Question about booking London medical

[AmberJohnson 0]

Hi all,

I have a question regarding booking the medical in London as all the answers I'm finding online seem to relate to the K-1 visa.

Can you book your medical as soon as you have your LND case number from the NVC or do you have to wait for a case complete before booking?

I'm reading two different things online: that you can book it as soon as you have your case number and also that you have to wait for CC because you don't want your medical results to get to the London embassy before your case file does - all very contradictory!

What's the most time efficient way to do it?

Thanks!

Edited July 21, 2015 by AmberJohnson

[Boiler 45,541]

Well it is the same for married and fiancée.

[AmberJohnson 0]

Not really because CC's seem to happen a lot quicker for K-1 from what I'm seeing. The cases I've seen have booked their medical as soon as they got their NVC case number because their case was forwarded to the London embassy just days later. I got my NVC case number on May 1st, and I'm still waiting for a CC.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

The reason K1s are so eager to book their medical is because the results must be received by the embassy in London before they will get an interview. So they push the envelope a little by calling before they get their letter from London. They book a few weeks out, hoping the case will be in London before their medical.

I can't see an advantage for a CR1 to have an earlier medical. It won't get you to the interview any faster. You are going to get an interview assigned by NVC without the requirement that medical results must be received by the embassy first. If you want to have it early, then prepare to make up a fake interview date because they may ask. And plan for how you will show them your appointment letter from NVC on the day or how you will get around it because they do say bring it.

[AmberJohnson 0]

The reason K1s are so eager to book their medical is because the results must be received by the embassy in London before they will get an interview. So they push the envelope a little by calling before they get their letter from London. They book a few weeks out, hoping the case will be in London before their medical.

I can't see an advantage for a CR1 to have an earlier medical. It won't get you to the interview any faster. You are going to get an interview assigned by NVC without the requirement that medical results must be received by the embassy first. If you want to have it early, then prepare to make up a fake interview date because they may ask. And plan for how you will show them your appointment letter from NVC on the day or how you will get around it because they do say bring it.

Ohh I see. That's where I was getting confused. Thanks for the clarification!

[Ryan H 3,812]

Not really because CC's seem to happen a lot quicker for K-1 from what I'm seeing.

The NVC is not much more than a mail stop for K1 cases; all that really happens is assignment of a case number and forwarding of the file to the appropriate post abroad.

[AmberJohnson 0]

The NVC is not much more than a mail stop for K1 cases; all that really happens is assignment of a case number and forwarding of the file to the appropriate post abroad.

Makes sense! I'll be waiting to book mine then.