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Thanks for your reply, but there is no specific information about where to go for TB test in Australia in UkInAustralia website. I tried to contact IOM in Australia and they dont have any clue at all. I contacted British high commission regarding this but no reply yet.mulderpf wrote:If you're coming for more than six months, you will be screened for TB regardless of where you're from (well, at least should be - I don't know how strictly it's enforced).
But if there isnt any x-ray report submitted they might cancel the visa application and visa fee may be lost. They also dont accept x-rays from just any doctor, it got to be authorised by them. That what I know when anyone needs to do their TB test done in countries like bngladesh and pakistan.mulderpf wrote:If you fly in via Heathrow, they will check you there (I was scanned upon arrival and all in all, it took about 20 minutes longer than if I brought everything with me). Otherwise you can try a doctor who can do an X-ray - not sure?
There are no approved/authorized centres for the X-ray. Get an X-ray and report done at any local hospital and carry it with you (do not put it in your check-in baggage). These should be recent - like in the last 1 month or so. If the doctor there is not happy with your x-ray and report, then he/she will ask for another x-ray. The good thing is that it does not cost you anything. It will just be a 20-30 min wait till this gets sorted.sunjay wrote: But if there isnt any x-ray report submitted they might cancel the visa application and visa fee may be lost. They also dont accept x-rays from just any doctor, it got to be authorised by them. That what I know when anyone needs to do their TB test done in countries like bngladesh and pakistan.
You are "resident" in Australia and applying for EC from there. So, I don't see the need .... there is no reference to "citizenship" of the applicant.Health (TB) screening wrote:Residents in the following countries applying for a visa to come to the UK for longer than 6 months need to get a certificate confirming that they are free from infectious Tuberculosis (TB) before applying for a visa:
- Ghana plus Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo and Niger (which Ghana also issues visas for),
Kenya plus Eritrea, Somalia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda (visitor applications) and Tanzania (which Kenya also issues visas for),
Pakistan,
Bangladesh
Sudan
Thailand plus Cambodia and Laos (which Thailand also issues visas for)
Thanks a lot for your valuable feedback.sushdmehta wrote:You are "resident" in Australia and applying for EC from there. So, I don't see the need .... there is no reference to "citizenship" of the applicant.Health (TB) screening wrote:Residents in the following countries applying for a visa to come to the UK for longer than 6 months need to get a certificate confirming that they are free from infectious Tuberculosis (TB) before applying for a visa:
- Ghana plus Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo and Niger (which Ghana also issues visas for),
Kenya plus Eritrea, Somalia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda (visitor applications) and Tanzania (which Kenya also issues visas for),
Pakistan,
Bangladesh
Sudan
Thailand plus Cambodia and Laos (which Thailand also issues visas for)
The test is required for residents in named countries because TB is common there. Travellers from the named countries may carry the infection in to UK and therefore are required to prove that they are free from infection when they apply for entry clearance (from the named countries) in a category that allows stay in the UK for more than 6 months.
You don't need to provide a TB test certificate to apply for entry clearance from Australia. But, if you worry about being stopped at arrival port in UK, follow krazydude's suggestion(s).