London Medical Examination

[vantasticvoyge 0]

Hey, I was looking for a little information on my upcoming medical exam. I was wondering if anyone could help or advise.

I noticed that part of the exam is taking height and weight and BMI and blood pressure etc. I am fairly tall. 6 foot 2 inches but am a little heavier than I should be, and my BMI is a little higher than it should be as a result. I have never had any problems that I know of with my blood pressure in the past but I was just wondering if carrying extra weight/BMI can be a reason for failing the exam?

Thanks for any insight/info.

Robert

[catie-b 2]

Hey, I was looking for a little information on my upcoming medical exam. I was wondering if anyone could help or advise.

I noticed that part of the exam is taking height and weight and BMI and blood pressure etc. I am fairly tall. 6 foot 2 inches but am a little heavier than I should be, and my BMI is a little higher than it should be as a result. I have never had any problems that I know of with my blood pressure in the past but I was just wondering if carrying extra weight/BMI can be a reason for failing the exam?

Thanks for any insight/info.

Robert

I very much doubt that would be an issue They probably won't even mention anything

[agnesb 47]

Hey, I was looking for a little information on my upcoming medical exam. I was wondering if anyone could help or advise.

I noticed that part of the exam is taking height and weight and BMI and blood pressure etc. I am fairly tall. 6 foot 2 inches but am a little heavier than I should be, and my BMI is a little higher than it should be as a result. I have never had any problems that I know of with my blood pressure in the past but I was just wondering if carrying extra weight/BMI can be a reason for failing the exam?

Thanks for any insight/info.

Robert

I dont think being overweight would be a problem. If you had any past problems relating to it you might want to make sure you take your medical history ready and/or letter from a GP confirming your good health. If your blood pressure wont be satisfactory during medical you may sent back to your GP to have it reassesed.

[CnP 4]

I know this has nothing to do with your question... but how long did you have to wait to get an appointment? Im just waiting for my package 3.

And I don't think it should be a problem... it be silly if its an easy. Good luck

[nobbie 105]

When is your medical, I have mine next week and am in a similar position. My BP is sometimes a tad high but if they start going on about seeing my GP then I shall just forget the whole thing. I am fed up with the process as it is, and we are trying to go to the land of the fat so it's a bit cheeky.

I will let you know how I get on if mine is before yours

[vantasticvoyge 0]

Thanks very much for taking the time to get back to me, I really appreciate it. My medical examination is on the 8th august. I scheduled it as soon as I received my letter from the US embassy confirming our approved petition and my case number etc.

I just posted another topic relating to all my DS forms that I now have to do being at the stage that I am, do you mind if I copy and paste it for you to read and if anyone has any info that could help, I would definitely appreciate it aswell. Thanks for your time...

"I am at currently at the stage in my K-1 visa process where we have had our petition approved, it has been sent to the NVC and then sent on to the London embassy. I have now received a letter from the US embassy stating all of this and giving me further instructions on what to do next. However, there seems to be a lot of different instructions coming from a lot of different places within the embassy website and on the paperwork itself. Can anyone who has done this part of the application please answer a few questions I have?

Do I send the DS-230 part 1, DS-156, DS-156K and DS-157 to the visa immigrant unit or is it now done through their new immigration visa website that they started last week?

On the DS-156K it asks me to send my birth certificate, evidence of engagement, evidence of financial support and police certificate attached. Do I do this? and if so should it be the originals? Other sources including the FAQ on visajourney.com states that I should NOT send anything prior to the interview. Also the original letter i got from the embassy states that I should not send anything unless requested to do so. is the ds-156k requesting me to do so or does this not count? if I do have to send it with the 156k, will I get my original copies back in time for the interview?

Also, do I sign any of the form when I send them to the embassy or do I leave them all blank until I get there and sign it then?

I would really really appreciate any info anyone has, as I am at a complete loss and don't want to make any move incase its the wrong one. Thank you for your time.

Robert"

[lost_at_sea 995]

The doctors at the medical do tend to get a bit tetchy if your BP is high and are prone to sending people back to their GPs if that's the case. If you are overweight, you'll like just get a tut.

There's a whole thread here if experiences that you might like to read:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/8321-london-medical-knightsbridge-doctors

As for your other questions. Send all the forms, sign them all except the one that says not to (Ds-230 Part II - you'll sign that in the interview). Keep all your certificates etc. with you. You take those to the interview instead of mailing, so they don't get lost.

Edited July 30, 2013 by lost_at_sea

[vantasticvoyge 0]

Thank you!

