TB Testing official start date

[oakwell]

The UKBA announced on Feb 14th that TB screening for Philippine visa applicants for settlement will be compulsory as of Feb 28th. Applicants who have applied and paid the fee prior to Feb 28th will not be required to be screened. The fee is 3200 pesos for the X-ray. If tests are inconclusive the applicant will have to do a sputem test which could take up to 2 months for the results....... Read more at the UKBA website http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2013/february/30-tb-philippines

[Doc Alan]

Please read this :-
http://filipinaroses.com/showthread.php/31919-TB-curable-but-a-long-way-to-go?p=419488#post419488

[Moving Forward]

So here I am in the Philippines to help my partner submit her partner visa application. I arrived here on the 12th of Feb and they announced the TB requirement on the 14th. Luckily we submitted her visa application online today and will submit the documents on the 26th. The 28th of Feb is when this new requirement starts.

The requirements seem to change on a regular basis... have to keep an eye on these things for FLR.

more info on the tb requirement here:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/countries/philippines/applying/tb-test/?langname=UK%20English

[Arthur Little]

The requirements seem to change on a regular basis...

... you don't say! :doh... it's like a full time job keeping up with all the changes. :icon_rolleyes: But at least your wife's application will soon be "moving forward".

Good luck with it! :xxgrinning--00xx3:


more info on the tb requirement here:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/countries/philippines/applying/tb-test/?langname=UK%20English

:smile: Appreciate the link ... :68711_thanx: