hello im new here

hi, just joined this site, im jay my wife is lyn, im from bolton,lyn is from w/samar we had been married almost 3 years and got a 3yo son, my wife and child are still in the phils not seen them for 2 yrs( see them and speak most days online) anyway my wife has her visa already just waiting for my sons uk passport to be processed(2 eeks ago) it says 4 to 6 weeks so it wont be long now... hope you dont mind me asking a few questions about them coming here.i dont want any more delays( visa got refused but apealed and won) had several other delays also so i just want everything to go smoothly il use the search function to see if my questions have been asked first...thanks for reading

thanks for the quick reply and the welcome.. my main worries are the requirements my wife and child need to come here,my child will be traveling on a british passport, my wife has her visa and cfo sticker, its mainly about medical records and the requirements to leave phils and come here, she seems to think she needs a medical certificate,its new to me...i didnt think she needed one,i just want everything to go smoothly so i wanna double check everything ..thanks

cheeers for the welcome kuya, yeah i told my wife to find out about her requirements there,but to me that is not a good idea because a lot of official figure,s i do not trust there at all a few example. when my wife needed to do the english speaking test she went to a agent to book the british council run test,,,she ended up "giving the test fee" to the "agent" because my wife needed english lessons from this teacher/agent i went mad on the fone to the teacher and it got sorted/ just weeks ago when applying for my sons uk passport we needed his delivery notes, he wasnt born in a hospital,just a small birthing clinic but the midwife wasnt for releasing the documents without a fee, didnt her nothing and her family managed to get the document sent to my wife who is currently in dasmarinas ,the documents was in samar,that problem is sorted now anyway thought i would ask here for advice from people who have gone through all this..thankyou

i didn't have a medical certificate when i arrived in 2009.. at that time, some had their chest x-rays handy and they're entering via london.. from what i remembered, those who didn't have an x-ray, can have it taken at the airport or would be requested to give one in a few days time.. i'm not sure if it's still the same now.. i brought my medical records though so I can have something to show when I registered with my GP here.. if you think it best to have a medical certificate, then by all means do so... it will help her GP establish a medical history anyway...

by the way, welcome to the forum!!!

thanks florgew yeah it is better to have her medical records here but if its not needed i wont bother due to costs,she got quoted 6,000 php, and can hardly afford it,has any member just recently arrived on a spouse visa? thanks for all the reply,s

Hello there and welcome to the forum.

The UKBA and Entry Officers do not require any medical certificate for UK entry.
Depending on the arrival airport they may ask for a chest x-ray but again technically is not needed. Worst case scenario would be a short delay while an x-ray is taken at the airport. Usually they will take personal detail and advise to organise with a GP to have one.
It's often better not to argue with immigration

I can imagine just how excited and relieved you must feel to be together again as a family.
Best wishes and best of luck

Hi lyn86 and welcome to the forum. To be honest its been quite a while since my wife came to the uk so I've forgotten most of the requirements now but I just thought I'd let you know my wife is also from Western Samar. The nearst reasonable town to the wifes province is Calbiga. Where is your wife from?

thanks for all the welcomes and reply,s, if its ok ill have a few more things that i will need advice with,i do as much esearch as i can but i just want to make sure everything goes smoothly, they should have been here long ago,we first applied for the visa in november my wife,s from talalora but the nearest town is babatgnon leyte thanyou for the welcome,ive used the site for a while now in helping me get this far but.cheers everyone!

yes welcome hope every thing goes well, my wife will be here from manila , las pinas on wednesday 8 am best wishes

thanks for the welcomes, glad to hear your wife will be here very soon redbricks, when she arrives can you tell me all the requirements/tax costs and any other info you have,it would be so much helpful, i dont think i can handle any more waiting,its been 2 years since i last saw my family,thanks again everyone!