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julesk
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 Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject: Question about the Self Medical Evaluation |
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| I have a question about the Self Medical Evaluation. It asks about serious disease or illness in the past five years... I haven't had anything major, but I had my tonsils removed and some minor soft palate surgery done in January. I know that this isn't really serious, but I'm wondering if I should mention it on the form. My fear is that if I say "no", I will get "caught" when I have my official medical exam done in Korea and they look down my throat. Should I mention it? |
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Cornfed
Joined: 14 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Just write "no". How would they know the surgery was done recently anyway? They only look in your mouth to check the state of your teeth. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:04 am Post subject: |
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| say "no" and if they ask when they do the exam, just say you didn't think it was serious - and sounds like it wasn't. |
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marlow
Joined: 06 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| moosehead wrote: |
| say "no" and if they ask when they do the exam, just say you didn't think it was serious - and sounds like it wasn't. |
This sounds right. Or tell them you forgot... because you smoke pot everyday, and are borderline schizo.... |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:03 am Post subject: |
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good one!!
medical marijuana, of course |
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icicle
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I would just include it. Including it on the form is not going to see you get rejected - but it is in the category of things which they want you to disclose and if you don't there is always the potential for a problem down the track (maybe not a big one with this specific thing but I would lean towards discolosure in this situation. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Like a Customs Declaration form, the answer to every question is always 'No'. |
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Zaria32
Joined: 04 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| No, no, no, no..... |
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icicle
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:40 am Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| Like a Customs Declaration form, the answer to every question is always 'No'. |
Take this approach on a Customs Declaration form and get caught and you will be fined (or worse). The consequence to lying on the Medical Check form is potentially worse ... cancellation of visa and forced to pay for not only your airfare home AND under most contracts pay the school back for the airfare that brought you here .... Answering 'no" on the Medical form when that is not the true answer is a risk with potentially serious consequences ... Just make sure that you have considered that before you do it ... |
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KoreanAmbition
Joined: 03 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:28 am Post subject: |
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The entire form is a Catch-22. How can anyone not lie on it.
Do you have a mental illness?
Hmmm, well you're coming to South Korea, so you must be fuc.king insane to start with.
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DongtanTony
Joined: 22 Feb 2008
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Like cruisemonkey said.....NO!!!
Do you really want to get flagged for your tonsils and palate????
Don't give them an excuse....NO NO NO NO!! |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| KoreanAmbition wrote: |
The entire form is a Catch-22. How can anyone not lie on it.
Do you have a mental illness?
Hmmm, well you're coming to South Korea, so you must be fuc.king insane to start with.
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You made my day! |
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valkerie
Joined: 02 Mar 2007
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Cornfed wrote: |
| Just write "no". How would they know the surgery was done recently anyway? They only look in your mouth to check the state of your teeth. |
Ewww, this made me think of people buying horses and checking them over. |
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Zaria32
Joined: 04 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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First, please be aware this info is 5 months old and K-immi changes weekly if not daily...
I askd immi if I should put down a lung disease-I mean put it on the form. They told me to put it on the form only if it was a threat to public health. It wasn`t so I didn`t. Of cours, it was discovered on the x-ray. Immi didn`t care as it wasn`t dngerous to others.
Some folks advocate telling anything and everything, but I`ve not heard of a single person being shippd home because of a discrepancy between the form info and the later physical exam. |
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