Pregnant while getting Visa

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Nov 11th 2006 | 9:40 pm

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ukdarren22

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Re: Pregnant while getting Visa

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Originally Posted by busterboy

Hi everyone

I went for PR and discovered I was pregnant after we lodged. I filled out a 1022 form - change of circumstances and sent to DIMIA. On birth of child I sent another 1022 and a certified or original copy of birth certificate. Bub was included in the medicals (no x-ray, very basic) and added to the application. We are now the proud owners of 3 PR visas

Thanks so much for your help guys, doesnt sound too bad then just take a little longer for the Visa.

Nov 12th 2006 | 6:48 am

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Re: Pregnant while getting Visa

I have to say that there are probably very few radiographers who would perform an xray on a pregnant woman for something thats not a 'medical need'. Your TRA should have an expiry date on it - ours is valid for 2 years. So no need to Panic!

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Nov 12th 2006 | 7:47 am

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Re: Pregnant while getting Visa

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Originally Posted by ukdarren22

I am in the very early stages of my Visa application, I am just waiting to hear back from the TRA, and I have just found out that my Wife is pregnant, does this make any difference to the Visa

OH found out she was pregnant just (about 4 to 6 weeks) after we submitted our visa application. If you've not submitted the forms yet then you could add that you wife's pregnant when you do. As we had already submitted our forms, I don't think we did anything about advising DIMA until we were allocated a CO. OH was eight months pregnant when our meds were requested. We took our meds - OH did not have an X-ray - and we sent everything off. About a month after our son was born, OH had the X-ray done at the same time our son had his meds for the application.

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Nov 12th 2006 | 10:28 am

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Re: Pregnant while getting Visa

I was in Melbourne on a 457 visa and 25 weeks pregnant when the company applied for our PR visa. I had my chest xray carried out at the place in Melbourne where everyone has to go (sorry can't remember the name). Just had the apron over my tum and everything was fine. I don't think they would have done it in the early stages but at my stage it was not a problem at all.

Much easier for us cos it meant that when bub arrived she was an Aussie Citizen.

As far as I'm aware (when I researched this prior to having the xray) not wanting to do this is all about being sued..... The radiologist who carried out my xray said there was probably more risk to the baby going through an airport scanner than having an xray with a lead apron.

Nov 13th 2006 | 12:36 am

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Re: Pregnant while getting Visa

In the UK they routinely used to use x-rays for checking pregnancies before ultrasound was suitably well developed. As stated previously, there is unlikely to be any harm but as a convention in medical practice, pregnant women are not x-rayed unnecessarily. The thing with radiation is that below a certain dose or for certain induced conditions, there is only a probability that an ill-effect or condition will occur.

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