UK Interview after many years of Non-UK residence - Health information

[T83 1]

I have a few questions so I will separate them into different posts.

 

My US wife and I, from the UK, have lived our entire 11 relationship in China. We still do. We she filed for the IR-1 late last year and we anticipate the response early 2025. We don't anticipate any problems, having lived together for 11 years, been married for going-on 5 at that point, with a US marriage certificate and a ton of proof. 

 

However, we will leave China and become nomadic-bum-homeless people for several months while take an extended holiday awaiting the decision and hopefully an interview date in London. We've requested London, and won't have the right to be in China at that time any more.

 

Now, I'll have to have a health check before the interview at the designated place. However, I've read the need for medical records from a GP, or something like that. I pretty much won't have any. After graduating at 21 I left the county. I haven't been to a GP in the UK for over 20 years. China doesn't have a system of GPs. You get sick, you go to a hospital - often the closest one -which means there is no centralized record I know of. (Many of them cannot even find your own history, let alone that of a different hospital). We don't plan on being back in the UK until a few weeks before the interview (I can organize my criminal record check online).

 

I don't have any major health issues, and have been fit and healthy to this point, however, are there likely to be issues here? What am I supposed to do regarding medical history?

 

Thanks a lot for any thoughts.

[Cookie88 59]

contact visa medical center in UK and ask them directly about your situation. They are quite responsive.

[pushbrk 12,542]

17 hours ago, T83 said:

I have a few questions so I will separate them into different posts.

 

My US wife and I, from the UK, have lived our entire 11 relationship in China. We still do. We she filed for the IR-1 late last year and we anticipate the response early 2025. We don't anticipate any problems, having lived together for 11 years, been married for going-on 5 at that point, with a US marriage certificate and a ton of proof. 

 

However, we will leave China and become nomadic-bum-homeless people for several months while take an extended holiday awaiting the decision and hopefully an interview date in London. We've requested London, and won't have the right to be in China at that time any more.

 

Now, I'll have to have a health check before the interview at the designated place. However, I've read the need for medical records from a GP, or something like that. I pretty much won't have any. After graduating at 21 I left the county. I haven't been to a GP in the UK for over 20 years. China doesn't have a system of GPs. You get sick, you go to a hospital - often the closest one -which means there is no centralized record I know of. (Many of them cannot even find your own history, let alone that of a different hospital). We don't plan on being back in the UK until a few weeks before the interview (I can organize my criminal record check online).

 

I don't have any major health issues, and have been fit and healthy to this point, however, are there likely to be issues here? What am I supposed to do regarding medical history?

 

Thanks a lot for any thoughts.

Any past medical records would only be needed if there's some kind of problem the panel physician needs explained.  Surely, your vaccination other than COVID 19 related would have been before you were 21.  You WILL need the verification of your COVID 19 vaccination though.

[T83 1]

Thanks a lot for the replies and info. I will for sure get in touch with the medical office at the UK embassy if they are supposed to be helpful!