[Ness]

We just got a message today requesting a specialist report for DH b/c he has type 1 diabetes. He really doesn't have any major complications (knock on wood) and we're happy to supply the report (if we can hunt down his very busy endocrinologist), but I do wish they would have made it part of the medical in the first place, to save time.

Why not make a list of reports needed if you have certain chronic conditions?

I'm just frustrated that we waited 2+ weeks for them to ask for this when we could have gotten them this info when we first got the medicals done.

Our flights are booked for 20 Aug, I just don't see how that will happen. Argh! :(

[Moorf]

Amazingly, Dad's Medical Assessor is asking for his heart consultant's report.... from EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO!!!! I doubt it still exists tbh... and yes, fantastic suggestion - should you have a condition that is being maintained or treated surely they should ask for the consultants report upfront instead of all this back and forth malarkey.

I wonder if they're having a health crackdown as it feels like every other person is being referred to the Medical Assessor these days... :(

[Ness]

Well, they're being just as non-sensical with animals. I was informed today that my dogs' 3-year-rabies vaccine is considered a one-year-vaccine by Biosecurity NZ and so they will require a booster before they can go to NZ, despite the fact that they are considered vaccinated by every veterinary authority in this country and that their titers of rabies antibodies are well above the required levels.

A friend told me today that bureaucracy breeds stupidity. So true.

Good luck to your dad -maybe he can find a copy of that report in the archives of the medical museum ;-)

[dusk]

the trouble is THEY are not in any hurry...

we found the delays that the MA added to the equation extremely frustrating, but you can and will get through it - you just have to grit your teeth at the incomprehensible slowness of it all!

[Ness]

Oh, I understand they have all the time in the world.

But it seems incredibly inefficient from an organizational standpoint. Time is money, even for them.

What can I say -I'm German, so inefficiency annoys me! :-)

[andy141]

[QUOTE=Ness;233328]Time is money, even for them. QUOTE]

You're right, time IS money. I am losing in the order of £500 a week due to house value depreciation/falling housing market :mad: :mad:

Perhaps I ought to send the NZIS a bill for all their dithering :exit

[dusk]

I get the impression that they like to have 1 standard system, I would say one size fits all but often its one size fits none! It's only if you deviate from their 'norm' that things become difficult...

take for example the fact that many people get their qualifications assessed via NZQA but these qualifications are not fed into the 'main' stream of recognised qualifications. Seems entirely wasteful to me, plus as we have found, the inefficiency of the medicals system if you have any kind of long term condition, or outside their boundary limits in any way...

their system is not adaptive or proactive. We know how we would make it better but I don't think it's worth pointing it out to them!

[Ness]

I have to say, compared to the US immigration system (which I'm also 'enjoying' right now), the NZ system is still way more efficient and humane...still, it seems like it'd be in their own best interest to make the process as efficient as possible. But I guess we'll have to wait until they ask for our opinion/suggestion. Is there any talk about immigration reform in NZ like there is in the US?

[julius]

Who the Hell would like to immigrate to USA? :exit

Joke ;)

[Ness]

Someone who thinks living in Germany is hell! :D