Medical Exam Clinica Anglo Americana, Lima, Peru - November 2019 review

[amymariko 13]

My husband went for his medical exam for the CR-1 immigrant visa on November 27th, 2019. 

About a week and a half before, we called Clinica Anglo Americana to schedule his appointment. Dra. Lozada and Dr. Corigliano are the two doctors approved by the embassy that do the medical exams at this clinic.  I had to call a couple of times, but eventually was able to reach Dra. Claudia Lozada's assistant and book an appointment. The first thing they ask you is your interview date at the embassy, so book that first! . They will also tell you what you need to bring to the medical exam:

 

-Peruvian passport of applicant

-Addresses in Peru and USA 

-Email address

-Peru Cell number

-Interview letter with case number and interview date

They told us to be at the clinic at 7am for the exam. When you arrive first go to the 1 story gray/white building on the left (not the tower) and get your orden de atención. Even though they say your appt is at 7am it really is first come first serve. You just need to tell them which doctor you're seeing and they'll ask if it's for visa, etc. They give you a boleta and then you go over to the tower to the 5th floor. They'll ask for the passport, printed interview letter, and orden de atencion. Then they give you a form to fill out. You give it back to them and wait for them to call your name. Then the Dr./Dra. checks out the applicant. Asks basic questions like if you've had serious illness, who is petitioning for you in the US, listened to chest, checked throat etc. Then you go to two other assistants who fill out the form (that they turn in to the embassy we think?) they take a picture. Then they give you a paper explaining which floors to get which exams done. I will paste the photo here:

Then we went to the 6th floor for the vaccines. They were not very nice and they don't have an "order of attention" so it's first come first serve. The wait is long but it's better to stand by the desk so no one cuts in front of you. My husband had to have all 4 vaccines MMR, TDAP, influenza and varicela because his vaccine card from the regional hospital in Pucallpa was not valid (not very official). All 4 vaccines cost 670 which can be paid by card (but at the end of all of the exams).

Then we went to the basement for the urine sample, they ask you to sign something and they give you the cup and show you the bathroom to fill it. 

Then you go up to the 2nd floor and wait in line (with numbers for order) and get your blood drawn and turn in your urine sample.

Then you go through the hallway back to the first building (the 1-story building on the left) and follow the signs to the x-ray area. Then you wait in a line and they write your name down and you wait to be called to be x-rayed. 

Then you go back to the 6th floor to pay for the vaccines, they give you a boleta and papers on what vaccines you were given.

Then finally you get to go back to the beginning on the 5th floor and turn everything in to the lady at the desk. In the end you just keep your passport, the boleta of the examen medico (S/1350 in cash for adults), the boleta for the vaccines (S/670 for 4 vaccines—can be paid by card) and the paper that says what day to come back to pick up your results. We went on Nov 27th and were told to come back on Dec 6th.

 

All in all—we arrived at 6:55am (got a little lost at first) and left at 12:40pm!! It took a really long time and there were 10-12 other visa applicants also doing their medical exam that day.

Tips!

Make sure you take a copy of your interview letter with the case number and interview date, make sure you take cash for the exam fee and for the vaccines (or use card). Take snacks and water because you'll be there a while! But they also have vending machines with snacks, drinks, and coffee. Make sure you get there early so you can get the first orden de atencion and get to the desk first on the 5th floor and 6th floor because it's first come first serve. If you're accompanying your spouse or fiance, take something to do because the wait is long! There are magazines on several of the floors (all in Spanish of course). Be patient :D.

 

I know the USCIS is closing Jan 2020, but hope this can help someone!

[Cristina280390 60]

On 12/2/2019 at 5:29 PM, amymariko said:

My husband went for his medical exam for the CR-1 immigrant visa on November 27th, 2019. 

