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[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

Scott thats exactly what I was trying to do!!!!!!!!!! Iwas going to send Leidy about 10 days before the interview to get them done ....but this A$$ holes office sayds that they have to do it .....I dont want any problems ill pay....what irks me is that this guy has the balls to cheat the system and then on top of that if its true with doing things that are unnecessary as far as the Medical Exam goes ( girls disrobing more than they have to, touching ) or any other BS...That $hit will get under my skin!!

[HAL 9000 96]

Scott thats exactly what I was trying to do!!!!!!!!!! Iwas going to send Leidy about 10 days before the interview to get them done ....but this A$$ holes office sayds that they have to do it .....I dont want any problems ill pay....what irks me is that this guy has the balls to cheat the system and then on top of that if its true with doing things that are unnecessary as far as the Medical Exam goes ( girls disrobing more than they have to, touching ) or any other BS...That $hit will get under my skin!!

I think then that something needs to be done via the Embassy.

If you need a once-in-a-lifetime vaccine then you need it because you never received it. That should be plain enough.

There are also a couple of links at the Embassy that MAY be useful here:

http://bogota.usembassy.gov/fraud-contact2.html

-not really for medical fraud... but since this is an internal matter then maybe if the Embassy doesn't deal with the vaccine situation soon then we can complain AFTER each and every instance of this sad behavior.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1331.html

Nowhere does it state that an MD has the medical authority to demand vaccination at their office and in repetition to prior immunity.

[Bill y Bella 0]

So what is the bottom line here? Do the beneficiaries need to get all the vaccines whether they need them or not?

I am going to write an email to the embassy right now regarding this.

[HAL 9000 96]

So what is the bottom line here? Do the beneficiaries need to get all the vaccines whether they need them or not?

I am going to write an email to the embassy right now regarding this.

Only the ones that are required by the US State Dept for Entry into the US- the ones in the packets. Since a vaccine is a vaccine is a vaccine, then when the CDC, a US entity, states that no further vaccination is required for certain shots, then no doctor working as a panel physician licensed by the US government under US health guidelines, has the authority (none) to impose a repeat vaccine based on logic contrary to the medical authority that granted the MD the know-how in the first place to recognize certain vaccines as sufficient for life the first time given.

I hope they respond appropriately and don't brush the matter off.

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

I want to be there and go through it first...BELEIVE me im going to say something over there AFTER the medical is done!!! Thats why it is SOOOOO important that Scott lets us know how it was and to make sure he says these sentiments about how once an individual has a vaccine there is no need for it again....

One question....I dont remember where it was written, but it states that the doctor may ask the patient to be topless but not the bottom where someone stated he had someone do!!

[Mononoke28 135]

Byron,

Leidy CAN and has every right to get the vaccines somewhere else, which will be a lot cheaper for sure. These doctors just want to pocket in the money. If she gets them days before the medical she should be fine and that won't leave them any room to say that she needs to have them done again. Also, since my husband went to Dr. Roa, I had a chance to talk to a lady who was also getting her medical for the visa and and she told me that she was asked to wear a robe, then lay down to do whatever exam he does, and at the end he lifted up her robe real quick to check stuff, I'm assuming to make sure that she was in fact a female, who knows. But it's no big deal.

Also, be ready to wait and wait and then wait some more because they won't let you in with her even if you are the petitioner. There is a cafeteria next door and you can get a Coke there or something but they'll ask you to leave if you sit there for too long, I'm assuming because they need the tables for new customers. I had to go there at 2:30pm for my husband's medical, wait an hour and then he came down and said "The doctor said I have to come back at 6pm for these shots and I can only get them here". So we waited for 2½ hours for it to be 6PM so he can get the shots he already had. Then I had to wait outside for another 2 hours until he came out and we didn't get back to the apartment until almost 10pm that day. It was pure hell since we were up at 5am that day to go get his lab tests done.

