Medical exam issue

[dreamwarrior 0]

My wife had her exam at Iom yesterday. The dr asked if she had any prior illnesses which she replied no because she has no infectious diseases. However, we have been treating her for an overactive thyroid for a little over a month. Her thyroid is noticably large and so the dr asked if she knew she had a thyroid problem. She replied yes. The dr immediately chastised her for lying when asked if she had any illnesses. My wife replied that she thought only spreadable diseases were any issue so that is why she said no. She had nothing to hide because a thyroid issue isnt going to prevent her from entering the us. The dr however insisted she lied to cover up a sickness and claimed she would write in the report that my wife lied and could possibly have a fake marriage to enter the us. After some insisting and crying from my wife, the dr said that she would not make the report, but could instead suggest barring my wife from entering the us until her thyroid treatment is complete in 6 months. In reality, based on the test results, her thyroid will be at normal levels in 2 weeks or less.

Can the dr really do this? Will it become an issue at the interview? My wifes medical came back all clear btw. And she really had no intention of lying to the dr.

[dreamwarrior 0]

Also, if it's going to be a problem, could we just redo another medical exam this time at Cho Ray instead of IOM? After all we're supposed to bring our results to the consulate since IOM doesn't send them to the consulate themselves. We can simply redo it at Cho Ray and use those results, no? Also, does anyone thing the examiners were looking for coffee money? It seemed they were more interested in threatening my wife than finding out the truth by using common sense (ok, common sense doesn't exist in Vietnam).

[phil09 8]

does anyone thing the examiners were looking for coffee money?

Bingo. They were probably angling for a bribe.

[tomvan 2]

I don't know how it's work in VN, but here in the US, it's not a lie when you tell your DR. you do not have any disease. OK, I do not have any disease, it's your job, the Dr's job to find out. But I thought when you go for your medical exam for Visa, you only see Americam Doctors? By the way what is IOM?

[dreamwarrior 0]

I don't know how it's work in VN, but here in the US, it's not a lie when you tell your DR. you do not have any disease. OK, I do not have any disease, it's your job, the Dr's job to find out. But I thought when you go for your medical exam for Visa, you only see Americam Doctors? By the way what is IOM?

There's only Vietnamese dr's here. IOM = INternational center for Migration. Within this center is a place to conduct health checks for visas. The US consulate in HCMC allows two places to conduct medical exams for visas. IOM and Cho Ray Hospital. We picked IOM because it's a lot cleaner since it's not a public hospital

[KennyJ 10]

My wife had her exam at Iom yesterday. The dr asked if she had any prior illnesses which she replied no because she has no infectious diseases. However, we have been treating her for an overactive thyroid for a little over a month. Her thyroid is noticably large and so the dr asked if she knew she had a thyroid problem. She replied yes. The dr immediately chastised her for lying when asked if she had any illnesses. My wife replied that she thought only spreadable diseases were any issue so that is why she said no. She had nothing to hide because a thyroid issue isnt going to prevent her from entering the us. The dr however insisted she lied to cover up a sickness and claimed she would write in the report that my wife lied and could possibly have a fake marriage to enter the us. After some insisting and crying from my wife, the dr said that she would not make the report, but could instead suggest barring my wife from entering the us until her thyroid treatment is complete in 6 months. In reality, based on the test results, her thyroid will be at normal levels in 2 weeks or less.

Can the dr really do this? Will it become an issue at the interview? My wifes medical came back all clear btw. And she really had no intention of lying to the dr.

It seems that this Dr wants coffee money. You have nothing to worry about, I would just go to Cho Ray hospital

[dreamwarrior 0]

It seems that this Dr wants coffee money. You have nothing to worry about, I would just go to Cho Ray hospital

Her medical was already completed and we pick it up tomorrow. I'm hoping that means everything is ok.