About a week and a half before, we called Clinica Anglo Americana to schedule his appointment. Dra. Lozada and Dr. Corigliano are the two doctors approved by the embassy that do the medical exams at this clinic.  I had to call a couple of times, but eventually was able to reach Dra. Claudia Lozada's assistant and book an appointment. The first thing they ask you is your interview date at the embassy, so book that first! . They will also tell you what you need to bring to the medical exam:

 

-Peruvian passport of applicant

-Addresses in Peru and USA 

-Email address

-Peru Cell number

-Interview letter with case number and interview date

They told us to be at the clinic at 7am for the exam. When you arrive first go to the 1 story gray/white building on the left (not the tower) and get your orden de atención. Even though they say your appt is at 7am it really is first come first serve. You just need to tell them which doctor you're seeing and they'll ask if it's for visa, etc. They give you a boleta and then you go over to the tower to the 5th floor. They'll ask for the passport, printed interview letter, and orden de atencion. Then they give you a form to fill out. You give it back to them and wait for them to call your name. Then the Dr./Dra. checks out the applicant. Asks basic questions like if you've had serious illness, who is petitioning for you in the US, listened to chest, checked throat etc. Then you go to two other assistants who fill out the form (that they turn in to the embassy we think?) they take a picture. Then they give you a paper explaining which floors to get which exams done. I will paste the photo here:

Then we went to the 6th floor for the vaccines. They were not very nice and they don't have an "order of attention" so it's first come first serve. The wait is long but it's better to stand by the desk so no one cuts in front of you. My husband had to have all 4 vaccines MMR, TDAP, influenza and varicela because his vaccine card from the regional hospital in Pucallpa was not valid (not very official). All 4 vaccines cost 670 which can be paid by card (but at the end of all of the exams).

Then we went to the basement for the urine sample, they ask you to sign something and they give you the cup and show you the bathroom to fill it. 

Then you go up to the 2nd floor and wait in line (with numbers for order) and get your blood drawn and turn in your urine sample.

Then you go through the hallway back to the first building (the 1-story building on the left) and follow the signs to the x-ray area. Then you wait in a line and they write your name down and you wait to be called to be x-rayed. 

Then you go back to the 6th floor to pay for the vaccines, they give you a boleta and papers on what vaccines you were given.

Then finally you get to go back to the beginning on the 5th floor and turn everything in to the lady at the desk. In the end you just keep your passport, the boleta of the examen medico (S/1350 in cash for adults), the boleta for the vaccines (S/670 for 4 vaccines—can be paid by card) and the paper that says what day to come back to pick up your results. We went on Nov 27th and were told to come back on Dec 6th.

 

All in all—we arrived at 6:55am (got a little lost at first) and left at 12:40pm!! It took a really long time and there were 10-12 other visa applicants also doing their medical exam that day.

Tips!

Make sure you take a copy of your interview letter with the case number and interview date, make sure you take cash for the exam fee and for the vaccines (or use card). Take snacks and water because you'll be there a while! But they also have vending machines with snacks, drinks, and coffee. Make sure you get there early so you can get the first orden de atencion and get to the desk first on the 5th floor and 6th floor because it's first come first serve. If you're accompanying your spouse or fiance, take something to do because the wait is long! There are magazines on several of the floors (all in Spanish of course). Be patient :D.

 

I know the USCIS is closing Jan 2020, but hope this can help someone!

Thanks for the detailed info! I hope you dont mind me asking some questions, it has been hard to come by information regarding the process in Peru specifically! 

1) Did the embassy give you a list of clinics for medical or was the Americana the only one?  

2) Are the blood/urine examns, the xrays  and the vaccines the complete medical exam or is there anything else that was required?

2) Was there a long waiting time to get an interview appointment? I see you filed DCF, I am doing it through the NVC and they will schedule the appointment based on the dates the embassy provides, so I am curious to hear about other people's experience to have an idea.

 

Thank you!!

[emosewayma 13]

On 2/8/2020 at 1:56 PM, Cristina280390 said:

Thanks for the detailed info! I hope you dont mind me asking some questions, it has been hard to come by information regarding the process in Peru specifically! 

1) Did the embassy give you a list of clinics for medical or was the Americana the only one?  

2) Are the blood/urine examns, the xrays  and the vaccines the complete medical exam or is there anything else that was required?

2) Was there a long waiting time to get an interview appointment? I see you filed DCF, I am doing it through the NVC and they will schedule the appointment based on the dates the embassy provides, so I am curious to hear about other people's experience to have an idea.

 

Thank you!!

 

1) https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Medical/LMA - Lima

2) Haven't gone yet, about to schedule medical appointment though!

3) Yesterday I JUST got an email saying that the case number is ready for scheduling, as it is now in the system. We did DCF. I only saw March 20 and March 27, so I chose March 20th. Apparently, I can keep checking to see if any earlier dates open up, but I think March 20th is just fine. CEAC said that my husband's case was ready on January 19th, but only YESTERDAY (I called for nothing, I emailed.... also for nothing. You just have to wait!) did I get an email from YATRI saying that it was ready to schedule interview. GOOD LUCK!

