Hi all! Just recently got my NOA2 and learned that my petition has been sent by NVC to Sydney, so my fiance should be receiving the packet from them in the next couple weeks. I was just wondering if it's ok to send them the checklist having ordered the police certificate and arranged the medical, without actually having them completed yet (would be completed before interview). Just want to get the interview date as soon as possible!

Thanks!!

hi there
depends how long it would take to get your police check in your hands..some take 2 weeks some take longer...
and the same for the medical..depends how busy the doctors are for you to receive an appointment...and this time of year some doctors do take time off...

which state is your fiance in...

we do have an aussie thread on here ..and there are a few in there still that are at the same stage you are at...
i know one of the aussie just got an interview date on 19th dec and her's was sent to syd at the beginning of november approx...

i would ring the doctors and the police department of his state and find out how long it take to get your paperwork in your hands before you go ahead and send in the readiness form...

also did your fiance know he can go to his local doctor and get blood tests done through medicare to find out what he is ammuned to for the vaccination sheet

good luck to you both your on your way to being together soon.. so it's really up to you if you want to send it in and take the chance that you wont have everything by the time you get an interview....
kath

Thanks Kath! My fiance lives in Queensland, I'll have him check up on those things.

I am very tempted to send in my Readiness to Interview form already too - but I'm afraid that they may give me an interview date a week from now and not have everything organised yet. As anxious as I am yet get an interview date, I think it'd be best to get things collected before you send the form in. I'd hate to get a date and then have to tell the Consulate that I am in fact not yet ready - I think that'd annoy them.

Surprisingly enough, getting the police check and medical doesn't seem too tricky or take that long. Like Kath suggested, get the test to get immunity and also get the jabs you think your fiance will need so that when it's time to get the medical the only thing that needs to be arranged is the X-Ray and the blood test for HIV and syphillis. And dependent on how busy the Doctor is, you may still need to wait for a vacancy with him too.

I think with so many variables in play (such as the Doctors' availability, when X-ray and blood test results can get done, etc) it'd be best to wait and be certain - I think it'll all pay off in the end.

Hope you get Packet 3 soon - I was beside myself when I received it last week But it did take me 5 days to fill out and send off the DS-230 Part 1 I kept procrastinating over it...