ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
United KingdomCurrent Costs for Interview
Is it a set $100 or that in GBP with what ever the exchange rate is, or is it a set amount in GBP?
RaTBoXMaleUnited Kingdom2007-06-21 15:02:00
United KingdomJust booked my medical

I don't know if this has much to do with scheduling, but you know there are 2 docs that do the medicals. Apparently, they are with the same practice, and even ring to the same phone number. They are, however, in different locations. Dan found this out the day of his medical by going to the wrong one! Perhaps one is scheduling sooner than the other.


When you phone up and book, you don't choose which one you go to, they just assign you to one with the soonest appointment I assume (unless you ask for a later one, or one on a specific date etc)

I know I was never given a choice. I was hoping to go to the one next to Harrods, because it was just a short walk to Buckingham palace so I could get some photos for the OH, but I am going to the one near Bond Street station, so it'll be a case of in and out and then back to Slough for a work meeting.

Maybe I can stroll a bit after my interview, when ever that is going to be.

Most of the info you need to book the medical can be found on this website: http://www.visamedicals.info/

All the info they're supposed to send in the packet 3 can be found here, except for the medical questionnaire - and they told me I can fill in one of those on the day.


I was told I had to take a completed one with me...
RaTBoXMaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-11 05:47:00
United KingdomJust booked my medical

When did you ring up for the medical?


About 9:05am this morning.

I know what you mean about it being frustrating, I'll take any small victory that I can.

However, how lucky I get with an interview date is anyone's guess!
RaTBoXMaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-10 06:20:00
United KingdomJust booked my medical
I had started to wonder if I heard the receptionist wrong, but I've just called up again and asked "What kind of passport photo do I need?" and was told "Any, American or English, it doesn't matter".

There is a photography studio next to me that does 4 US sized pictures for £8 or something like that, so I will get a batch of 4 done, and that will cover the medical and the ones needed for the interview (2 isn't it?)
RaTBoXMaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-10 04:57:00
United KingdomJust booked my medical
I got my packet 3 last week, and inside were the instructions for booking my medical exam.

I've just called up to book it, and my medical is 8:50am on 26th July.

I asked about afternoon appointments, but the girl said that I would be looking until the 2nd week of August at the earliest to get an afternoon one, all the had were 8:50/9am appointments starting on 26th July.

She gave me a list of things I need to bring to the appointment with me:
  • Passport
  • Passport photo (didn't matter if it was US or UK size
  • Completed medical questionnaire that was included in Packet 3
  • Vaccination records, if I have them
I thought it was going to be a bit of a trek to get to the doctors at that time of the morning from way up here in Newcastle, but by a stroke of luck I have to go to a meeting at 2pm in Slough on the same day, so work will already be paying for me to stay in a hotel on the night of the 25th and providing me with a hire car. All I need to do is make sure I get up early enough, and get a train from Slough to Paddington (30 mins) and then get a tube from Paddington to Great Portland Street (closest station with no stops and on multiple lines to ensure the trains are frequent) and then walk 10 mins to the doctors, then get back again for 2pm to have my meeting!

That's the plan anyway :unsure:
RaTBoXMaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-10 04:33:00
United KingdomPassport Renewal: When?
Well that clears that side of it up.

Now, is it worth doing it now, or is it cheaper/easier to do once I am there?
RaTBoXMaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-12 05:27:00
United KingdomPassport Renewal: When?
I'm hoping to finally make my move at the beginning of November this year.

My current passport expires September 2009.

Is it worth renewing my passport here before I leave, or just wait and do it from the US in 2 years time?

When I renew my passport, do I get a full 10 years on the new one?. There was a statement on the passport website which said

You can renew your passport whenever you want and do not have to wait till your passport is expired to renew it. However, we can add no more than nine months unexpired time from the old passport to the new one.


Does this mean that a new passport will only last until 9 months after my current unexpired one? I'm a bit confused by this.
RaTBoXMaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-12 01:59:00
United KingdomMedical on 26/07
Just a quick review of my medical for those who do like to read these things and prepare themselves for it.

I arrived into Paddington, and got the tube to Baker Street. When I came out of Baker Street Station, I crossed over Marylebone Road and walked south down Baker Street.

Turning left onto Fitzharding Street (as you walk down Baker Street and you notice a park area with a fence around it on your right, turn left (the parkland is Portman Square). Walk a few yards down Fitzharding Street and around the small fenced green in front of you (Manchester Square) and then carry on in the same direction (road is now Hinde Street) and you cross over Mandville Place onto Bentnick Street. Bentnick Mansions is about the 3rd building on the right of the street, the first one with steps leading up to the door.

I rang the buzzer for Knightsbridge Doctors, and was let in. Once you enter the foyer of the building, the Doctors is the door on the right, Flat 4.

Went inside, lady at reception took my name and I went to sit in a waiting room. Handed over my passport, a photo, my medical interview and the letter from my packet 3, and was given another questionnaire to fill in, and the HIV consent form to fill in.

After a little while, I was taken to have my chest X-ray done, and then told to wait in a smaller waiting room. Here I chatted to an Indian or Pakistani couple who had applied for an employment based visa back in 2005, a guy who was moving to LA I think on a K1, and a guy who was moving to Alabama with his USC wife.

After about 15 minutes of chatting, I was taken to see a female doctor. She looked over my questionnaire I filled in when I arrived, asked if I had ever had chicken pox, took my height and weight, tested my eyes, listened to my breathing, asked me to turn and cough, and then took a blood sample.

I was led back to the main waiting room, and then back to the reception desk to pay. I was given a copy of the DS-3025 with my receipt.

My appointment was for 8:50. I arrived at 8:40, and I was out the door by 9:50.
RaTBoXMaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-27 10:14:00
United KingdomMedical on 26/07

I've got my medical on the 26th at Bentinck too...what time is your medical?


8:50am
RaTBoXMaleUnited Kingdom2007-07-25 00:08:00