Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Are you safe?
Now that Anna is no longer pregnant, it was time to complete one of the last remaining hurdles between us and our application for permanent residency being processed. The various pieces of documentation have now all arrived, and the final two things we need to do are:- Have a medical examination, and
- Obtain Caitlin's British passport
So, today we had a family appointment at the clinic to undergo inspection. The set of tests is more extensive for permanent residency than for other temporary visas, the check-list went something like:
- Urine test
- Eyesight test (corrective equipment permitted)
- English reading ability test (I unintentionally launched into the paragraph as though it were a bedtime story - hope they didn't mind)
- X-Rays to make sure we don't have Tuberculosis
- HIV blood tests
- Blood pressure taken
- Eyes, nose and throat inspections
- Some strange check, that only seemed to involve checking that we had legs
Although they aren't permitted to give us the results of their tests, the general indication was that there was nothing that should cause any concern.
Afterwards I went off to work, while Anna visited Meg to compare babies. I wasn't there to confirm it, but Anna thought that, even though she was born later, Caitlin is much the same size as Robert - although apparently not as well behaved yesterday, as she was crying quite a lot after the exertions of the tests in the morning.
Chris
posted at 10:32 pm
