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Passports and visas?
  • Make sure your passport is valid for at least 6 months beyond the end of your proposed trip.
  • In most situations a tourist visa (rather than a work visa) will suffice but requirements vary.
    Check on the website of the UK Embassy or High Commission of your host country for up-to-date information on what you will need.
  • Some countries are not represented in the UK and visas applications will need to be made to overseas consulates.
  • It is useful to have the address and telephone number of the British Embassy in the country to which you are going. This, along with addresses of overseas consulates without London offices, can be obtained by contacting the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, website: www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029395231

Your travel agent or mission agency should also be able to advise on visas and even arrange application on your behalf. Allow at least 2 months for the relevant documents to be processed and returned.

Important Notice

It would be worth scanning the important bits of your passport, including the visa, and emailing them to yourself AND always carry a photocopy of the front and back pages of your passport and some spare passport photos with you in case the original is lost or stolen (can be useful for other documents too).

Don't keep the photocopies and spare photos together with your passport!



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Fifth edition with appendices – January 2007
© 2007 Christian Medical Fellowship, London.

First Edition 1997 – Amended April 1999 & November 2000
Second Edition September 2002
Third Edition November 2003
Fourth Edition August 2004

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Christian Medical Fellowship.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My thanks are due to Mark Pickering (CMF Student Secretary), Avril Stirzaker (Chairperson, CMF National Students Committee) and Laura Risdale (PA, Overseas Department) for their comments and suggestions during the preparation of this fifth edition.

DISCLAIMER
Christian Medical Fellowship cannot be held responsible for the information contained in this booklet. Students should confirm the information with individual institutions and missions agencies, including the conditions for undertaking electives and the precautions advised to reduce health and transport risks.
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