St Lukes Medical Question

[Bob & Joana 2]

My Wife went to St. Lukes EC today for her medical. The situation is as follows:

We do NOT have an embassy interview date yet.

We have already received the NOA2 and the NVC Instruction letter.

They allowed her to start the medical procedure already, however she will have to return for immunizations due to where she is in her menstrual cycle.

This is for a CR1 visa NOT a K3.

We are doing the medical early because of suspicion that she will be flagged for sputum testing.

Now, while she was inside, someone in there(first floor?) asked her what her "Preference Category" is. They said she will need to supply them this before they can finalize the process(they didnt specify where the process will be halted). I havent read anything about a preference category at any point doing any of this paperwork. Anyone have any idea what they are looking for? She was very specific with the lady that we do not have an interview date yet. Thats the only thing I could come up with is maybe this is an information provided on the embassy appointment letter or something. Any input is appreciated. Thanks.

Edited February 25, 2013 by BobJac

[JenniferNN 0]

Hi, I'm not an expert or anything. My husband is planning to have his medical done at St Luke's in a couple of weeks. The only thing that comes to my mind is the online registration form I filled out for my husband. Did your wife register online before she went to St. Luke's? On the form it asks for a "Visa Preference Category". It's marked as a required field. It's asking for what type of visa you are applying for. My husband is applying for the IR-1 (Spouse of a US Citizen). I assume you would need to put CR-1 (Spouse of a US Citizen under two years of marriage). You can go to www.slec.ph to find the form...

Hope that helps.

[Bob & Joana 2]

Hi, I'm not an expert or anything. My husband is planning to have his medical done at St Luke's in a couple of weeks. The only thing that comes to my mind is the online registration form I filled out for my husband. Did your wife register online before she went to St. Luke's? On the form it asks for a "Visa Preference Category". It's marked as a required field. It's asking for what type of visa you are applying for. My husband is applying for the IR-1 (Spouse of a US Citizen). I assume you would need to put CR-1 (Spouse of a US Citizen under two years of marriage). You can go to www.slec.ph to find the form...

Hope that helps.

Since you mentioned that online registration we did do that. I checked my email confirmation from SLEC and it does show that we had CR-1 selected as it should be. Sounds reasonable that that could be what they are asking...maybe they were just asking to confirm that we selected the right one on the form. Its 5:55pm and she is still at the clinic so I'll hopefully get that info to her and get more details if that is NOT what they are asking. I'll post an update either way in case that info may be useful for when your husband will go there.

[JenniferNN 0]

Yes, perhaps they were just confirming. I would love to get any input about her experience. Thanks so much and Good Luck!

[Cathi 5,742]

CR1 would be the preference category

[Bob & Joana 2]

I guess the problem ended up they were reluctant to believe that it could be correct since it was not actually stated on the NVC letter. Maybe the embassy interview letter(which we dont have) states it on there or something. I just had my wife tell them it is 100% certain to be CR-1!

Even with not having that they were able to do everything except pregnancy test and immunizations. They gave us a CD with the chest x-ray and the claim stub thing was stamped immunization so I assume that means she was cleared! Now in 2 weeks they want her to go back for those other items. Just wanted to drop the update in case anyone was interested.