Interview scheduled in 2 weeks, no time for COVID vaccination?

[Chimney 3]

Hey all,

 

Stressful but extremely positive news on our case—just received an appointment letter from the NVC! With one little caveat–the appointment is on Oct 5, 2021 which is in roughly 2 weeks.

 

It's too late to schedule a med exam today, so that's the first thing we'll do tomorrow. There's some vaccinations my spouse will have to take in addition to the COVID vaccine. Now, given such a short time window, this doesn't give us an ability to be fully vaccinated at least from COVID because only 2-shot vaccines are available in Ukraine. And what worries me is this:

 

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If an approved COVID-19 vaccine is available to the applicant in the country where the examination occurs, the applicant must complete the vaccine series and provide documentation to the panel physician in person before completion of the medical examination.

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/panel-physicians/covid-19-technical-instructions.html.

 

Will they allow us to complete the medical exam with only 1 shot? Will they meet us halfway at the embassy? What would be your advice?

 

By the way, a lot of Ukrainian F2A visas got scheduled recently with such a short difference between notice and the actual interview.

[SusieQQQ 11,585]

A possible outcome is that your medical will not be approved until the second shot is done, and that you will be placed on AP after the visa interview pending the medical results.

[Oksana-K 0]

Пройдите медосмотр в сентябре, а собеседование в октябре.

[Penguin_ie 5,989]

4 hours ago, Oksana-K said:

Пройдите медосмотр в сентябре, а собеседование в октябре.

English only in the upper / immigration forums please, so everyone knows what you say and can learn from it/ help.