Diana

Edited December 5, 2007 by Mononoke28

[BYRON-LEIDY 0]

Thanks Diana....I didnt know that i wont be allowed in .... ......Look he's a doctor, he has todo what he has to do....I just cant stand the thought he uses his title in abussive ways....especially if he is a viejo morboso!!!!

As for the vaccines, I think im just going to pay and let them do it...i have waited this long to let this A$$ have the chance to say ...sorry but i cant process this because of so and so.....I just want this done!!

Im also very curious if Scott is getting the vaccines with him or if Yenifer is getting them beforehand?

[Jeff y mabel 0]

Finally our interview date was schedule for the next january 15th we are really happy

[HAL 9000 96]

Well guys I hope that you get some sort of proof about this unethical medical behavior. This is crucial if we want this practice to stop. Believe it or not we actually (whether we pay to have the vaccines done there, or to repeat them, etc, or not) have a little more power if enough of us present a valid complaint to the Embassy.

There are plenty of doctors in Bogota that trained in the USA that could do the same medical these MDs do and after being instructed to not rip people off I doubt that they'd want to jeopardize the guaranteed income they earn from the medicals alone by thinking they know more than the CDC.

[HAL 9000 96]

Anyway, enough bitterness about the medicals... guys, congratulations on all these interviews! Way to go!

Going to meet my darling for some X-Mas shopping!

[MV-JR 0]

Finally we got our interview date: December 31st !!! After finding out the date I made the medical appointment for the 17, do you think it would be a problem having it so early?

[buck501 0]

The whole vaccination thing really sucks. Paola was able to get hers from another doctor, but now it seems that aint so. The cost from the Red Cross station in her home town was well over $100 for the shots. I only mention this cuz if threy cost $100 from a doctor that is not a thief, how much from the only two doctors approvred by the embassy to give the med exams?

Also, those two must be in cahoots with each other, it is a rip off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am going to have to go through all this BS soon with Paola's son. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

Congrats Parkpappa...........things are staring to go your way.

Congrats to all that have received interview dates, we have had a rush of them. WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[Scott n Yenifer 0]

Thanks Diana....I didnt know that i wont be allowed in .... ......Look he's a doctor, he has todo what he has to do....I just cant stand the thought he uses his title in abussive ways....especially if he is a viejo morboso!!!!

As for the vaccines, I think im just going to pay and let them do it...i have waited this long to let this A$$ have the chance to say ...sorry but i cant process this because of so and so.....I just want this done!!

Im also very curious if Scott is getting the vaccines with him or if Yenifer is getting them beforehand?

Byron and Gang,

Yenifer tried today to arrange getting the vaccines at a local red cross but the particular one she called (small town-Rionegro) does not do vaccines...they gave her a number in Bogota for red cross so she will either wait til we get there or she will try a local clinic/hospital in her area to get it done before she leaves on Friday...I will keep you posted either way.

Her medical is on Monday at 5:30 pm...I will also keep you posted ASAP on that!!!!!!!

[torre 0]

hi gentlemen,

i've got a quick question the DS156 and 156K. Do they have to be the exact forms sent out in packet 3 or can they be downloaded off the net and sent in. i ask this because i've seen a barcode on the forms from the net. i appreciate your time. i also apologize that i haven't been more active with this forum. i called the department of state today and learned that packet 3 had been sent out. so things are nearing an end. i've been reading all your comments and have never felt that i had something to add, but am grateful for all the info you have posted. thanks again.

torre paterno

[Yazz 1]

Finally we got our interview date: December 31st !!! After finding out the date I made the medical appointment for the 17, do you think it would be a problem having it so early?

Not at all, the medical examination is valid for a year, I talked with the assistant of Dr. Roa (Luz Stella) and she told me that I can get my medical examination even 20 days before the interview at the Embassy, people used to do this step 2 o 3 days before interview because do not live in Bogotá and of course they just spend here the days that they need to the examination and the interview......I live in Bogotá so as soon I get my package 4 I am going to schedule my medical appointment ASAP as well....

Gooood luckkk!!

Yazz