debsy

Hi everyone -as most of you know we are due to fly on saturday to validate our visas. We may now be unable to fly as one of my children is unwell and the doctor hs said she might not be fit to fly.

We are flying with Singapore - does anyone know if we will just lose our tickets? As we are not in the UK we have no UK style travel insurance

bondipom

Call singa as there might be a fee for changing flights.

What style insurance do you have?

debsy

Thanks BP - said to hubby I know BP will answer me!! Will ring them in the morning only med insurance.

bondipom

I am not sure but Columbus insure residents from a lot of countries. I would also check that your policy includes medical evacuation rather than just treatment.

I have claimed in the past and the bills ran into the thousands. That was France.

young_lad

Jolyn posted on this thread about being able to change flights with Singapore. She did mention though about deadlines for changes....

debsy

thanks BP - I am ok here as our Paediatrician is my husbands best mate!

wengerboy

hi debsy can`t help but hope you come up with something i`m sure you will best wishes wenger

thfc

Hi Debs,just in case we recieve our Visas in the next few weeks [i doubt it though]and have to Validate them,i have a question you might be able to answer.My 2 children are on my Passport,will they validate our visas or do the children have to have their own passports now .Cheers

Timber Floor Au

Good luck with Saturdays flight and hope ur daughter is fit to fly !

debsy

THFC
My kids were on my passport when we applied but I decided to get them their own ones so they could have their own visa. If you are going to do that you will need to do it now before you get your visa and tell your agent about the new passport numbers.

Any news?

thfc

Thanks for that,my Migration Agent has told me if we dont hear before Meds run out we might have to unfortunately re-medical.They are trying to get some info from Adelaide but getting no response from them.With only a month till meds run out,looks like we will have to re-medical im afraid.Cheers

debsy

Ok Thfc
Keep in touch andlet me know how you get on.

debs

thfc

Cheers,Hope everything goes well for you.

ADELAIDE BOUND

THFC
You will need seperate passports for the children. We found out that to our cost when we got confirmation our visa had been approved. I also checked with Australia house and they confirmed that although the children on our passports were ok for getting approval of a visa we needed seperate passports for validation purposes. Good news is it only takes about a week to get them.

With your medicals, We had friends who's medicals were running out, they contacted the doctor who carried them out and he extended them free of charge for another year.
They know how long the process can take and if your lucky can be quite accommodating.

Worth a try hey, good luck.

Cheers.

MrsDagboy

Ahhhhhh, hope everything works out Debs, as other people have mentioned Im pretty sure you can change flights, just a fee involved.

Hope the little ones feeling better soon , solves your no accom cos of Big Day Out problem anyway .