mohdsafiuddin said:
Hey.
Can you walk us through the procedure that you had to go through for your medical?
I'm curious about how the whole thing takes place.
And also, i was just having a conversation with Druce about the police clearance certificates. What did you do with yours? Did you submit yours with the application? or did they ask you for them separately?
Hi mohdsafiuddin,
I'm from the Philippines and I had my medicals in one of the Panel Physicians in Manila. No pre-scheduling was required by my Panel Physician - they allowed walk-in.
> prior to the medical examination:
- I printed out the MR letter and all the forms IMM 1017 for each member of my family and filled it out.
- Aside from our original passports, I also prepared 2 photocopies of all of our passports (the information page and the last page)
- I brought 4 passport size pictures of each member of the family (recently taken - w/in 6 months)
> we arrived at the medical clinic at around 7:00 am and were given our queue # for registration.
> at the registration, we submitted the MR letter, the IMM 1017 forms, our original passports, the passport photocopies, and the sets of passport size pictures. They then provided us with other forms to fill up.
> after the registration, we were directed to the cashier to pay. We were given the receipts to present upon each stages of the medical tests.
> initially, our blood pressures (vital signs), height, and weight were taken
> then the succeeding tests we did were the laboratory tests.
- they provided us with clean collection bottles for our urine
- we had phlebotomy (blood extraction) procedure
> we all went thru the eye examinations first and then physical examinations followed:
- we were interviewed by the MD (individually, except they allowed us to accompany the kids)
= health history was asked (including family health history)
= the test included examination of our naked bodies (done very privately) and some movement coordination
> next came the chest x-rays (kids below 7 were exempted)
> we waited for the x-ray results
> while waiting for the x-ray results, we went to the immunization section (I believe that's what it's called) and were asked for immunization / vaccine history.
If lacking, they'll provide you with one at an extra cost.
> at the very last, after all test results were finalized, we were informed of the results.
Regarding the
police clearance certificates, we submitted ours with the PR application as what was listed in the checklist.
... Good luck to all of us ...
;D 
