Arthritis
May 31st 2007, 5:50 pm
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Arthritis
just wanted to enquire, some friends of ours are considering the big move but the wife has arthritis( I think its rheumatoid), does this mean she will not get past the medical. i hadn't a clue so thought i would ask on here for her? Can any one offer any advice? thanks Babs
May 31st 2007, 7:14 pm
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Re: Arthritis
Hello
My OH has RA - early stages and we got through okay and as a Category A whereas we thought we might end up Category B - our visa is a 136 MODL. He is in early stages though and the condition is very controlled with medication only being taken once a week. Before the medicals we got his consultant to complete a report which we took along with us and this was sent off with the medical forms. We had no hassles at all. Our visa app was received at DIAC on 3 January, meds took place on 12 March and the visa was granted on 19 April - we received confirmation on 1 May.
Hope that's useful.
Tracy
My OH has RA - early stages and we got through okay and as a Category A whereas we thought we might end up Category B - our visa is a 136 MODL. He is in early stages though and the condition is very controlled with medication only being taken once a week. Before the medicals we got his consultant to complete a report which we took along with us and this was sent off with the medical forms. We had no hassles at all. Our visa app was received at DIAC on 3 January, meds took place on 12 March and the visa was granted on 19 April - we received confirmation on 1 May.
Hope that's useful.
Tracy
May 31st 2007, 8:32 pm
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Re: Arthritis
Hello
My OH has RA - early stages and we got through okay and as a Category A whereas we thought we might end up Category B - our visa is a 136 MODL. He is in early stages though and the condition is very controlled with medication only being taken once a week. Before the medicals we got his consultant to complete a report which we took along with us and this was sent off with the medical forms. We had no hassles at all. Our visa app was received at DIAC on 3 January, meds took place on 12 March and the visa was granted on 19 April - we received confirmation on 1 May.
Hope that's useful.
Tracy
My OH has RA - early stages and we got through okay and as a Category A whereas we thought we might end up Category B - our visa is a 136 MODL. He is in early stages though and the condition is very controlled with medication only being taken once a week. Before the medicals we got his consultant to complete a report which we took along with us and this was sent off with the medical forms. We had no hassles at all. Our visa app was received at DIAC on 3 January, meds took place on 12 March and the visa was granted on 19 April - we received confirmation on 1 May.
Hope that's useful.
Tracy
May 31st 2007, 8:59 pm
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Re: Arthritis
FWIW Mrs Wol has bad athritis and was in agony in the UK winter. She only gets occasional bad days here in the S Highlands despite the cold: the very low humidity and relatively low air pressure seem to be beneficial.
Jun 1st 2007, 9:01 am
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Re: Arthritis
thank you for the info, will pass the good news on! babs.
