can my wife do her medical and CFO after receiving her case # FROM NVC

[teddy k 35]

Hi everybody can my wife schedule her medical and CFO after she receives her case # from Nvc thanks in advance just trying to keep moving on to embassy

[Hank_ 9,174]

Hi everybody can my wife schedule her medical and CFO after she receives her case # from Nvc thanks in advance just trying to keep moving on to embassy

Yes. Print two copies of the letter from NVC for SLEC for the medical. CFO can be scheduled without a visa so no issue there. Did you wife change her passport to her married name?

[teddy k 35]

Yes. Print two copies of the letter from NVC for SLEC for the medical. CFO can be scheduled without a visa so no issue there. Did you wife change her passport to her married name?

no how does she go about that I thought that she had to do her Cfo first

[Hank_ 9,174]

no how does she go about that I thought that she had to do her Cfo first

yes she has to do CFO to get the passport changed..... I was just curious because if she had done CFO for the name change on the passport there would be no need to attend again.

Edited June 4, 2014 by Hank_

[teddy k 35]

yes she has to do CFO to get the passport changed..... I was just curious because if she had done CFO for the name change on the passport there would be no need to attend again.

so all she has to do is show the letter from Nvc when she goes the DFA office to change her passport into her married name

[Hank_ 9,174]

so all she has to do is show the letter from Nvc when she goes the DFA office to change her passport into her married name

NO. CFO is a Philippines requirement... you follow the requirements at DFA for the passport renewal. NVC is a U.S. agency has nothing to do with CFO... don't confuse the two processes.

She needs to attend CFO to change her passport.

[teddy k 35]

NO. CFO is a Philippines requirement... you follow the requirements at DFA for the passport renewal. NVC is a U.S. agency has nothing to do with CFO... don't confuse the two processes.

She needs to attend CFO to change her passport.

thanks hank

[Al422 221]

Normally medical is not allowed until you have interview appointment, but St Luke's is now allowing medical without the interview since dates are hard to get and can sneak up on you.

Do the medical as soon as you can since it takes a few days for the med results to get to embassy. It would be a shame if you lucked into a nice short interview date and had to pass on it beause no medical yet. Get the med as soon as you can so you will be prepared when an interview date pops up.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Keep in mind that the visa expires after 6 months and the time begins with the completion of the medical and NOT the visa issuing date. So plan accordingly.

Edited June 4, 2014 by Greenbaum

[Hank_ 9,174]

- did you notice they are IR/CR-1 ?

Edited June 4, 2014 by Hank_

[Al422 221]

Oops. Me bad. That's right the NVC will give you a date.

[sweet cakes 326]

Hi everybody can my wife schedule her medical and CFO after she receives her case # from Nvc thanks in advance just trying to keep moving on to embassy

Teddy K, in addition to Hank's advice and special emphasis to Greenbaum's post, I personally don't think that it will be a good idea to have the medical soon. NVC stage may still take some time, so it might be cutting close for the embassy interview date and actual issuance of visa.

Just my 2 cents.

[apple21 953]

Do the medical when you're near case completion. Your case can stay with NVC for months depending on how fast you submit the documents and the accuracy of those docs.

It will take NVC 20-30 business days to review each package (AOS and IV) that you sent. Plus the misfortune of getting a checklist.

Edited June 4, 2014 by apple21

[Leatherneck 693]

I agree with the Apple21. Consider waiting to get the medical.

You don't have a "Case Complete' confirmation and there can still be delays. Unless you've submitted AOS and IV documents, it's a bit early, one checklist would cause an unfortunate delay and a second checklist could really delay your case.

[Al422 221]

I third the same advice. I did not notice you were IR/CR-1. Forget what I said above. That was only good advice for K-1.