Immegration & Kidneys!
May 4th 2003, 10:59 pm
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Immegration & Kidneys!
Hi Folks,
Got a bit of a problem that I'm hoping to get some advice on.
My partner and I are currently going through the process of Skilled Immegration, getting all the documentation ready for assessment. The skills assessment will be on myself.
My partner is diabetic, although we've been informed that this isn't too much of a problem. The problem is that she has just been very ill with something not related to her diabetes. She's just recovering from a kidney infection that caused complete Kidney failure.
After 5 weeks in hospital she now out and on the mend (touch wood). Her kidneys are now working again and she doesn't need to under-go any operations for kidney replacement or any further dialysis. Of course the doctors can't say 100% that she'll never need either of these options.
As you can imagine whilst this was happening I put the application on hold.
What I'm wondering is, is it worth carrying on with the application or will what's happened put the chances of a successful application below zero!
Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks.
Fen.
Got a bit of a problem that I'm hoping to get some advice on.
My partner and I are currently going through the process of Skilled Immegration, getting all the documentation ready for assessment. The skills assessment will be on myself.
My partner is diabetic, although we've been informed that this isn't too much of a problem. The problem is that she has just been very ill with something not related to her diabetes. She's just recovering from a kidney infection that caused complete Kidney failure.
After 5 weeks in hospital she now out and on the mend (touch wood). Her kidneys are now working again and she doesn't need to under-go any operations for kidney replacement or any further dialysis. Of course the doctors can't say 100% that she'll never need either of these options.
As you can imagine whilst this was happening I put the application on hold.
What I'm wondering is, is it worth carrying on with the application or will what's happened put the chances of a successful application below zero!
Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks.
Fen.
May 4th 2003, 11:10 pm
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i there sorry to here about the wife mate, i am also diabetic and dont let put u off just go for it u only die once.
May 5th 2003, 1:26 am
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I doubt it will be a problem, I am also Diabetic and had no problems getting a visa, for more info on Diabetes Australia take a look at.
http://www.movingdownunder.co.uk/files/medical.php
This is my site so if anyone has any useful links I will add them.
http://www.movingdownunder.co.uk/files/medical.php
This is my site so if anyone has any useful links I will add them.
May 5th 2003, 5:40 pm
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Hiya,
Many thanks for the responses.
It's not actually the diabetes that might case the problem - It's the kidney failure and the unknown chance that it might happen again.
Fen.
Many thanks for the responses.
It's not actually the diabetes that might case the problem - It's the kidney failure and the unknown chance that it might happen again.
Fen.
May 6th 2003, 6:17 am
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Sorry, I saw the title of this thread and thought is was about the 'in flight meals'. I'll keep out of this one.
May 6th 2003, 9:17 am
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Re: Immegration & Kidneys!
Hi Fen
The general rule with the medical is that they are looking to see if you will cost the Australian health services an unreasonable amount on an ongoing basis (I think it's more than $16000 a year) If the asessment is that you wont, then you will pass the medical.
The fact that your wife is diabetic will almost certainly not be a problem. I know of several diabetics who have got in. They do not expect you to never have been ill. The kidney problem sounds like a one-off. It's very unfortunate that she fell ill around the time of your application, which makes it seem all the more relevant, but to put it into perspective, if it had happened 5 years ago, you probably wouldn't be worried about it now. The chances are, they will look at it like that.
I would definately say go ahead with your application. As someone who got very stressed about the medical, I can honestly say it's not as big a hurdle as you might expect. The very best of luck to you.
Andy
The general rule with the medical is that they are looking to see if you will cost the Australian health services an unreasonable amount on an ongoing basis (I think it's more than $16000 a year) If the asessment is that you wont, then you will pass the medical.
The fact that your wife is diabetic will almost certainly not be a problem. I know of several diabetics who have got in. They do not expect you to never have been ill. The kidney problem sounds like a one-off. It's very unfortunate that she fell ill around the time of your application, which makes it seem all the more relevant, but to put it into perspective, if it had happened 5 years ago, you probably wouldn't be worried about it now. The chances are, they will look at it like that.
I would definately say go ahead with your application. As someone who got very stressed about the medical, I can honestly say it's not as big a hurdle as you might expect. The very best of luck to you.
Andy
Originally posted by fenris
Hi Folks,
Got a bit of a problem that I'm hoping to get some advice on.
My partner and I are currently going through the process of Skilled Immegration, getting all the documentation ready for assessment. The skills assessment will be on myself.
My partner is diabetic, although we've been informed that this isn't too much of a problem. The problem is that she has just been very ill with something not related to her diabetes. She's just recovering from a kidney infection that caused complete Kidney failure.
After 5 weeks in hospital she now out and on the mend (touch wood). Her kidneys are now working again and she doesn't need to under-go any operations for kidney replacement or any further dialysis. Of course the doctors can't say 100% that she'll never need either of these options.
As you can imagine whilst this was happening I put the application on hold.
What I'm wondering is, is it worth carrying on with the application or will what's happened put the chances of a successful application below zero!
Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks.
Fen.
Hi Folks,
Got a bit of a problem that I'm hoping to get some advice on.
My partner and I are currently going through the process of Skilled Immegration, getting all the documentation ready for assessment. The skills assessment will be on myself.
My partner is diabetic, although we've been informed that this isn't too much of a problem. The problem is that she has just been very ill with something not related to her diabetes. She's just recovering from a kidney infection that caused complete Kidney failure.
After 5 weeks in hospital she now out and on the mend (touch wood). Her kidneys are now working again and she doesn't need to under-go any operations for kidney replacement or any further dialysis. Of course the doctors can't say 100% that she'll never need either of these options.
As you can imagine whilst this was happening I put the application on hold.
What I'm wondering is, is it worth carrying on with the application or will what's happened put the chances of a successful application below zero!
Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks.
Fen.
May 6th 2003, 1:16 pm
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Thanks for the info Andy. Where did you find this out ?
