Philippines Medical Exam

[Bob_B 26]

 Please bear with me if this info is buried elsewhere on this site. My fiancee was late getting her passport due to missing voter registration ID, and she just picked up her passport Friday afternoon, completed her D-160 online and went to the bank to pay for the visa application.

 My question is this: what is the current fee for the medical exam at St. Luke's? I have looked many places online and come up with figures from $245 to as high as $330. I don't want her to be short handed in cash when it's time for her exam.

  Help? Anyone from the Philippines?

[geowrian 22,337]

http://www.slec.ph/us-visa-applicants.shtml#1-medical-fees

Age	Price
15 years and older	PhP 16,042.50
less than 15 years old	PhP 8,600.00

[Vince-Rina 70]

9 minutes ago, Bob_B said:

 Please bear with me if this info is buried elsewhere on this site. My fiancee was late getting her passport due to missing voter registration ID, and she just picked up her passport Friday afternoon, completed her D-160 online and went to the bank to pay for the visa application.

 My question is this: what is the current fee for the medical exam at St. Luke's? I have looked many places online and come up with figures from $245 to as high as $330. I don't want her to be short handed in cash when it's time for her exam.

  Help? Anyone from the Philippines?

St. Luke's Medical Center Extension Clinic (SLEC), the Embassy's accredited panel physician, will begin charging a new medical examination fee of Php 16,042.50 for most immigrant visa applicants effective October 1, 2016. The medical fee increase is based on mandatory gonorrhea testing for all immigrant visa applicants 15 years of age and older as instructed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

[millefleur 5,045]

**Moved from K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports to the PHIL regional forum; issue is country specific**

[NovaDC 270]

Maybe it's better to give her 400 dollars. At least,she will have some allowance for taxi, meals,etc.

[Bob_B 26]

5 minutes ago, Vince-Rina said:

St. Luke's Medical Center Extension Clinic (SLEC), the Embassy's accredited panel physician, will begin charging a new medical examination fee of Php 16,042.50 for most immigrant visa applicants effective October 1, 2016. The medical fee increase is based on mandatory gonorrhea testing for all immigrant visa applicants 15 years of age and older as instructed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 Wow. That's a lot more than it was just last year. Seems to me I had read $245 was it. Glad I know now......thanks!!

[Hank_ 9,174]

15 hours ago, Bob_B said:

 Please bear with me if this info is buried elsewhere on this site. My fiancee was late getting her passport due to missing voter registration ID, and she just picked up her passport Friday afternoon, completed her D-160 online and went to the bank to pay for the visa application.

 My question is this: what is the current fee for the medical exam at St. Luke's? I have looked many places online and come up with figures from $245 to as high as $330. I don't want her to be short handed in cash when it's time for her exam.

  Help? Anyone from the Philippines?

 

Here is a helpful link.  It has links to SLEC and the current fees are listed there.

 

http://www.visaconnection-philippines.com/medical---slec.html

[Bob_B 26]

On 6/17/2017 at 3:21 AM, Hank_ said:

 

Here is a helpful link.  It has links to SLEC and the current fees are listed there.

 

http://www.visaconnection-philippines.com/medical---slec.html

 Thank you Hank_!!

[Hank_ 9,174]

Walang anuman~

[Bob_B 26]

Well, Sue had her medical exam today, and she called me in tears and inconsolable. She and many others going through the U.S. Embassy line failed and have to take a sputum test, as they were told the Embassy is getting tough on chest x-rays. Sue had had TB when she was 25, but has been clear and free of any TB for 23 years, though she has scar tissue on her lungs. She was scheduled for sputum test in July11-13 time window. Everything had been sailing along smoothly until this came up. Even here, some had told me that scar tissue on the lungs was not always a deal breaker.
Not now it appears. ANYONE coming to the U.S. will be ordered to take a sputum test if even a dot shows on their chest x-rays.

I cannot say enough how devastating this is to us, as I now have to re-schedule her flight to me.......and the way she managed to set up her interview and go for her medical exam made getting her here a slam dunk, but not now.

