You can work straight away on a spouse visa once a national insurance number is obtained.

It's the fiancee visa that you can't work on.

The TB test comprises of a chest xray. On the day the Dr will take a medical history and the the xray is done. You.then wait for the results which can take a few hours. Either the report will show no evidence of Active TB or not.. If the xray can't determine if TB is present then the sputum test will be done which takes a few weeks to process and you have to go back for the results. The xray might show up something else not known about I.e. Scoliosis or enlarged heart but that won't be important in terms of the visa.

If all OK you will receive a report that you will submit with the spouse visa supporting documents plus a copy and then have them available for inspection just in case at the UK airport you are flying to

The TB test validity is six months and there is only one clinic in the Philippines approved for the TB test.


My wife is in cebu. She flew early in the morning to Manila . Got to her appointment and had the xray. She flew home the same day in the evening.