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We are in the process of getting advice from a specialist Endocrinologist next month to argue that my Hubby will not cause a drain to the NZ health system. He has hypertension, which has been well controlled for 20 years. From what little info NZIS will give us, they feel that this, and his high BMI puts him at risk of metabolic syndrome. We are making real efforts to loose weight/ cut out the booze/ don't smoke etc, but at the moment, no-one will say what would constitute an acceptable level of weight loss to be let in
The whole thing is such a grey area- we know that Fred is at risk of developing health problems, but as no-one will quantify that risk, how can we adress it? They have said that they would look at any supporting evidence. In the meantime, his medical will be looked at again; probably fail again...medical waiver...? appeal...? residence review board... it all that fails, we will have to try again next year We are gutted 'coz he only sees the doc about twice a year for a BP check! We would be paying for his tablets anyway, and would be happy to have a clause put on our visa to make us pay for any treatments for him, if it swung thingsARE YOU LISTENING NZIS! We havent been beat yet, we may be hear for some time