Medical Examination Questions

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So no we have our interview date (I will update my timeline tonight), and next thing is the medical.

For us the 3 doctors we are allowed to choose from are all in Jakarta close to the embassy, and we are in Bali (Different Island).

A few people have just told us to go to Jakarta 1 week before the interview, do the medical, hang out for a week and then do the interview, and maybe hang out a little while longer if the Visa will be ready soon.

Sounds good, but after reading on the instructions I have a few questions about how the medical goes.

Question 1: If everything is honky dory is it all done in one appointment? I read they do a TB skin test, don't you normally need to come back the next day or have someone check the site? Maybe things have changed since I was in elementary school.

Question 2: Do they tell you all of your results or is it a secret in the sealed envelope? And assuming they do tell you, aren't some of the blood work results not instant? Can you just call in a few days and get that info outside of it being sealed in an envelope?

Question 3: Does this plan of just going a week ahead of the interview sound reasonable (since I have to buy plane tickets, and we will be bringing our 1 year old around with us)? Should we go two weeks ahead? My concern is what if something requires follow up, then the 1 week wouldn't be enough. I'm mostly concerned about the TB thing. Although you wouldn't know by looking at her or talking to her, my wife is originally from a small village that's way out there, national geographic style, where nobody even speaks the national language of the country and they all only (generally speaking) speak the village language. Of course my wife speaks 3 languages and even a little french. If for some reason in her youth she got exposed to TB then she might have it latent (let's hope not) and in that case I imagine we might need more than 1 week for the medical? Should I just go get her the skin test locally in Bali before buying plane tix? I guess that would answer that question. She has no idea if she has ever received the BCG vaccine, but she doesn't have the scar from it so probably not.

Question 4: Since we are still breastfeeding, and my own personal view on vaccinations (get them if you need them) I'd like to go get her titered for all that stuff ahead of time to see which if any she already has immunity for. If the titer shows she is immune to stuff from a well known hospital in Bali should that typically be good enough to avoid her getting re-vaccinated for something she is already immune to?

Ok that's it, we appreciate everyone's help, especially if you are from Indonesia!