Frequently asked questions

Minimum age limit is 18 years of age or 17 travelling with parental consent, there is no Max age group for surgery criteria is based on health conditions.

USA-Mexico must obtain ESTA visa and have no drug charges.

Patients must have a BMI 30 or more to be a ideal candidate for Weight Loss surgery

Yes clients have used Kiwisaver to fund some or full costs of the surgery and yes you can use someone elses with their permission of course.

PWL charges a administartion fee for the assistance we cannot provide supporting evidence but we will guide you through the process for a better chance of approval.

All patients recieve post surgery care direct from their clinic from the bariatric nurse patients are free to contact them directly of through their PWL facilitator.

Unfortunatley PWL does not offer this at the moment but we are working on more payment opitions for you.

Yes you can bring along a support person and MUST be 18 years or more to stay alone while you undergo procedure we recommend you discuss with your companion the process of the surgery for them to have a better understanding of what is expected.

Our prefered airlines for America travel are the following:

- Air NZ

- Delta

- United Airlines

Yes most definitely you can. We book economy for all airfares, if your wanting to upgrade you would need to pay the adddtional fare fee for the upgrade, we can also do this upon bookings if you let us know beforehand.

Our Tijuana clinic is Medical Mex

Assisted Mexico groups are a maximum of 3-4 people per group

A day-stay hotel is offered to clients at their own expense to get some needed rest before their flights if they have a long waiting period before boarding a flight