Expediting the Medical Exam

[thuleshark 0]

Another newbie to this board but already somewhat along in the process.

Like everyone else, our situation is unique. We are applying for a K-1 from Greenland. Greenland is a semi-autonomous province of Denmark and all Greenlandics are Danish citizens so we have to go through the embassy in Copenhagen. Obviously there are some major geographic hurdles on top of everything else. We can't just take a day off next week to go for the interview or medical exam. This will require months of pre-planning just to get this coodinated whenever it gets to that point.

By my estimation we'll have to spend a month living in a hotel in Copenhagen to do the medical examination, consular interview and wait for the visa. This presents a lot of problems, and not just the economics of a month long hotel stay. The first hurdle is the requirement for eleven business days between the medical examination and the consular interview. There are only eight doctors authorized to do the medical examination and they're all in Denmark, none in Greenland. I already checked and it can't be done on a US military installation, which would make this a non-issue. Then there's the wait after the interview to get the passport back with the visa of about a week. That's cutting it close for us.

We can travel back and forth on a monthly charter from Greenland but if we miss the return flight we lose our jobs. Even Danish citizens are required to have a passport to travel between Denmark and Greenland so if the passport isn't processed on time we're stuck again.

So, I guess the big question is: can we do the medical exam before the petition even is processed through the USCIS or are we stuck doing everything in one long, time restrained trip?

And just to make it more interesting we can't find any immunization records.

[vickydeutsch 0]

What a complication!!! well you have to wait for the package to arrive. But since you live in Greenland, you can call the consulate and ask if you can take the medical exam before you get the package. But first you need to receive the NOA2.....Good luck!!!!

[myperfectflaw 11]

What a complication!!! well you have to wait for the package to arrive. But since you live in Greenland, you can call the consulate and ask if you can take the medical exam before you get the package. But first you need to receive the NOA2.....Good luck!!!!

What makes you think that you have to wait for the package 3, or even the NOA2? Of course, I am processing through a different country's embassy, but assuming it would be similar since it's a US deal...I was told the medical is good for 1 year. I know there are some embassies that require it the same day as the interview, etc, but that doesn't mean all embassies will handle it that way. Best idea is to click on embassy info at the top of the page and see what their web page says, and if still unsure, call/email them. It is very possible you might be able to make a trip over for the medical well ahead of time, then travel again closer to your interview date. Check your embassy's info page.

[thuleshark 0]

I've been all through the Copenhagen embassy's website. I've already e-mailed them earlier when I first started this process and the response was so cold and uninformative that I'm afraid to bother them again without being tagged as a problem child.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

In Ireland you can also do the medical whenever you have time before the interview.... if the embassy won't answer you, I'd recommend ringing a few of the doctors and see what they say, they should know.

[Chris & Mara 0]

there should be a list of doctors medicals they will accept somewhere on the copenhagen website, there may even be one in greenland if you look.