Medical - Disease Found

[ShanghaiSurfer 135]

I've looked through many threads trying to find out the process if you fail the medical exam. I haven't been able to find an answer to my question. If they find a problem during the medical exam does the Doctor inform you or just put the results in the sealed brown envelope and you get a "nice" surprise during the interview.

 

I find it hard to believe they would let you walk around with a disease or medical issue without informing you. And if so does it make sense to get a physical done before you even go through the official medical process?

[A'n'L 735]

The medical is really not thorough enough to be valid as a physical exam for your own purposes. Most conditions you'll have to disclose yourself. They only look for signs of mental health issues, drug use and test for the most important communicable diseases (tuberculosis, syphilis, gonorhea). You will be informed if you "fail" the test, but it depends on the country what the procedure for that is.

[ShanghaiSurfer 135]

7 minutes ago, A'n'L said:

The medical is really not thorough enough to be valid as a physical exam for your own purposes. Most conditions you'll have to disclose yourself. They only look for signs of mental health issues, drug use and test for the most important communicable diseases (tuberculosis, syphilis, gonorhea). You will be informed if you "fail" the test, but it depends on the country what the procedure for that is.

That's good to know. Especially if it's the two latter communicable diseases you could just get a shot/meds and then retake the physical again a few weeks later.

[TBoneTX 45,309]

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[geowrian 22,337]

Oh god...I would hope that if you were examined then they would tell you if they found something. haha It would be unethical in my eyes to withhold that information about my own health.

[ShanghaiSurfer 135]

58 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Oh god...I would hope that if you were examined then they would tell you if they found something. haha It would be unethical in my eyes to withhold that information about my own health.

+1 Exactly my thoughts as well.

[Cheezees 1,514]

When I did the medical, the doctor gave me one sealed copy for USCIS and one for me. But this is a non-issue as all you have to do is ask for a copy of your medical records.

[ShanghaiSurfer 135]

5 minutes ago, Cheezees said:

When I did the medical, the doctor gave me one sealed copy for USCIS and one for me. But this is a non-issue as all you have to do is ask for a copy of your medical records.

So presumably if there was a problem you could just throw those results away in sealed copy and then cure issue. Then schedule another exam at a later time. USCIS or Consulate would only get the most recent results since you are responsible for giving it to them.

[Cheezees 1,514]

Yes

[A'n'L 735]

6 hours ago, ShanghaiSurfer said:

So presumably if there was a problem you could just throw those results away in sealed copy and then cure issue. Then schedule another exam at a later time. USCIS or Consulate would only get the most recent results since you are responsible for giving it to them.

In many countries the panel physician forwards the results directly to the consulate.

[ShanghaiSurfer 135]

52 minutes ago, A'n'L said:

In many countries the panel physician forwards the results directly to the consulate.

That may be the case but find it hard to believe any physician would allow a patient to be walking around with a communicable disease. Would think ethically if not legally the doctor would have to inform you of the results if any medical issue since most get their test done a few weeks before the interview. 

[A'n'L 735]

1 minute ago, ShanghaiSurfer said:

That may be the case but find it hard to believe any physician would allow a patient to be walking around with a communicable disease. Would think ethically if not legally the doctor would have to inform you of the results if any medical issue since most get their test done a few weeks before the interview. 

Sure, but you wouldn't be able to "throw away" the report without the consulate seeing it (as suggested).

[ShanghaiSurfer 135]

6 minutes ago, A'n'L said:

Sure, but you wouldn't be able to "throw away" the report without the consulate seeing it (as suggested).

True. I guess in that case I would recommend rescheduling interview for a later date after treatment and retake the physical. Then when you do interview the second results should supersede the previous one. Assume you can do this in most consulates.

[shaunanoona 0]

i believe you won't go thru the interview process without the proper clearance  from the  medical process, they will inform you beforehand if there will be health problem.

 

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

They can if they see something that can be treated / a spot on the lungs of my husband was seen and needed 2 weeks of treatment before medical was passed

since he is from a country where the TB is high they look for any thing that may incicate a problem such as this.  HIs, forunately, was an infection and treatment took care of the problem