Alert! All those between Packet 3 and interview

[inhopeofglory 0]

Hi,

If you've received your Packet 3, and thus have your case number, I urge you to book and have your medical as soon as you can.

According to the girl I spoke to at Knightsbridge Doctors today, the new rules at the Embassy require that you not only have your medical before your interview (so no more "approved pending medical results"), the results have to get to the Embassy before you get there (which takes up to five days!). They must be with the Consular Officer by the time of your interview.

I waited until I received my interview letter to book the medical, and it's only by the grace of God that I was able to get an appointment in time... don't make my mistake!

Edited November 19, 2009 by inhopeofglory

[SunDrop 59]

Hi,

If you've received your Packet 3, and thus have your case number, I urge you to book and have your medical as soon as you can.

According to the girl I spoke to at Knightsbridge Doctors today, the new rules at the Embassy require that you not only have your medical before your interview (so no more "approved pending medical results"), the results have to get to the Embassy before you get there (which takes up to five days!). They must be with the Consular Officer by the time of your interview.

I waited until I received my interview letter to book the medical, and it's only by the grace of God that I was able to get an appointment in time... don't make my mistake!

There is a bulletin on the USEM London website to this effect. It states the medical must be a minimum of a week before your interview (allowing the working days for the results to be transferred).

[SunnyLee 0]

Hi,

If you've received your Packet 3, and thus have your case number, I urge you to book and have your medical as soon as you can.

According to the girl I spoke to at Knightsbridge Doctors today, the new rules at the Embassy require that you not only have your medical before your interview (so no more "approved pending medical results"), the results have to get to the Embassy before you get there (which takes up to five days!). They must be with the Consular Officer by the time of your interview.

I waited until I received my interview letter to book the medical, and it's only by the grace of God that I was able to get an appointment in time... don't make my mistake!

There is a bulletin on the USEM London website to this effect. It states the medical must be a minimum of a week before your interview (allowing the working days for the results to be transferred).

We've just had our Visa approved pending medical results on Wednesday of this week. I think they are wanting people to not wait until the last minute but if you genuinly tried, you won't be cast aside for it. You can't book until you get the case number anyhow but as soon as it is received, you should make the appointment.

[Nik+Heather 121]

Hi,

If you've received your Packet 3, and thus have your case number, I urge you to book and have your medical as soon as you can.

According to the girl I spoke to at Knightsbridge Doctors today, the new rules at the Embassy require that you not only have your medical before your interview (so no more "approved pending medical results"), the results have to get to the Embassy before you get there (which takes up to five days!). They must be with the Consular Officer by the time of your interview.

I waited until I received my interview letter to book the medical, and it's only by the grace of God that I was able to get an appointment in time... don't make my mistake!

There is a bulletin on the USEM London website to this effect. It states the medical must be a minimum of a week before your interview (allowing the working days for the results to be transferred).

We've just had our Visa approved pending medical results on Wednesday of this week. I think they are wanting people to not wait until the last minute but if you genuinly tried, you won't be cast aside for it. You can't book until you get the case number anyhow but as soon as it is received, you should make the appointment.

We touched on this in another thread - they probably have to have a change over period where they will still let people do this, but on a go-forward basis, for those just getting to the embassy stage, I wouldn't expect this leniency to extend very long - it was probably due to your appointment being only 2 weeks after the new rules that they let you pass. I doubt that this will extend too much further into the future.