thanks for reply.! Is that  GP health record right.?

It is the short summary, not you actual doctor visit records. Ask the GP office to print your “Summary Care Record”..

[blchaddy 15]

On 1/16/2022 at 5:24 AM, nanobot said:

Hey folks

 

Plenty of these on the forum but here's mine from last week.

 

Family of 4, booked 28th Dec for 14th Jan.  Concerned about proximity to interview, VM said to contact the embassy and rebook as they needed 10 business days pls 5 days to send it.  My lawyer said to keep both dates and go with it.

 

Appointment 8.50. Arrived 8.45 went to the window, they said to take a seat until 8.50 then come back. Ok fine. So 5 minutes later, same person, went to the window. Several forms to sign per person. I had docs split per person in the family which worked. They took digital photos there - despite me calling up and asking if they still needed the 4 identical photos brining.  Sit down and wait about an hour.  Then see the Dr, this was all of 10 minutes per person.  The Dr was super nice, put everything at ease.  Review of the questionnaire, chat about what we did, quick check of vision, height, weight tendon reflexes, and abdomen (or, as he told the kids, trying to guess what they had for breakfast!).  Dr was super with the kids and they had a great time.  Dr also said he thought they'd get the medicals over to the embassy in time for us, suggesting it takes them a couple of days if there are no issues.

 

No urine samples (I think they said it was 12-24 or similar now).

 

Called for chest xray for adults, takes about 2 minutes.

 

There is a nurse who checks vaccinations, they had changed the rules end of Dec to add HepA for older kids, which they did there and then for £45.

 

Then about another hours wait.

 

3 hours start to finish... pay and walk away with a certified vaccine file for each of us to keep (not for embassy) for using in the USA for schools, medicals etc.

 

Take aways

• If you are a family then have all your documents split per person - we did, but others did not, which really annoyed the reception staff
• They didnt need passport photos, they did them on site
• Take ipads and snacks for kids, there is also water in the waiting room
• Many of the staff are super nice, there's a few coarse characters

 

Lots of worry for no reason, doesn't appear they aren't looking to fail anyone unless you have big unmanaged health issues, drug or other addictions etc.

 

This was great info, thank you for taking the time to write this out for everyone!