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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

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Hi, from submitting our visa it took about 8 weeks for acknowledgment then another 2 months before been asked to attend medicals.

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We didn't put a reference number on our medicals when we frontloaded. I think they match them up to your application using your passport number. We got our visa granted no problems.
Tracie

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I heard or read somewhere that u can re-apply for the local police check again (ou local one only took 7 days to come through) and the time scale changes to the date on police check letter :) Fi.

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Thanks tracie, i think i'll just keep med. appt. and hope for the best.
Fi.

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Hi Ann just heard from another BE member that they are about to look at applications dated 08/08/06 this week and next week, DIMA received ours on 12th Aug, should hear anytime now.
Sam x.

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http://www.be-forum.co.uk/processing-timelines/

Not according to this they're not

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Does anyone know if you can access the medical forms on DIMA's website. It would be interesting to see what info they are after?

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Hi

Just finished printing them off myself, we've got our med's tomorrow. Wish I'd started earlier - there's 5 of us going and each one is 9 pages long. Late night for me then. :zzz: (I wonder if you can be turned down for generally looking like s**t?) :scared:

Not tried attaching anything before so I hope it works.

Cheers!

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The BE member who told me this E-mailed DIMA, who got back to him to say he needed to speak to the manager as his application wasn't in the system. He received a second E-mail from the manager to assure him that his application wasn't lost and that they would be looking at the applications dated 08-08-06 later on this week. :)
Sam x.

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I thought this was going to be an article about washing machines...

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Hey Badge why not start a new thread on W/M if you feel like it, probably hasn't been done for a while. I myself cant wait to buy a top loader.
Sam x. :D

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Hey Sam I hope you are right because that is when my application was acknowledged. I didn't mean to be derisory just p***** off waiting

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I sent e-mail asking what time scale is for acknowledgment and they replied yeasterday saying taking upto 9 wks. Mines was delivered on 15th august , so hopefully soon:(

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Ours was 15th too - 8 weeks past Tuesday. Maybe we'll both hear next week. All things come to those who wait!

Ann :)

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Hi Ann, it's been the longest 8 wks of my life. And to think this is only the start of it all:) Fiona

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Sister in law's application was received 2nd August and as of to day she has not been assigned a case officer. Still Waiting!

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Thats ok, I didnt take it personally, can fully appreciate just how p*****off you are. Let me know when you hear anything as we should both hear around the same time...........Lets see who's first to the white line.
Sam x. :)

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hi clivefawcet

we are going on a 136 and where wondering if you sent all forms together such a medical , visa , and ppc. and if you did where do we get the forms for the medical as i cant seem to find them


thanks

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hi can you tell me if i should send the passports with all the medicals and police checks when i send the visa appl away.

thanks

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Hi Everyone,

reading this thread with interest. We are waiting for TRA response and have a visa application ready to be sent once we have a positive result (hopefully).

With all the delay in acknowledging the application, is there a knock on affect in getting a case officer. Friends of our submitted their app in April (136 MODL), acknowledged within a fortnight, got case officer 4 weeks ago and visa approved with 6 days. They had medicals in August and PC's done at the same time, so it has all worked out great for them.

We were told that 136 MODL are usually assessed and a decision made between 6 - 9 months.

Any advice would be really appreciated

Thanks

Carol :confused:

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[QUOTE=Gremlin]Hi

Just finished printing them off myself, we've got our med's tomorrow. Wish I'd started earlier - there's 5 of us going and each one is 9 pages long. Late night for me then. :zzz: (I wonder if you can be turned down for generally looking like s**t?) :scared:

Not tried attaching anything before so I hope it works.

Many thanks for going to the trouble of putting on the attachments. I have just printed off 4 sets of everything.