INTERVIEW BEFORE MEDICAL

[Joemic79 0]

Is it possible to have interview first then medical? Interview date is January 25 but the next appointment for medical is January 26.

[SalishSea 17,839]

1 hour ago, Joemic79 said:

Is it possible to have interview first then medical? Interview date is January 25 but the next appointment for medical is January 26.

Yes. 

 

You will get a 221g denial pending the arrival of medical exam to consulate.  Not a big deal, just a known delay.

 

I definitely recommend keeping both appointments.  Best of luck.

[nanobot 27]

6 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

Yes. 

 

You will get a 221g denial pending the arrival of medical exam to consulate.  Not a big deal, just a known delay.

 

I definitely recommend keeping both appointments.  Best of luck.

I’m going to be in the same situation in a week’s time.

 

Anyone have a sense of how long the medicals are taking to get the to embassy, and how long from them arriving they’ll touch the case again?

[Wuozopo 4,293]

2 hours ago, nanobot said:

I’m going to be in the same situation in a week’s time.

 

Anyone have a sense of how long the medicals are taking to get the to embassy, and how long from them arriving they’ll touch the case again?

I don’t why the medicals are so hard to get since the holidays. It’s a new thing. Maybe short staffed with Covid cases and isolations? For a decade or more, medical appointments were easily available, even within the week you called. 
 

Medicals can get sent to the embassy as soon as the bloodwork results they send out to a lab get returned. That would be about 3 days, but allow for an extra day if your exam was on a Thursday/Friday and the weekend delayed slightly.

 

The clinic could finish up the report (with bloodwork results) the same day and it goes over to the embassy digitally. So 3 days or more depending on when labs come back and when the clinic fills out their report, scans and sends.
 

The embassy doesn’t always pick up your report and approve the visa the same day the medical report arrives. Maybe allow up to 3 days (average this year) to get back to your case. Earlier this year they were super fast but right now we have the holidays backlog and a new highly infectious Covid variant throwing a spanner in the works.It’s a total guess how things will be when your turn comes up. Hopefully on the lower end of all the variables that come into play because everybody is well and the lab, clinic, and embassy are working with a full staff.

Edited January 8, 2022 by Wuozopo

[nanobot 27]

On 1/8/2022 at 4:54 PM, Wuozopo said:

I don’t why the medicals are so hard to get since the holidays. It’s a new thing. Maybe short staffed with Covid cases and isolations? For a decade or more, medical appointments were easily available, even within the week you called. 
 

Medicals can get sent to the embassy as soon as the bloodwork results they send out to a lab get returned. That would be about 3 days, but allow for an extra day if your exam was on a Thursday/Friday and the weekend delayed slightly.

 

The clinic could finish up the report (with bloodwork results) the same day and it goes over to the embassy digitally. So 3 days or more depending on when labs come back and when the clinic fills out their report, scans and sends.
 

The embassy doesn’t always pick up your report and approve the visa the same day the medical report arrives. Maybe allow up to 3 days (average this year) to get back to your case. Earlier this year they were super fast but right now we have the holidays backlog and a new highly infectious Covid variant throwing a spanner in the works.It’s a total guess how things will be when your turn comes up. Hopefully on the lower end of all the variables that come into play because everybody is well and the lab, clinic, and embassy are working with a full staff.

 

By way of current timeline on this, for those going into it (and I'll edit this when I get more info in the coming days😞

 

• Fri 14th Jan (8.40am) Medical
• Wed 19th Jan (10am) Interview (medical not at embassy) - Status: Refused 
• Wed 19th Jan (late afternoon) Phone call from VisaMedicals saying report was done/clear and going to embassy 

 

As of right now, status Refused and case not updated since 19th Jan.

 

[nanobot 27]

On 1/23/2022 at 9:11 AM, nanobot said:

 

By way of current timeline on this, for those going into it (and I'll edit this when I get more info in the coming days😞

 

• Fri 14th Jan (8.40am) Medical
• Wed 19th Jan (10am) Interview (medical not at embassy) - Status: Refused 
• Wed 19th Jan (late afternoon) Phone call from VisaMedicals saying report was done/clear and going to embassy 

 

Mon 24th Jan approx 09:30 Last Updated change to today's date, status remained as Refused

Mon 24th Jan approx 12:30 Case status changed to Administrative Processing  

[nanobot 27]

On 1/24/2022 at 12:58 PM, nanobot said:

Mon 24th Jan approx 09:30 Last Updated change to today's date, status remained as Refused

Mon 24th Jan approx 12:30 Case status changed to Administrative Processing  

Tues 25th Jan approx 13:20 Case status changed to Issued.

[nanobot 27]

On 1/25/2022 at 1:28 PM, nanobot said:

Tues 25th Jan approx 13:20 Case status changed to Issued.

Wed 26th Jan approx 10:30am Email to confirm dispatch via DX

Thurs 27th approx 9am DX email saying "out for delivery"

Thurs 27th approx 10am Collected from DX Chancery Lane

[Gujjupat 0]

On 1/8/2022 at 6:48 AM, Joemic79 said:

Is it possible to have interview first then medical? Interview date is January 25 but the next appointment for medical is January 26.

Hi

please update your case.! As I am in similar situations and can’t get medical before interview.!!

please let us know what you have done.??

[Gujjupat 0]

On 1/8/2022 at 8:35 AM, Jorgedig said:

Yes. 

 

You will get a 221g denial pending the arrival of medical exam to consulate.  Not a big deal, just a known delay.

 

I definitely recommend keeping both appointments.  Best of luck.

Hi

But if your medical is after interview, then what will happen if they keep your passport.? Do medical people will allow without passport .?

 

Please advice

[Joemic79 0]

26 minutes ago, Gujjupat said:

Hi

But if your medical is after interview, then what will happen if they keep your passport.? Do medical people will allow without passport .?

 

Please advice

Visamedicals need your passport on your medical 

[Gujjupat 0]

4 minutes ago, Joemic79 said:

Visamedicals need your passport on your medical 

Yeah but what would happens if we attend interview before and they keep our passport.? I know email from medical people says officials certified copies are valid.! But don’t know.!

[whiterabbitt 37]

6 hours ago, Gujjupat said:

Yeah but what would happens if we attend interview before and they keep our passport.? I know email from medical people says officials certified copies are valid.! But don’t know.!

You need to have your medical before your interview. The embassy will not interview with an incomplete medical exam. 

 

 

[Gujjupat 0]

Just now, whiterabbitt said:

You need to have your medical before your interview. The embassy will not interview with an incomplete medical exam. 

 

 

Yeah this is what I am confused about.! Can’t get date for medical before visa.! And some people here suggested to go for interview and then medical and keep both date.! But not sure what to do.!

[whiterabbitt 37]

15 minutes ago, Gujjupat said:

Yeah this is what I am confused about.! Can’t get date for medical before visa.! And some people here suggested to go for interview and then medical and keep both date.! But not sure what to do.!

It really is up to you! Unless somebody here has experienced going to an interview without a medical completed recently that would be good to know! 

 

If it doesn't work out you will just need to rebook your interview to later date after your medical. 👍 

Edited January 29, 2022 by whiterabbitt