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Hi there, Me and my husband joined this forums a few months ago, but we have not been very active, particularly because when we joined last year we were just told we were entering Stage 1 and we were very busy writing down our memories (150 pages of pure gold). After all the time and effort that took, we were told a few weeks ago that our work had been very good, very child-oriented, and that except for the fact that we had to wait for the validation of our medical records by the medical adviser and our DBS checks, we could be forwarded to Stage 2. From the very beginning we have been very open. We have told them everything, including that we've been only 2 years in the UK and that whenever they required any legal documents, they would not be written always in English. From the very beginning they acknowledged it, but since one of the workers in the LA speaks our mother tongue, they told us not to worry about it. Now, however, we've come to the point where our medical history is not in the UK. And it appears that the BAAF requires the past 10 years of history to be validated by the medical advisor. We've had to pay for 2 trips to our home country just to get paperwork done. And when we come back and hand in those papers, they tell us we have to pay for an official translator because this is very specific language and the person they have does not feel capable of translating medical information. We request a quote. It will cost us about £1000 to translate both our medical history of the past 10 years. And they cannot do with the summary, which would cost only £75 to translate. They need the full written records. What should we do? What can we do? Has anybody found themselves in this situation?