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Arrival in the UK

Post by whiteroses » Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:25 pm

I am leaving for the UK soon, to start my course, and wanted to know what the immigration at Heathrow will be like. Someone told me that I need health certificates and will also have a health check there, but the university told me nothing about this. Can someone please give me advice on what to do/expect?
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Post by vinny » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:58 pm

If you are not a citizen of the EU, EEA or Switzerland wrote:If you come from certain countries and want to stay in the UK for more than six months, we will normally ask a medical inspector to examine you. If you have a UK pre-departure tuberculosis (TB) detection certificate, please give it to the officer when you arrive.
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Post by whiteroses » Sun Sep 19, 2010 11:01 pm

I did read that. However, a friend of mine applied through an agent and was told that he must present a chest x-ray plus report, and a list of vaccinations that he has had (with certification from his doctor), for the purpose of immigration checks upon arrival at the airport as he is from Asia.
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Post by vinny » Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:18 am

Click on the links above for more info. Having a recent x-ray may save you from being re-x-ray at the airport.
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Post by whiteroses » Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:32 am

vinny wrote:Click on the links above for more info. Having a recent x-ray may save you from being re-x-ray at the airport.
Thanks for the info.
As I am leaving tomorrow, I don't think I will be able to get an x-ray done now. My university made no mention of this, otherwise I would have had a chest x-ray done. I had a chest-xray done in April, but I don't have a report specifically for that, as I was having surgery and it was only mentioned in my discharge report, so I guess I cannot show that.
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