How close can Manila SLEC medical be to interview date?

[Trompie 9]

Does a medical on a Wednesday or Thursday allow enough time If the interview is on Monday?

 

Traveling from Cebu so trying to avoid 2 trips with the all the restrictions going on.

 

 

[JFH 12,191]

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[payxibka 10,047]

2 hours ago, Trompie said:

Does a medical on a Wednesday or Thursday allow enough time If the interview is on Monday?

 

Traveling from Cebu so trying to avoid 2 trips with the all the restrictions going on.

 

 

Typically 

[NoMansLand2020 298]

I would say allow two full businesses days after medical. 

[Murph4865 597]

On 3/25/2021 at 10:13 AM, payxibka said:

Typically 

They are wanting you to have medical done 2 weeks before interview

[payxibka 10,047]

Just now, Murph4865 said:

They are wanting you to have medical done 2 weeks before interview

They might be saying that.   Reality is that results are TYPICALLY available within 2 business days 

[angeljolie 188]

SLEC called me 7 calendar days after my medical clearance to tell me they were transmitting my results right at that moment but had to ask for my USC husband's updated phone number in the US (he didn't get a US phone immediately after returning to the US, but SLEC wanted his US phone number as he is in the US. 🙄). Not saying 7 days is the standard but that's my experience. 

[AlaMike 231]

We had our interview on Medical on Tuesday and interview on Thursday. No issues. Due to to the Covid situation her entire medical was done in 1 day instead of the typical 2 days. 

I have seen to have at least 2 days between medical and interview but everyone's experience will be different. 

[John & Rose 7,239]

On 4/19/2021 at 8:32 AM, AlaMike said:

We had our interview on Medical on Tuesday and interview on Thursday. No issues. Due to to the Covid situation her entire medical was done in 1 day instead of the typical 2 days. 

I have seen to have at least 2 days between medical and interview but everyone's experience will be different. 

When was that?  I have seen stories where SLEC takes over 2 weeks since you dont hand carry the medical reports anymore.  I've seen dozens of complaints that SLEC was slow to send the files.  I miss the old days.  We did medical on Monday and Tuesday and hand carried the paperwork to the interview on Thursday.

 

[Trompie 9]

In addition to AlaMike's experience, I saw a Youtuber who said she got her results the same day and hand carried them, this was for a 2021 K-1 interview.

 

When you book your appointment at SLEC they ask for your K-1 interview date, so I would be surprised if they were confirming appointments if there is a risk the results are not ready in time.

 

My fiance's SLEC appointment is tomorrow (4/21), so I'll update on what our experience was.

 

 

[AlaMike 231]

7 minutes ago, John & Rose said:

When was that?  I have seen stories where SLEC takes over 2 weeks since you dont hand carry the medical reports anymore.  I've seen dozens of complaints that SLEC was slow to send the files.  I miss the old days.  We did medical on Monday and Tuesday and hand carried the paperwork to the interview on Thursday.

 

I was in mid November of 2020 during a lull in the pandemic. I was worried because the interview and medical were in the same week but we had no issues.

I would think that emailing and not having to print and issue paperwork would be faster.... but we are talking about the Philippines.

[John & Rose 7,239]

5 minutes ago, AlaMike said:

I was in mid November of 2020 during a lull in the pandemic. I was worried because the interview and medical were in the same week but we had no issues.

I would think that emailing and not having to print and issue paperwork would be faster.... but we are talking about the Philippines.

I hear that!