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Hi.
We posted our visa 2 months ago now and not been acknowledged or anything yet. We decided to front load the medicals and police checks. Going for medicals on 17th october in Edinburgh. Received confirmation letter today from med. centre with things to bring. One was a letter/e-mail from Dimia saying where the Meds should be sent on to. Panicking now, on a 136 modl visa. Always reading about peeps front loading, so what's the best thing to do. All input welcome. Thanx :(

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We posted our visa 2 months ago and haven't been acknowledged yet. Try not to worry you should hear any day now. Acknowledgements are taking around 8+ weeks at the moment.
Sam x.

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same boat as both of you - DIMA received our 15th Aug and no acknowledgment and c/c not swiped either. On the acknowledgement that comes through from them does it have a reference number that you use throughout the visa process?

Ann

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Yes Ann it does for any future reference that you will need, sending medicals etc. :)

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thanks Niki

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You need a reference number from DIMA (Case File Number), otherwise they will not be able to find your application details. You may want to wait at least 3 months from receipt, otherwise you may find you restrict your time to validate and put yourselves under pressure to go as soon as you get that visa.

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Yeah thx for advice. One moe question, how are a lot of people able to front load them if no case number, as u see i'm fairly new to this and having a blonde day . hehe . Fiona

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I don't know. Maybe a spouse visa. Don't quote me on this as I have no idea, but seem to recall reading on BE that since it is so quick, they can submit medicals as soon as they apply.

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I frontloaded and my visa (136 modl) was granted 5 months after my application was acknowledged. No questions were asked or anything. I was surprised it all went so smoothly as you often hear stories of lost medicals. If you are in a hurry I would definately frontload.

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Thanx all. Police checks arrived mid august, didnt realise such a backlog, Were no questions asked about reference numbers from Dimia at meds, and who sends them on, clinic or me? thx again Fi.

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We front loaded, and didn't put the address on where it was meant to be sent (we asked the doctor to send it to the normal place he sends all medicals). Our doctor charged us loads for postage then ended up sending to London so it got lost in the system for about a month. So just make sure you check the address is right!

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The clinic sends them off.

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I think its a bit of a gamble but it worked for us we sent our Vias application and Medicals off together and 28 days later our Visa was granted. We now fly over in November. Good luck.

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Our agent advised us to front load as soon as we received acknowledgement of visa application with the reference number on it. This was mainly because OH is diabetic so knew would need specialist reports.

The address details etc for the clinic to send on the documents and xrays are printed on the medical forms with instructions etc.

I would print them off so you can see the type of medical history information they will require (very indepth).

Paula

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We front loaded policae checks last december but not medicals. Our visa was granted on 10th august and only have until 27th december until police check runs out. bWe have booked flights for 25th november to validate either way but no offer on house yet so will prob need to come back. did not work to our advantage but everyones circunstances are different . Good luck anyway

sarah-jayne