Hi all!
I am in a bit of a mess here regarding the medical examination I was asked to provide as a part of the IEC application.
I am a Lithuanian citizen who has been living in Scotland, UK for the past 13 years. I have not left the country for any longer than 2-3 weeks at a time to go for holidays abroad and hold permanent residency status in UK. As a matter of fact I keep a record of when I left and returned to UK. As as soon as I entered the pool I made sure I did police checks (got them from both Lithuania and UK) and prepared the rest of the paperwork, so I would be ready to submit all required documents as soon as I received the invitation to apply. It came to my surprise when I received an invitaion to apply and it stated that I am required to undergo a medical examination... I noticed that it says that if you have been in Lithuania in the past 6 months, you will require to do the examination, but I have not been in Lithuania for over 3 years, and when I did go 4 years ago it was only for a week.
I and other couple of other people have triple-checked my application to make sure that I did not put Lithuania as my current residency status, I did not click on a box where it asked if I am intending to work in any of the listed professions, no history in tuberculosis etc.. The whole application system has been a bit of a pain in the butt from the technical point of view and now I am wondering if that is a glitch in the system. I contacted an officer regarding my situation but still have not received a reply. I've only got 10 days left and now I am wondering if I just should book an appointment. I don't have anything against going for a medical appointment, but on the other hand, if it is a mistake, it will cost me about 500 UK pounds, because the clinic does not offer refunds for cancellations + plus all the travelling costs.
I know that there was a little section once you hover over the 'question icon' on the application section that says, provide the upfront medical report form, if not, then proof of an appointment, or give a very good reason why you did not manage to get an appointment. In this case, I could explain the situation, but I don't want them to think that I am questioning their decision-making. Where in reality it was probably an actual system that made a decision just because I am a Lithuanian citizen, and now I am wondering if Citizenship is the only factor they take into consideration whether to ask for an examination or not.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Best wishes,
Justina
I am in a bit of a mess here regarding the medical examination I was asked to provide as a part of the IEC application.
I am a Lithuanian citizen who has been living in Scotland, UK for the past 13 years. I have not left the country for any longer than 2-3 weeks at a time to go for holidays abroad and hold permanent residency status in UK. As a matter of fact I keep a record of when I left and returned to UK. As as soon as I entered the pool I made sure I did police checks (got them from both Lithuania and UK) and prepared the rest of the paperwork, so I would be ready to submit all required documents as soon as I received the invitation to apply. It came to my surprise when I received an invitaion to apply and it stated that I am required to undergo a medical examination... I noticed that it says that if you have been in Lithuania in the past 6 months, you will require to do the examination, but I have not been in Lithuania for over 3 years, and when I did go 4 years ago it was only for a week.
I and other couple of other people have triple-checked my application to make sure that I did not put Lithuania as my current residency status, I did not click on a box where it asked if I am intending to work in any of the listed professions, no history in tuberculosis etc.. The whole application system has been a bit of a pain in the butt from the technical point of view and now I am wondering if that is a glitch in the system. I contacted an officer regarding my situation but still have not received a reply. I've only got 10 days left and now I am wondering if I just should book an appointment. I don't have anything against going for a medical appointment, but on the other hand, if it is a mistake, it will cost me about 500 UK pounds, because the clinic does not offer refunds for cancellations + plus all the travelling costs.
I know that there was a little section once you hover over the 'question icon' on the application section that says, provide the upfront medical report form, if not, then proof of an appointment, or give a very good reason why you did not manage to get an appointment. In this case, I could explain the situation, but I don't want them to think that I am questioning their decision-making. Where in reality it was probably an actual system that made a decision just because I am a Lithuanian citizen, and now I am wondering if Citizenship is the only factor they take into consideration whether to ask for an examination or not.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Best wishes,
Justina
