TB Positive...

[mwh710 1]

My best friend is engaged to a young woman from Manila. All the paperwork went through great, until St. Lukes. She tested positive for TB. She started on the pills, but had a bad reaction to them, so they tried some different ones - still hives & welts. They sent her to a specialty clinic, that figured out she has a fairly rare case of TB, nag she would need to go to the clinic every day for 9 months 6 days a week for an injection. She is finally done with those, but now they say she has to have a years worth of pills every day 5 days a week. The question is, it will be almost 2.5 years since my best friend went over to see her, and of course the initial petition has expired. My question, does he have to start the petition all over, some say yes, others say no, he just has to pay for St. Lukes to do the entire physical again and then the interview. Anyone know the real deal here?

Thanks in advance

[Cathi 5,748]

if the petition has expired, yes they need to begin again

[Hank_ 9,174]

My best friend is engaged to a young woman from Manila. All the paperwork went through great, until St. Lukes. She tested positive for TB. She started on the pills, but had a bad reaction to them, so they tried some different ones - still hives & welts. They sent her to a specialty clinic, that figured out she has a fairly rare case of TB, nag she would need to go to the clinic every day for 9 months 6 days a week for an injection. She is finally done with those, but now they say she has to have a years worth of pills every day 5 days a week. The question is, it will be almost 2.5 years since my best friend went over to see her, and of course the initial petition has expired. My question, does he have to start the petition all over, some say yes, others say no, he just has to pay for St. Lukes to do the entire physical again and then the interview. Anyone know the real deal here?

Thanks in advance

Was anything started with the embassy, created a profile, paid the visa fee, etc... ? I would suggest contacting the embassy, just to make sure as this is a very unique situation.