Hi Babycatcher,

What a worrying time you must have had while your hubby was undergoing treatment for his heart attack. I hope he?s making a good recovery now and you can relax a bit.

No doubt he had his medical before the heart attack happened and that he would need another one (medical, not heart attack [img:9851080c73]http://www.smilies.smileyville.net/smilies/923.gif[/img:9851080c73] ) for his application to immigrate to NZ? Pity you couldn?t have used the Oz medical for the NZ application as well, but they?re only valid for 3 months anyway.

What NZIS is looking for in the medicals is whether he would be a burden on their health system. If he recovered fully from his op one would hope that he wouldn?t need too much in the way of further treatment. However, if this has just happened recently, NZIS might be a bit sceptical when it comes to his application until he?s ?proved? his health has settled down again after the op. Having a heart attack is a pretty big issue and I wouldn?t like to hazard a guess whether or not they would accept his application at the moment.

To save yourselves the cost of medicals that may be of no use if the application is turned down, I think I?d be inclined to give NZIS a ring and get it from the horse?s mouth. I'm not much help I'm afraid but will wish you good luck.