[NikLR 13,232]

***Moved to UK forum from K1 process and procedures***

[Anna Grant 169]

I am technically overweight but she just said 'You know your BMI is ....'. I said 'Yes, I know'. My BP was above the allowed measure for my age and gender - I think it had raised to 158/105 by the end of the medical. I did feel like saying 'You have proded and poked me about - no wonder it's gone up instead of down.' However, I know I get 'white coat hypertension' i.e. it raises when I'm in a doctor's surgery. I asked her for another chance. I know if I'm given 30 minutes of quietness, I can get it to go down. It got down to the acceptable level and I was through.

I suggest that if yours is raised in the medcial, to ask for some quiet time to see if it goes down.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

As for your other questions. Send all the forms, sign them all except the one that says not to (Ds-230 Part II - you'll sign that in the interview). Keep all your certificates etc. with you. You take those to the interview instead of mailing, so they don't get lost.

A K1 does NOT do DS-230 part 2. That is for spouse visas.

Do I send the DS-230 part 1, DS-156, DS-156K and DS-157 to the visa immigrant unit or is it now done through their new immigration visa website that they started last week?

On the DS-156K it asks me to send my birth certificate, evidence of engagement, evidence of financial support and police certificate attached. Do I do this? and if so should it be the originals? Other sources including the FAQ on visajourney.com states that I should NOT send anything prior to the interview. Also the original letter i got from the embassy states that I should not send anything unless requested to do so. is the ds-156k requesting me to do so or does this not count? if I do have to send it with the 156k, will I get my original copies back in time for the interview?

Also, do I sign any of the form when I send them to the embassy or do I leave them all blank until I get there and sign it then?

"

Robert--

Please read this post that lists what to sign and what to send duplicate copies of. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/350185-london-2012-k1s-from-noa2-to-interview-thread/?p=5137390

Follow the London website, not what DOS says, not what the K1s from other countries say, and not what the VJ guidelines say. London has their own procedures.

You may send those four forms now. Then sort your medical exam and gather all the documents for the interview. When you have your documents, you can mail the DS-2001 to let them know you are ready.

Note the difference

Forms= DS-xxx

Documents= birth certificate, police certificate, divorce decree (if any), affidavit of support, ...etc. there is a list on the website.

Go back and read your letter from London. It says do not send any documents to this office. That means don't mail those with the form.

The changes this week are for paying your visa fee prior to the interview. Before Monday, you had to pay over the phone. Now you pay online. And at the same time you schedule the courier or a pick-up spot for your passport and visa. Before this week, that was arranged on interview day with the courier. Now it in in advance.

[~*Amber*~ 4]

My pulse was slightly high during the medical, but the doctor just put it down to nerves and said nothing more on the subject, my visa got approved with no problems.

[vivalagloria 3]

I just found this website really helpful:

http://london.usembassy.gov/iv_15.html

It tells you everything to do specifically for London, which forms to fill out and where to send them.

I have been researching this myself as well because many years ago I was diagnosed with depression and was on medication for it, and from what I've read, the best thing to do is get a note from your GP saying that you're fine now. On the thread where people discuss their medical exam experiences some people have described how they took a note like that to the exam and that was fine. If they have any reason to suspect that you might NOT be fine, it isn't necessarily grounds to deny your visa, but you might have to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and your visa could get delayed. I think it's best just to be up front about everything.

[Anna Grant 169]

About high blood pressure - note my post from last summer:

I am technically overweight but she just said 'You know your BMI is ....'. I said 'Yes, I know'. My BP was above the allowed measure for my age and gender - I think it had raised to 158/105 by the end of the medical. I did feel like saying 'You have prodded and poked me about - no wonder it's gone up instead of down.' However, I know I get 'white coat hypertension' i.e. it raises when I'm in a doctor's surgery. I asked her for another chance. I know if I'm given 30 minutes of quietness, I can get it to go down. It got down to the acceptable level and I was through.

I suggest that if yours is raised in the medical, to ask for some quiet time to see if it goes down.

However, since moving to the US my 'white coat' hypertension has developed into real hypertension. I am under an awful lot of stress at the moment - my husband has some serious health issues, I have had employment issues and my mother passed away and I couldn't go back to the UK. I registered with a doctor and am having some blood tests and an ECG to see what is going on with my blood pressure. I have put on weight since arriving in the US, so the doctor has told me to lose weight and reduce my salt intake.

Whether this will be covered with health insurance will depend on your health insurance policy and it is wrong of that doctor at Knightsbridge to scare one of you by saying how much it costs to treat in the US. There are many generic drugs which can help and do not cost the earth. Most health insurance has a deductible (in the the UK, that would be called an excess). You have to spend that amount of money a year before you can start using your health insurance. Luckily, my policy pays out 'per visit' to the doctor - 'per test' for blood tests. So, by shopping around, I have found that it is covering me fine for the moment.

So. If you do manage to get through the Embassy medical with 'whit coat', please still keep a watch on your blood pressure when you get the US.