[Cristina280390 60]

@emosewayma First of all congrats on finally getting the appointment!! I can imagine the relief of both you and your husband! Thank you so much  for taking the time to reply as well. 

This waiting  game is nooo joke! We are getting close to 10 months since we filed the petition and seems like we are still in for at least another 3 or 4 months, even more if the embassy is backed up.

Good luck with this last part of your process!!

[emosewayma 13]

@Cristina280390  Yess, it was no fun to wait without getting any reply from them whatsoever. If you've already waited so long, then I'm sure something will happen soon for you? We were the last ones to file DCF in Lima, since USCIS was closing. We went on the last day possible to schedule appointment there, and submitted the I-130 at the end of November THAT DAY. December 11th was when the I-130 was approved. I am living with my spouse while he is going through this process, but I don't exactly trust the mail to our city, so by January 18th or something, my U.S. address received packet 3 in the mail, stating to fill out DS-260 and to schedule visa appointment when ready. I submitted DS-260 on January 19th. From there, we had to wait until we finally got a response. Meanwhile, we collected evidence, such as the 3 certificates for police/judicial/penal, and marriage/birth certificate. 

 

What I am curious is, where exactly in the process are you right now? Since you filed through NVC, I am guessing you may have to send all financial/supporting evidence to NVC PRIOR to the visa interview? I am just curious, haha. I think I am slightly ahead, so I will gladly share whatever information about the process to help you/others out. 

[amymariko 13]

On 2/8/2020 at 1:56 PM, Cristina280390 said:

Thanks for the detailed info! I hope you dont mind me asking some questions, it has been hard to come by information regarding the process in Peru specifically! 

1) Did the embassy give you a list of clinics for medical or was the Americana the only one?  

2) Are the blood/urine examns, the xrays  and the vaccines the complete medical exam or is there anything else that was required?

2) Was there a long waiting time to get an interview appointment? I see you filed DCF, I am doing it through the NVC and they will schedule the appointment based on the dates the embassy provides, so I am curious to hear about other people's experience to have an idea.

 

Thank you!!

Cristina, sorry for taking a while to respond!

@emosewayma answered the questions pretty well! Btw congrats on being the last to file DCF! It is so much faster 😁.

 

1) Cristina, the list she provided ^ are for the only two clinics that do the medical exam in Lima. They have two doctors that do the exam at the AngloAmericana and one female doctor at the other clinic. But the majority of the reviews I heard about the other female doctor were bad 😬so we went with Claudia Lozano at the Anglo Americana.

2) Those are the only exams they do. I mean my husband spent a few minutes with the doctor and she listened to his chest, asked him a couple questions—but that was it!

3) This was our timeline but we did do DCF:
I-130 Sent : Jun 27, 2019
I-130 Approved : Jul 30, 2019
Received Instruction and Interview appointment letter : Sep 4, 2019
Medical Exam : Nov 27, 2019
Immigrant Visa Interview! : Dec 12, 2019 VISA WAS APPROVED! PRAISE THE LORD!
 

Let me know if you have any other questions! @emosewayma also!

 

[Cristina280390 60]

Thanks to both of you @emosewayma and @amymariko for the detailed info, it will come in handy once my turn is up! I can't say  dont envy you a little bit for getting everything done so fast, but I knew that DCF had a lot more chances of being faster. @emosewayma can't believe you filed it the laaast day! It seems crazy that they are closing local USCIS offices all over the world when clearly they can't handle the current work load as is! 

 

