Timing Trips to Manila

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14 minutes ago, Steve2022 said:

An answer to your second question is right here:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/MNL-Manila.html#medical_exam_instructions

It states right there IN RED that you should schedule the exam 2 weeks before the interview. 

The sentence is ambiguous.  It could mean that you should carry out the action of scheduling 2 weeks before your interview, or it could mean that you should schedule beforehand so that your medical appointment will occur 2 weeks before your interview appointment.   I think it means the latter, or at least I think that is what they meant to say, or perhaps they meant to say, "at least 2 weeks before", although that is, in fact, not what was said there.

We are considering having my wife take an early trip to Manila in order to do the medical, before we even get the interview date, since the medical is purported to be good for 6 months, and it has been reported recently that some people have had trouble getting it done before the interview.  I also read that at the Manila Consulate, you are not allowed into the interview without the medical already completely accomplished with the approval document in hand.

Well I can't edit my own post, but I'd like to say that that link above is for immigrant visas, and technically the K1 Fiance visa is not an immigrant visa.  It also says that the medical report is good for 6 months.  So that part isn't just purported.   I suppose there may be a similar page on the travel.state.gov site for Fiance visas, but I could not find it, sorry.   However, they do mention K1 in there, so probably this page should cover things.  We can hope. 

Edited March 26, 2022 by Steve2022