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Nice. Not sure what time you are due in London on the day for the medical appointment but if you are a bit early then there are enough cafes, etc in the area in case you need to eat and drink as well.

Is your medical soon @Tesco?

When is your interview?

I didn't have a urine sample and mine cost £475 in total. £385 for the medical and then £90 for the Tetanus Booster and first Hepatitis B dose

Well it's good that it was all ok for you.

That's ok. Definitely take it just in case

Hi, I had my interview earlier this week and I was only asked for my birth certificate. I did take a copy of my fiancees as well though just in case they asked for it though.

Just an update on this - District Coffee - which is across the road from the Embassy stores bags for £10 and laptops for £5

Also were you considering getting a tube to Visa Medicals or did you just prefer to walk in general? As when I went I think it was a 5 minute walk from the tube station

So overall was it better than you thought it would be? I remember you were anxious about it on a previous post on the forum

Hi all, I have my visa appointment soon and I will be travelling down to London and stopping at my cousins the night before so I will have a backpack with me with my documents for my visa interview, a few spare clothes and a toothbrush. Has anybody been allowed into the Embassy with a backpack at all? If not, did you use any baggage storage nearby at all? I have read that there is a coffee shop across the road from the Embassy that are able to store bags for people? Hope you can help!

I'm sorry you didn't have a good experience at your GP Surgery but try not to worry too much about it (easier said than done I know). Definitely see what they say at the medical as they will know what vaccinations are exactly required for you and can probably do most of the vaccinations you require on the day.

They aren’t going to reject your medical if you haven’t had some of the vaccinations before. As they can give you most of the vaccinations on the day for the ones that they tell you that you require. If there are some you can get that are cheaper elsewhere then you can choose to do that after the medical. I would go to the medical and let them tell you which ones you need. I did and it turned out that there were some that I didn’t actually need.

I didn’t get any vaccines done before my medical as I felt it was better to go and have a medical professional at Visa Medicals tell me what I needed based on my vaccination records as they will know more about what is required for the USA rather than my GP. Before my medical I did ring my GP Surgery and spoke to reception and gave them a list of vaccinations that weren’t on my vaccination records and whether they did them there. They spoke to a nurse and called me back and I think they only did 1 or 2 but the ones they did offer weren’t the ones I required from what the nurse at my medical told me. So I was happy to get the vaccines that were required for me except for the Covid vaccine booster which I got done at Boots after my medical. Vaccination requirements will depend on things like age, etc. as well. I think it might be best to discuss with the nurse at your medical though.

Sorry I meant to say email booking confirmation. I felt the service from Boots was good and they provided enough supporting evidence for my GP Surgery to update my medical records.

Having a Covid vaccine booster is also on the booking confirmation for your medical from Visa Medicals

I think I just gave my name and showed them the booking confirmation message I received by text

I think Boots do it as a course of 2 doses with each dose 4 weeks apart

Oh I see haha might still be best to put in my grandmas name as I would feel more reassured with them at least letting me know it has arrived

Sorry but where abouts in the UK did this happen with your husband?

I did see point 2 on the attached so it sounds like it could be in the relevant name for delivery but they will just deliver to whoever is willing to sign for it?

Apologies - I probably didn't explain it very well when I said I will be at work (I will be in the office) not working at my grandmas so will need her to sign on my behalf.

Do you know if it is possible to authorise somebody to sign on your behalf before the initial delivery at all? As in if you receive tracking details can you access them and update delivery details with authorisation to be signed for by a third party?

Unless the delivery address details are only on the delivery packaging and not the actual sealed package?

That's understandable with your reasons of not wanting anybody else to sign for your package. I do WFH sometimes but it is very rare and it depends on my manager approving. I have attached a screenshot on the delivery page - so it says the Care Of field is for the person who will be signing for it but I am just concerned that if I am approved that if the package arrives in someone else's name instead of mine whether it would cause an issue for Border Officials at POE?