My immigration process has not  been the usual because my life/marriage I guess hasn't follow the most traditional path either haha. I've married since November 2016 (married in Lima after dating for a year) but filed the Petition in April 2019 to the Chicago Lockbox . My husband and I moved to Germany in 2017 because I got a scholarship to do an MA and it covered all expenses and gave family support, so he was also granted residency/insurance/stipend/ german lessons  (missing all that now that its my turn to migrate haha). We could have done DCF in Germany but it had a list of challenges on their own so we went with the regular way. The petition took about 5 months to get approved, funny story is that they day we flew out of Europe to the US was the day of aproval, so that could have gone really bad if a got a customs agent that was having a bad day. I graduated from my program in Germany so therefore my residency there ended, so I found myself in between countries, since I had moved out of Peru early 2017 so back then I had already quit my job, sold my car, closed all bank accounts etc etc....My family is there so I always have somewhere to stay, but thats about it. Luckily I have a 10 year tourist visa for the US that is still valid for another year, so ever since Sept/Oct of last eyar when my petition was approved I've been here as a tourist with my husband, waiting on our process to move forward. 4 months after the approval of the I130 the NVC finally created the case and we made the payments and submitted the AOS and the  DS260  on FEb 1st. I just got a ticket to Lima for early April, which according to their timframe is about the time they will look at our case and hooooopefully will accept all forms and evidence without any RFE and send it to Lima consulate for the interview (In my CEAC it still appears like my consulate is Frankfurt despite the fact that I have sent two inquiries to change the consulate location to Peru explaining that I am no longer a german resident). So I am hoping to only be in Lima for a month or two for medical and the interview,  instead of having to be apart from my husband who knows how long if I have to resubmit any documents or if they are just confused about our lives in between Peru Germany and the US and want more explanations.

 

Well hope I didn't bore you with all of this haha, its just nice to have other people that know what you are going through!  Maybe this post will be removed because I am not really discusing the topic, but will be happy to do any follow up or just chat some through DMs.  Have a nice day you two!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[amymariko 13]

1 hour ago, Cristina280390 said:

Thanks to both of you @emosewayma and @amymariko for the detailed info, it will come in handy once my turn is up! I can't say  dont envy you a little bit for getting everything done so fast, but I knew that DCF had a lot more chances of being faster. @emosewayma can't believe you filed it the laaast day! It seems crazy that they are closing local USCIS offices all over the world when clearly they can't handle the current work load as is! 

 

My immigration process has not  been the usual because my life/marriage I guess hasn't follow the most traditional path either haha. I've married since November 2016 (married in Lima after dating for a year) but filed the Petition in April 2019 to the Chicago Lockbox . My husband and I moved to Germany in 2017 because I got a scholarship to do an MA and it covered all expenses and gave family support, so he was also granted residency/insurance/stipend/ german lessons  (missing all that now that its my turn to migrate haha). We could have done DCF in Germany but it had a list of challenges on their own so we went with the regular way. The petition took about 5 months to get approved, funny story is that they day we flew out of Europe to the US was the day of aproval, so that could have gone really bad if a got a customs agent that was having a bad day. I graduated from my program in Germany so therefore my residency there ended, so I found myself in between countries, since I had moved out of Peru early 2017 so back then I had already quit my job, sold my car, closed all bank accounts etc etc....My family is there so I always have somewhere to stay, but thats about it. Luckily I have a 10 year tourist visa for the US that is still valid for another year, so ever since Sept/Oct of last eyar when my petition was approved I've been here as a tourist with my husband, waiting on our process to move forward. 4 months after the approval of the I130 the NVC finally created the case and we made the payments and submitted the AOS and the  DS260  on FEb 1st. I just got a ticket to Lima for early April, which according to their timframe is about the time they will look at our case and hooooopefully will accept all forms and evidence without any RFE and send it to Lima consulate for the interview (In my CEAC it still appears like my consulate is Frankfurt despite the fact that I have sent two inquiries to change the consulate location to Peru explaining that I am no longer a german resident). So I am hoping to only be in Lima for a month or two for medical and the interview,  instead of having to be apart from my husband who knows how long if I have to resubmit any documents or if they are just confused about our lives in between Peru Germany and the US and want more explanations.

 

Well hope I didn't bore you with all of this haha, its just nice to have other people that know what you are going through!  Maybe this post will be removed because I am not really discusing the topic, but will be happy to do any follow up or just chat some through DMs.  Have a nice day you two!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not boring at all! I like reading other people's stories! Wishing the best of luck to you with the process! If you have questions later on, hopefully I will have some answers haha. Have a wonderful day as well! 😁

[Evajandra 65]

Thank you for the review! It sounds like another full day of fun sitting and waiting and paying money. 
 

Seriously, thank you for the review. We are in the NVC stage (with an RFE) after waiting since August of 2018 starting this process. I am eager to get this done with.

I even sought expedition at NVC phase yesterday. Fingers Crossed I'll be using this review very soon.

[Cristina280390 60]

@Evajandra wow I am so sorry you have been stuck in this process for so long! hope you get DQ soon so you can go ahead and finish this thing! I am trying to turn my mind off and just wait the 8-10 weeks its taking the NVC to get to our case according to their timeframe... but damn its so hard and I am so scared to wait all this time only to get RFE and have to do it all over again.

