Grayling

Not completely free.

http://www.ama.com.au/node/2950

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concretebob

3 cases in the last 13 years due to them being strict on the medicals and X-Rays, In general Australia is still TB free.

Anyway the OP should seek advice from an agent to see how to handle his 'situation'

Dorothy

Yes, you must declare this. As others have said, your wife's TB will show up on her chest x-ray. Failure to disclose her TB could result in your visa being refused.
As has been said, YES YOU MUST DISCLOSE HER TB. The consequences are that if you do not disclose and it is discovered that you lied your visa could be refused. The consequences of declaring it are that you will be seen as being honest and upfront. The worst that can happen is that your visa is refused on medical grounds. However, you have a much better chance of being granted a visa if you are honest than trying to hide the truth.

Sorry to sound harsh or whatever you may wish to call it, but I agree completely with Ozziedoc when she says the fact that you are even wondering whether to hide this very important piece of information makes one wonder whether you are the type of person Australia wants. It makes me wonder what else you may be hiding?

concretebob

Thats true I think honesty is the only policy with these things I am sure that if you try to hide something DIAC will probably find out at some stage down the track, funny I seen someone had posted the other day that their Date of Birth did not match their Birth Certificate and that the applicants agent had advised him not to send his birth cert and use only High school certificate as proof of date of birth.

Makes you wonder how many people are just suppling any old information and hoping DIAC accepts it, like who are these people really? Who would know!!

Dorothy

And then they wonder why they get additional background checks done.

claire-n-tel

Hi,

I agree with everyone, you have to declare it, if you are honest i guess you have a chance, if you are caught out being dishonest i would imagine that would be the end of any chance.

The incidence of TB in Australia is 4 cases in every 100,000 people. I think that works out to be about 840ish cases

Good luck

Claire

concretebob

Yes Dorothy that is spot on.

Why would someone consider withholding correct information from an application such as that to live in a new country especially Australia? the only reason I can think of is that they feel that if the supply such information it could cause to be a problem in the processing.

Extract from the 26EH form the Declaration of Health.

declare the information I have provided on this form is correct.
I understand that if I have given false or misleading information, my
application may be refused, and any visa issued may be cancelled.
I agree to the examining doctor contacting my treating doctor to discuss
and seek further information about any medical condition(s) that may
relate to my health assessment for a visa.

OP would have to declare all information or it would be viewed as misleading or 'questionable'

Extract from the GSM application form the Declaration at which you sign or accept.

DECLARATION FOR ALL APPLICANTS
Warning: Under the Migration Act 1958, there are penalties for
deliberately giving false or misleading information.
• I declare that the information I have supplied in this application is
complete, correct and up-to-date in every detail.
• I understand that if I give false or misleading information, my
application may be refused, or any visa granted may be cancelled.
• I understand that if this application is approved, any person not
included in this application will not have automatic right of entry to
Australia by way of this application.


An applicant who provided a DOB XX/XX/XXXX on the application form and then had a birth certificate that that had a DOB as YY/YY/YYYY and instead of submitting such a document which is mandatory for everyone else decides to never let on and try to pass a school certificate as proof of identity and DOB (everyone knows that you dont really start school to you are at least 5 years old) in the hope that DIAC will over look such documents, so the declaration would be false since he signed a document that stated his DOB was XX/XX/XXXX and the fact wether he was born on that day or not his real DOB is what is on the official birth certificate YY/YY/YYYY and signed by an official of the state, such discrepancy would cause background checks and the application to be viewed as 'questionable'

so why would anyone wonder???

Say for instance there are 140,000 people seeking visas and only 108,000 visa available this year (and probably next year) then if 10,000 were 'questionable' well everyone can do the maths.

bruce67

My wife and I obtained permanant residence in 2007 inspite of her chest x-ray appearing to suggest exposure to TB.

Firstly as said the x-ray will show TB scares which will never go. I our case we were granted a visa with a restricted medical which meant we had to arrive within 6 months of our medical and check in immediatly with the australian medical authorities(provision of having the visa granted). My wife had another x-ray on arrival(to confirm no change to chest status) and every 6 months until this month when she was cleared with no further visits required. Truth is best. Be careful of doing your med too soon as if you get a restricted medical you may have to redo it if they only clear you for 6 months

bruce

ali-simon

Good Morning. I have popped over from the Canada forum as I now reside there, but have friends looking to move to Oz from the UK. Unfortunately he has MS and at the moment is in remission but for how long, who knows. Can anyone tell me, if they apply to migrate to Oz once retired and will have money, will the MS void their application at all.

I know its not signed and sealed I just wondered has anyone else applied in this situation.

Thanks
Ali-Simon
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zaim_raza

Hi,

i have received an email from CO in which he is asking me to submit the Health Undertaking form. which i had replied immediately on 22nd Nov. but i have some questions regarding health undertaking:

1. what is the purpose of health undertaking?
2. how long they take to issue VISA?
3. any one submitted the health undertaking and how long take to get the visa?


waiting for reply.


thanks in advance.

jjoy

The health undertaking form is a form in which you commit attending the health centre in Australia for a probably inactive ailment/ They can take any time to issue the visa as there is no fixed schedule and lastly there are so many who have submitted the same which you may please find out in this very thread.

cheers

JJOY

BenJay

Thanks a lot for this link. I did not know that such material is available to public.

direct2dubai

You should declare the TB on your application as well as to the panel doctor, but they will ask for full medical history from previous doctors/specialists etc.

My husband had Hodgkins Lymphoma (cancer) 8 years ago and recovered 6 years ago - we were concerned they would reject our application once we declared this, HOWEVER we were granted PR in 2008.

They asked for full medical history and wanted the oncologist to estimate the probability of the illness returning in percentage terms. He stated its less than 5% and based on this we got through the medical requirements.

Best wishes.....

Dorothy

Sorry, but Hodgkin's Lymphoma is a different disease to TB. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, not to mention costly to the Australian health system to treat. Hodgkin's disease is not contagious, so therefore does not pose a risk to Australian citizens. If your husband had not been sucessfully treated it is very unlikely you would have been granted your visas because like TB it's expensive to treat.