So you've gone and gotten a medical interview appointment?

[Ariduvenna 0]

Let's start with the basics. You've called the office of Dr. Schultz and made an appointment. They'll have informed you as the embassy has as well that you need the following

- 4 (American sized) passport pictures. You only need to hand them 2 but you want to make them identical to the pictures you deliver at your final interview.

- Your inoculation reports. You can call the RIVM for this (if you're a Dutch native). They will have a complete list of your shots and can provide copies per e-mail or post.

- Your passport

- Cash money

You also want to make sure that you've checked with your mother if you've ever had waterpokken (chickenpox) as you will be asked this.

Now as to the actual process:

Dr. Schultz has a family practice. His wife does the reception an both he and his son are doctors. I arrived at Museumplein at 10:50 and managed to arrive in time for my 11 o'clock appointment. The practice looks like any other house in that street and you have to look for the little brass plaque outside.

The receptionist will take your passport and pictures and inoculation report. She will then hand you two forms to fill out and put you in the waiting room. One of these forms is for the x-ray technician you will be seeing later, one is for the doctor. They ask you if you have ever been arrested for drink or drugs, if you are under the care of a specialist or have been, and a list of any and all hospital stays in your life. Then some normal info about address, occupation and passport number.

After a couple of minutes I got called into the office with young dr. Schultz who took a vial of my blood and sent me back to the waiting room. The blood will be used for testing of VD's (SOA's) but not HIV and other possibly harmful bloodborne illnesses.

After a couple of minutes in the waiting room senior Dr. Schultz called me in. He asked me about my hospital stays, my job and how much I smoked and drank. He advised me to quit smoking quite sternly and then weighted and measured me. I had to do a balance exercise, and had to breathe in and out heavily while being stethoscoped. We then talked about my age and medical history etc which determines which shots you will need to have. I only needed a DTP booster.

My DTP booster came to about 30 euro's and the medical itself was 150 euro's so I paid the total of €180,00 cash to the receptionist and got a receipt.

After all this I was given one of the forms I filled out earlier to give to the X-ray technician. I then had to walk to the X-ray office, a 10 minute walk at the most. At the counter they seemed a little confused and tried to get me to fill out even more forms but after showing them the form I had gotten at Dr. Schultz I was allowed to walk straight up and take a seat. There is a bell there to ring to get someone to attend you and take your papers. They did and I waited another 10 minutes for someone to come get me. I was led into a changing room which I could lock from the inside and then a second door attaching to the same room led into the Xray room. You have your x-ray taken, pay the technician another €50,00 cash and take the rest of the day to enjoy Amsterdam. the X-ray will go to the Doctor and the Doctor will make sure your complete medical data will get given to the consulate before your interview date.

Easy as pie!

[bigdog 376]

Sounds like it was fun and uneventful.

[TBoneTX 45,333]

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[jen_vb 2]

We just got our NOA2 on May 15th and are still waiting on the NVC, but I love this! I've forwarded this on to my fiance so he'll know what to expect when he goes for his medical in Amsterdam. So much is written about what to do with the initial filing, but after you get the NOA2 it gets all muddy. It's nice to find clear direction of what to expect. Thank you!!

[Ariduvenna 0]

Glad to hear Jen, I was suffering from the same thing. Amazing how much stuff you have to guess at once you get NOA2! Hope you and the fiance are together soon and everything goes swimmingly with the medical + interview