 

Fingers crossed for DQs and ILs soon!!

[amymariko 13]

@Evajandra and @Cristina280390 best of luck to both of you! 

The medical exam part is definitely another "fun" day of waiting and paying a lot of money 😔but praying the rest of your process goes smoothly! 🙏

[emosewayma 13]

@Evajandra @Cristina280390 So yesterday, my husband went to his medical exam in Lima; all went well. He went to Dr. Corigliano, and he said that he had no problems. There are a total of 4 vaccines; however, the doctor only made him get 2 of them (even though my husband didn't bring any sort of vaccine record??) The exam fee was 1350 soles, but for 2 vaccines, he paid slightly over 300 soles. I guess the doctor assumed that he must have gotten the other 2 vaccines as a child? Not sure... but good for us I guess. Our visa appointment is in less than 10 days now, so we are getting ready (getting Airbnb, bus tickets to Lima, etc.) Feel free to tell me if your processes have progressed or not, and if so, how far along you all are.  

[Evajandra 65]

6 hours ago, emosewayma said:

@Evajandra @Cristina280390 So yesterday, my husband went to his medical exam in Lima; all went well. He went to Dr. Corigliano, and he said that he had no problems. There are a total of 4 vaccines; however, the doctor only made him get 2 of them (even though my husband didn't bring any sort of vaccine record??) The exam fee was 1350 soles, but for 2 vaccines, he paid slightly over 300 soles. I guess the doctor assumed that he must have gotten the other 2 vaccines as a child? Not sure... but good for us I guess. Our visa appointment is in less than 10 days now, so we are getting ready (getting Airbnb, bus tickets to Lima, etc.) Feel free to tell me if your processes have progressed or not, and if so, how far along you all are.  

Felicidades! That’s wonderful news. El Polo Mall across the street from the embassy has delicious gelato at Laritza. I like Pye de Limon and Caramel con Sal de Maras.

A nice victory snack for when you finally conquer this hurdle.
 

My wife (the applicant) has been in the states for many years and previously had all the necessary shots for the process from within the US which we had to cancel to come back to Peru. Hopefully her records are good enough from her previous medical exam in the states where she doesn’t need a vaccine.

As far as our case goes...

😃 We received some wonderful news. 
 

The expedite request I sent to get passed the NVC was APPROVED. Everything has been sent to the Lima Consulate and now we’re waiting for word from the embassy on when to set an appointment. It’s been a seriously up and down couple days as just before the approval, we received another RFE at NVC for one file being overly compressed to meet their stupid 2MB limit.😖😭 I, a full grown man, cried my heart out with snot and tears and everything. I couldn’t believe I let a stupid mistake like that go by and us be stuck here with our newborn for two more months at least.
 

Everything is fine now. I just don’t know if I should set the appointment now or what since we are “expedited”.

 

Edited March 11, 2020 by Evajandra
Grammar and redundant question

[Cristina280390 60]

Glad to see things are moving forward for everyone! @emosewayma you are almost done!! and @Evajandra that expedite approval must have been music to your ears, especially after the nightmare of the RFEs. This process has made me cry more than once, can't imagine how its been for your family with a newborn baby! Hope you get the appointment very soon!

 

I am still waiting for my first case review and crossing fingers for DQ. I submitted docs on Feb 4th but then got freaked out reading people's RFE for something that could apply to my case, so I ended up adding documents on Feb 24 (YES, the date that the stupid public charge thingy went into effect), so I lost like 3 weeks of progress  but hopefully prevented an RFE.

 

I am also getting ready to flight to Lima in a couple weeks with the hopes of coming back to the US within a couple months only, it is awful traveling with only a one way ticket and not knowing when I'll get to be with my husband again. I am happy to be back in Lima for Semana Santa and to visit all my friends and family, but I have nothing going on there since I moved countries three years ago... so I am just awkwardly stuck in between countries and lives.

 

PS.  I will engorge on helado at El Polo when I am done with this nightmare! I recommend Francesca with Stracciatella for your next visit to Laritza haha

[Evajandra 65]

@Christina280390

 

Presidente Vizcarra is implementing travel restrictions today, so please read all the news about the Corona Virus for your travel plans.

I don't know all the details, but please take a look for your sake.