Confused about where to have chest xray

[mickcant]

Hi all,
I have searched and read a lot of intresting post, but am still confused, if I should advise my wife, who is coming here on a settlement visa at the end of September to get a chest xray in the Philippines or leave it and have one at Heathrow "if" they need one?
Also if she does have an xray at Heathrow how long could it take to clear imagaration?
I ask becouse I will be travelling to Heathrow by coach from Southampton to meet her and am trying to work out a best return time ticket to book.
Thanks for any thoughts.
mick.

[vbkelly]

Hi all,
I have searched and read a lot of intresting post, but am still confused, if I should advise my wife, who is coming here on a settlement visa at the end of September to get a chest xray in the Philippines or leave it and have one at Heathrow "if" they need one?
Also if she does have an xray at Heathrow how long could it take to clear imagaration?
I ask becouse I will be travelling to Heathrow by coach from Southampton to meet her and am trying to work out a best return time ticket to book.
Thanks for any thoughts.
mick.

i reckon thats better to get a chest xray in philippines

[lizaphil]

Hi all,
I have searched and read a lot of intresting post, but am still confused, if I should advise my wife, who is coming here on a settlement visa at the end of September to get a chest xray in the Philippines or leave it and have one at Heathrow "if" they need one?
Also if she does have an xray at Heathrow how long could it take to clear imagaration?

I ask beouse I will be travelling to Hethrow byy coach from Southampton to meet her and am trying to work out a best return time ticket to book.
Thanks for any thoughts.
mick.

hi mick,i think you need to till your wife to have xray in the philipnes before
she travel, because if not she ganna wait soo long in queing and waiting also
to check her xray in heathrow airport,i have that waiting about 2to 3 hours?
and that is 2years ago..i hope i give you some help

[bornatbirth]

my wife had the xray at heathrow and it took 10 minutes,that was at 6am and she was the only one there.

save the money and let the airport xray her?

[lizaphil]

my wife had the xray at heathrow and it took 10 minutes,that was at 6am and she was the only one there.

save the money and let the airport xray her?

hehehe that is good idea to save your money then
well she is lucky???

[somebody]

my wife had the xray at heathrow and it took 10 minutes,that was at 6am and she was the only one there.

save the money and let the airport xray her?

Word same here the missus was one of only a few there early in the morning. Worth checking what other flights likely to be in on the day you fly in. Checking the flights on line on Heathrows website should give you a good idea.

Maybe if any doubts about her health its worth checking out first I guess

[sammy]

hi
ive already got my fiance to get one in Phils, cheap and quick. it could save her a lot of time, immigration may be busy and in no great hurry to process her through the x-ray.

[Florge]

would you need x-ray when you arrive in manchester airport?

sorry if i hijacked this thread... hehehe

[bornatbirth]

different airports dont all do the xray,i think others who have gone to manchester didnt have it done but have been contacted later on.

[Jem]

A chest xray? Whats this for? And does everyone travlling from phils to UK need one??

[IainBusby]

A chest xray? Whats this for? And does everyone travlling from phils to UK need one??

It's for TB.

[somebody]

would you need x-ray when you arrive in manchester airport?

sorry if i hijacked this thread... hehehe

Not at the Airport but Joe Or Mr admin po turn up with some special cameras not long after you arrive

[Ji&Ma]

A chest xray? Whats this for? And does everyone travlling from phils to UK need one??

As Iain pointed out it is TB screening and I think it is done more or less "randomly" on travellers coming from RP to UK for settlement...
He can get it in Phils or leave it "on chance" to the airport - he might be or might be not screened...
If he will be screened on the airport it will cause a some delay to him to clear immigration definitely.

[classygirl]

Hi all,
I have searched and read a lot of intresting post, but am still confused, if I should advise my wife, who is coming here on a settlement visa at the end of September to get a chest xray in the Philippines or leave it and have one at Heathrow "if" they need one?
Also if she does have an xray at Heathrow how long could it take to clear imagaration?
I ask becouse I will be travelling to Heathrow by coach from Southampton to meet her and am trying to work out a best return time ticket to book.
Thanks for any thoughts.
mick.

Hello Mick,

When I came last Feb. in Heathrow on settlement visa,they didn't ask for my chest Xray or didn't ask me to have one.Well,I guess they do it randomly.

[Sconnie]

Not all airports ask for the chest X ray at arrival.
Not all airports have X ray facilities.
Sometimes the local health authority will request an X ray after registration.
For what it costs in time and effort I would suggest your wife have the chest X ray taken in a Philippine hospital.
My wife had a X ray taken before she left Philippines, she entered UK at Newcastle, they did not ask her for an X ray and the local health authority has not requested it either, what it gave us was peace of mind that she was clear of TB and that if she was asked for an X ray she had one ready to present.