Medical Exam / Interview

[JunJun 3]

Hello my fellow VJers!

When a case is completed at the NVC stage, it gets forwarded to the embassy / consulate. I understand that the NVC contacts us when the interview date is. However, my questions are:

1) Can we change the date after they assign a date to us? Can we call them everyday and ask for an early date?

2) When does the medical exam come into play? Do we just do this on our own and have everything ready before the interview? How long

does this step take, and what are the requirements for the medical exam?

Thanks so much all; I look forward to hearing from you guys!!

[hellraiser 42]

Usually once NVC transfer the case to local embassy, they try to set up appointments at the earliest available slot. As such it's rare to get the interview at an earlier time. If you want for a later date that wouldn't be an issue. If there is an exception and if embassy has an empty slot (someone cancelled their interview for a later date) they may consider this. There is no harm requesting embassy for that.

The medical part differ a bit for different counties. For my wife I've seen that embassy has designated doctors and you can only go them. You make an appointment with them, take your passport and interview document from embassy. The doctor will perform what is necessary and will send the report to the embassy (not to you). Not sure if that's a similar process in Japan. The best/safest bet would be to get this done at least two weeks before interview.

Hope that helps :-)

[Saylin 1,605]

Hello my fellow VJers!

When a case is completed at the NVC stage, it gets forwarded to the embassy / consulate. I understand that the NVC contacts us when the interview date is. However, my questions are:

1) Can we change the date after they assign a date to us? Can we call them everyday and ask for an early date?

2) When does the medical exam come into play? Do we just do this on our own and have everything ready before the interview? How long

does this step take, and what are the requirements for the medical exam?

Thanks so much all; I look forward to hearing from you guys!!

1. Once your case is assigned an interview date, you have to wait for the case to then be sent to the embassy/consulate. Once they have your case, you can then contact them and request for an earlier date. Requesting one with NVC without a valid reason will get you no where.

2. For most countries, you do the medical after the interview date has been assigned as you need the interview letter at the time of the medical. You set up the appointment yourself. NVC and the embassy don't have anything to do with it. Make sure you go to an approved panel physician otherwise your medical will be invalid. The medical should only take a few hours (possibly over a day or two), varying by country. No "requirements" for the medical. Just bring your stuff, get the tests done, and that's it.

[hellraiser 42]

Saylin>>. Correct me if I understood the process right. My understanding is NVC do not set the appointment date. I checked this with NVC and embassy. NVC sends the completed cases to the local embassy and local embassy sets up the interview as per the receiving dates. Also NVC do not send individual cases, rather send in a bulk.

[Saylin 1,605]

Saylin>>. Correct me if I understood the process right. My understanding is NVC do not set the appointment date. I checked this with NVC and embassy. NVC sends the completed cases to the local embassy and local embassy sets up the interview as per the receiving dates. Also NVC do not send individual cases, rather send in a bulk.

Nope, for IR-1/CR-1 cases, NVC is the one that assigns interview dates. Once that's done, they send the cases out (most likely in bulk, yes, but it's typically the day after an interview date is assigned, so not that much bulk).

[pushbrk 12,910]

Saylin>>. Correct me if I understood the process right. My understanding is NVC do not set the appointment date. I checked this with NVC and embassy. NVC sends the completed cases to the local embassy and local embassy sets up the interview as per the receiving dates. Also NVC do not send individual cases, rather send in a bulk.

Consider yourself corrected.

[JunJun 3]

Thank you Saylin and hellraiser for your input. This has helped me greatly.

[cillyx5 2]

Does anyone know how long a medical exam is valid for the INTERVIEW?

I know that its either 6months or 1year for when you ENTER the US, but is there a time restriction on the validity of a medical for my interview?

ps. JunJun, I was able to get my medical done at the approved physician in Surrey, BC, without my interview appointment. They just needed my case number.

THANKS!

[peglady 0]

So I have to travel to a city that has a certified physician, right? I'm from Winnipeg and the only certified physicians are in BC, Ontario and Quebec

Quite an expense to have to fly to one of those locations just for a medical..

[pushbrk 12,910]

So I have to travel to a city that has a certified physician, right? I'm from Winnipeg and the only certified physicians are in BC, Ontario and Quebec

Quite an expense to have to fly to one of those locations just for a medical..

It is customary to do the medical during the same trip as the interview. Just go to Montreal in time to do the medical and get the results before interview day.