St Lukes quick question

[RUJEN 140]

Hi All,

My estimates NOA2 isn't until late April now,  but I am curious how soon my Fiancee can go to St Lukes?

I am asking in case she gets the TB test and from what I hear can takes 8 weeks to get through that.

 

Thanks

Rujen

[payxibka 10,045]

10 minutes ago, RUJEN said:

Hi All,

My estimates NOA2 isn't until late April now,  but I am curious how soon my Fiancee can go to St Lukes?

I am asking in case she gets the TB test and from what I hear can takes 8 weeks to get through that.

 

Thanks

Rujen

Not until she has documented proof of her MNL# as issued by NVC 

[RUJEN 140]

Thank you, that is what I needed to know

 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

37 minutes ago, RUJEN said:

Thank you, that is what I needed to know

 

It can take that long for a TB test only if they find something during the initial XRay. So hope and pray that they don't find anything. Where is your fiance from if you don't mind me asking?

 

[RUJEN 140]

48 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

It can take that long for a TB test only if they find something during the initial XRay. So hope and pray that they don't find anything. Where is your fiance from if you don't mind me asking?

 

Thanks for the info, and she is from Leyte

[JonSeattle 202]

1 hour ago, RUJEN said:

Thanks for the info, and she is from Leyte

My fiance is from Biliran, so we drove through part of Leyte to get there. Any place you would recommend for us to stop by on our next visit? We had fun in Samar at the Sohoton cave and on the way back had dinner at a mountaintop villa.

[Hank_ 9,174]

8 hours ago, RUJEN said:

Hi All,

My estimates NOA2 isn't until late April now,  but I am curious how soon my Fiancee can go to St Lukes?

I am asking in case she gets the TB test and from what I hear can takes 8 weeks to get through that.

 

Thanks

Rujen

The validity of the visa will be tied to the date of the medical, so you don't want to do the medical too early.    PLUS .. St. Luke's will want a copy of your NVC letter/email ... so for now .. be patient.

 

https://www.visaconnection-philippines.com/nvc.html

 

https://www.visaconnection-philippines.com/us-embassy-usem.html

[PWB 213]

St. Luke's was for us the most difficult part of this journey without a doubt.  My Fiance just completed the process this week and we are now scheduled for the  Embassy interview .   I can offer some advise based on what i experienced, don't  buy tickets or for that matter do any travel planning until you get St. Luke's in your rear view mirror.   My fiance got picked at random for the sputum test and for three days she went back and forth to St. Luke's.  The results of the sputum was negative but she still had to complete the 8 week culture protocol.  This was done after they told her not to worry she was negative.   Had to cancel the interview,  i had tickets already so I lost a bunch of money.  Travel Insurance purchased over the internet is not always dependable.  St. Luke's can, and does stop the visa process without any  recourse. I hope the very best for you, but if you follow the comments of others they will verify what I have said about the St. Luke's experience.  

[Hank_ 9,174]

That is RULE #1 !     No matter what !!     Do NOT arrange travel until visa is in hand.

 

... the visa interview process can cause major delays also.    And let's not forget CFO .. which is why I push to get that done ASAP, as in before the visa interview.

 

 

[RUJEN 140]

19 hours ago, JonSeattle said:

My fiance is from Biliran, so we drove through part of Leyte to get there. Any place you would recommend for us to stop by on our next visit? We had fun in Samar at the Sohoton cave and on the way back had dinner at a mountaintop villa.

I really can't recommend anything on Leyte, She lives outside Baybay city, and the time we spent there was with her family, we did go to Taclobon because I wanted to see MacArthur Park. We spent most of our time In Cebu city and Bohol

[RUJEN 140]

7 hours ago, Hank_ said:

That is RULE #1 !     No matter what !!     Do NOT arrange travel until visa is in hand.

 

... the visa interview process can cause major delays also.    And let's not forget CFO .. which is why I push to get that done ASAP, as in before the visa interview.

 

 

Hank, would it be too early to get the CFO now or do we need the NVC Letter to go with it? I am just trying to be proactive and get as much done ahead of time

8 hours ago, PWB said:

St. Luke's was for us the most difficult part of this journey without a doubt.  My Fiance just completed the process this week and we are now scheduled for the  Embassy interview .   I can offer some advise based on what i experienced, don't  buy tickets or for that matter do any travel planning until you get St. Luke's in your rear view mirror.   My fiance got picked at random for the sputum test and for three days she went back and forth to St. Luke's.  The results of the sputum was negative but she still had to complete the 8 week culture protocol.  This was done after they told her not to worry she was negative.   Had to cancel the interview,  i had tickets already so I lost a bunch of money.  Travel Insurance purchased over the internet is not always dependable.  St. Luke's can, and does stop the visa process without any  recourse. I hope the very best for you, but if you follow the comments of others they will verify what I have said about the St. Luke's experience.  

I am sorry to hear about that, I have heard some horror stories about that place

[payxibka 10,045]

Just now, RUJEN said:

Hank, would it be too early to get the CFO now or do we need the NVC Letter to go with it? I am just trying to be proactive and get as much done ahead of time

Never to early,  you need nothing from NVC 

[RUJEN 140]

1 minute ago, payxibka said:

Never to early,  you need nothing from NVC 

Awesome, thank you

 

[Hank_ 9,174]

8 hours ago, RUJEN said:

Hank, would it be too early to get the CFO now or do we need the NVC Letter to go with it? I am just trying to be proactive and get as much done ahead of time

I am sorry to hear about that, I have heard some horror stories about that place

No issue completing CFO early.

 

Here is some info https://www.visaconnection-philippines.com/cfo.html

 

[RUJEN 140]

Thank you Hank, I appreciate it