I guess this is just a warning to any Filipino going through the process to come to the U.S. They are being REALLY TOUGH now on chest x-rays. One technician even told Sue that prolonged exposure to the Metro Manila air and diesel fumes can cause lung anomalies. This is not a good situation for us or anyone looking to come to the U.S. from the Philippines..

[NovaDC 270]

1 hour ago, Bob_B said:

Well, Sue had her medical exam today, and she called me in tears and inconsolable. She and many others going through the U.S. Embassy line failed and have to take a sputum test, as they were told the Embassy is getting tough on chest x-rays. Sue had had TB when she was 25, but has been clear and free of any TB for 23 years, though she has scar tissue on her lungs. She was scheduled for sputum test in July11-13 time window. Everything had been sailing along smoothly until this came up. Even here, some had told me that scar tissue on the lungs was not always a deal breaker.
Not now it appears. ANYONE coming to the U.S. will be ordered to take a sputum test if even a dot shows on their chest x-rays.

I cannot say enough how devastating this is to us, as I now have to re-schedule her flight to me.......and the way she managed to set up her interview and go for her medical exam made getting her here a slam dunk, but not now.

I guess this is just a warning to any Filipino going through the process to come to the U.S. They are being REALLY TOUGH now on chest x-rays. One technician even told Sue that prolonged exposure to the Metro Manila air and diesel fumes can cause lung anomalies. This is not a good situation for us or anyone looking to come to the U.S. from the Philippines..

Oh so sorry to hear that. Hopefully she'll be fine and that the sputum test will be over soon. Yes, they really are very uptight in regards of the x-ray. Even too much exposure with bleach and clorox can even endanger the lungs.

[RO_AH 1,659]

4 hours ago, Bob_B said:

I cannot say enough how devastating this is to us, as I now have to re-schedule her flight to me

I am very sorry to hear about this. As everyone always says, do not purchase tickets until you have visa in hand. 

[Hank_ 9,174]

8 hours ago, Bob_B said:

Well, Sue had her medical exam today, and she called me in tears and inconsolable. She and many others going through the U.S. Embassy line failed and have to take a sputum test, as they were told the Embassy is getting tough on chest x-rays. Sue had had TB when she was 25, but has been clear and free of any TB for 23 years, though she has scar tissue on her lungs. She was scheduled for sputum test in July11-13 time window. Everything had been sailing along smoothly until this came up. Even here, some had told me that scar tissue on the lungs was not always a deal breaker.
Not now it appears. ANYONE coming to the U.S. will be ordered to take a sputum test if even a dot shows on their chest x-rays.

I cannot say enough how devastating this is to us, as I now have to re-schedule her flight to me.......and the way she managed to set up her interview and go for her medical exam made getting her here a slam dunk, but not now.

I guess this is just a warning to any Filipino going through the process to come to the U.S. They are being REALLY TOUGH now on chest x-rays. One technician even told Sue that prolonged exposure to the Metro Manila air and diesel fumes can cause lung anomalies. This is not a good situation for us or anyone looking to come to the U.S. from the Philippines..

Being she had TB earlier and there is scaring.. it is a given that SLEC would require SPUTUM.  Being she was cured, once SPUTUM comes back negative things will move forward again.

 

Breathing Manila air and diesel fumes ...    - that got a laugh out of me.  

 

[Bob_B 26]

5 hours ago, RO_AH said:

I am very sorry to hear about this. As everyone always says, do not purchase tickets until you have visa in hand. 

 Turned out to be not so bad. I had purchased flight insurance when I bought her airfare on Experida, and when I called to cancel the flight and why....I was told there was a $100 fee out of the refund for the airfare, which is refundable when I file a claim with E-surance. Hence, 100% refund.

[Hank_ 9,174]

Good move having the insurance on the ticket purchase.

 

But as the embassy states, as do many here on the forum, do not purchase airfare until the visa is in hand.   

 

60 more days after SPUTUM collection then you can get the interview rescheduled and move forward with life.