Medical

[homecroft 0]

Hi VJ members,

I'm planning on being in the US for 90 days over the summer at which point my visa interview will be imminent. Has anyone had a medical in the US by an approved US immigration Dr then had the results sent to London. I'm loathed to fly back before I have to for a medical which my fiancé says I can have in the US. I've looked at the list of approved practitioners in Georgia and there's at least 20..

Thanks

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Hi VJ members,

I'm planning on being in the US for 90 days over the summer at which point my visa interview will be imminent. Has anyone had a medical in the US by an approved US immigration Dr then had the results sent to London. I'm loathed to fly back before I have to for a medical which my fiancé says I can have in the US. I've looked at the list of approved practitioners in Georgia and there's at least 20..

Thanks

That's not the way it's done. If you need 90 days in the US, then postpone your visa until you are ready to go home and get it done properly. You will not be assigned an interview until you:

1. submit your four visa application forms to London
   
2. have a medical exam and those results are received by the embassy
   
3. submit the Readiness for Interview form to the embassy
   

Get your forms in before you petition expires and delay #2 and #3 until you're ready.

Otherwise delay your visit, save your plane fare, and come for real by Aug/Sept. You will need to pay a visa fee as well as $1070 to file for your greencard. But if you have plenty of money to do two round trips and also pay the fees, then have a great summer.

Edited May 20, 2012 by Nich-Nick

[homecroft 0]

That's not the way it's done. If you need 90 days in the US, then postpone your visa until you are ready to go home and get it done properly. You will not be assigned an interview until you:

1. submit your four visa application forms to London
   
2. have a medical exam and those results are received by the embassy
   
3. submit the Readiness for Interview form to the embassy
   

Get your forms in before you petition expires and delay #2 and #3 until you're ready.

Otherwise delay your visit, save your plane fare, and come for real by Aug/Sept. You will need to pay a visa fee as well as $1070 to file for your greencard. But if you have plenty of money to do two round trips and also pay the fees, then have a great summer.

Thanks Nick. ,

I work for an airline so get great deals on flights. I just thought that if the GP was approved by the US immigration then it might not matter where you get It done as long as they are approved. It's never quite that simple though is it. It's also an expensive system they have.

Thanks as always for your informative advice.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I just thought that if the GP was approved by the US immigration then it might not matter where you get It done as long as they are approved. It's never quite that simple though is it.

You would think that, but Civil Surgeons are USCIS used for Adjustment of Status. They use an "I" form (I-693 medical). Most USCIS forms are I- forms.

The petition leaves USCIS when you get NOA2. Then it's in the hands of the Dept of State, which is over embassies. Dept of State doctors are called Panel Physicians and they use DS- forms. So your talking two different government agencies with different medical forms. I think it would be a big mess trying to deviate from the Dept of State/London plan for getting your visa.

Get your shots sorted before you go. You'll avoid the Civil Surgeon hassle for AOS.

MMR- you'll need two because 4 weeks will have passed between the first one and the medical exam. Thus they will say you need a second one. If you get the first right before the medical, then you will get a waiver for the second because "insufficent time interval" is waiverable for your AOS. Knightsbridge will say you need another but they don't really know AOS. Plenty of people never get the second shot if their sheet from Knightsbridge is marked "insufficent time interval".

Tdap or Td or DTP- at least one in the last 10 years.

Varicella- tell Knightsbridge you had chickenpox and you get a waiver.

Influenza - It's not flu season until Oct 1, so you get a waiver on that.

Read this thread to know what else you'll need as soon as you return to the UK. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/350185-london-2012-k1s-from-noa2-to-interview-thread/

Maybe you can work on some of it early...like ordering police certificate.

[homecroft 0]

You would think that, but Civil Surgeons are USCIS used for Adjustment of Status. They use an "I" form (I-693 medical). Most USCIS forms are I- forms.

The petition leaves USCIS when you get NOA2. Then it's in the hands of the Dept of State, which is over embassies. Dept of State doctors are called Panel Physicians and they use DS- forms. So your talking two different government agencies with different medical forms. I think it would be a big mess trying to deviate from the Dept of State/London plan for getting your visa.

Get your shots sorted before you go. You'll avoid the Civil Surgeon hassle for AOS.

MMR- you'll need two because 4 weeks will have passed between the first one and the medical exam. Thus they will say you need a second one. If you get the first right before the medical, then you will get a waiver for the second because "insufficent time interval" is waiverable for your AOS. Knightsbridge will say you need another but they don't really know AOS. Plenty of people never get the second shot if their sheet from Knightsbridge is marked "insufficent time interval".

Tdap or Td or DTP- at least one in the last 10 years.

Varicella- tell Knightsbridge you had chickenpox and you get a waiver.

Influenza - It's not flu season until Oct 1, so you get a waiver on that.

Read this thread to know what else you'll need as soon as you return to the UK. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/350185-london-2012-k1s-from-noa2-to-interview-thread/

Maybe you can work on some of it early...like ordering police certificate.

Thanks again. I had all my shots done in March this year because my GP couldn't find any record of my childhood shots so i ended up starting from scratch so your point about the MMR is interesting. Although i had measles as a child my GP still gave me the shot. Mainly to keep the Knightsbridge Dr's happy and to save me some money.Also noted the part about the chickenpox.

I will definitely do as you suggest re the medical & again thank you.