Interview before medical - do they keep your passport?

[RussiaMidwest 5]

Hi everyone! I have a question - in case if a person goes through their visa interview BEFORE their scheduled medical appointment (I know in many countries doctors' offices are booked out months in advance), does the embassy keep your passport from the date of the interview until they receive your medical results? Or do you get your passport back and then mail it in additionally so they can put a visa in it, once the visa ahs been approved after medical?

 

Thanks!

Edited April 26, 2022 by RussiaMidwest
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[arken 4,197]

30 minutes ago, RussiaMidwest said:

Or do you get your passport back and then mail it in additionally so they can put a visa in it, once the visa ahs been approved after medical?

This. Very likely passport will be needed for medical.

[RussiaMidwest 5]

16 hours ago, arken said:

This. Very likely passport will be needed for medical.

Thank you! Are you sure about that? I am wondering if any other VJ members already went through it and can give a definite answer from their own experience...

[Chancy 6,241]

1 hour ago, RussiaMidwest said:

I am wondering if any other VJ members already went through it and can give a definite answer from their own experience...

 

What consulate?  Consulates have different policies regarding this requirement.  In my home country, the US consulate does not allow the visa applicant to interview at all if the medical has not been completed yet.

 

Please update your VJ profile with the beneficiary's country.  From your username and previous posts, it seems the beneficiary is Russian?  I can move this thread to the regional forum if you want input from others going through the same process for Russian applicants.

 

Edited April 27, 2022 by Chancy
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[RussiaMidwest 5]

22 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

What consulate?  Consulates have different policies regarding this requirement.  In my home country, the US consulate does not allow the visa applicant to interview at all if the medical has not been completed yet.

 

Please update your VJ profile with the beneficiary's country.  From your username and previous posts, it seems the beneficiary is Russian?  I can move this thread to the regional forum if you want input from others going through the same process for Russian applicants.

 

Thank you for the answer! I will be interviewing in Frankfurt, which does allow to do interview first, medical second, from what I know. However, I am not Ukrainian, so none of the special rules and exemptions regarding the consulate process in Frankfurt apply to me, and most Russians are processed in Warsaw, so whatever rules they have in that embassy might not apply to my case either... So I posted in the general forum, hoping to get a bigger sample of answers from different embassies  

[RussiaMidwest 5]

Thought I'd give a quick update - the embassy said they can keep my passport or give it back to me, as I wish. They said if I take my passport back, I will need to mail it to them directly once my medical comes in and the visa becomes available. So everything turned out alright

[Redro 4,611]

On 4/28/2022 at 1:52 AM, RussiaMidwest said:

Thank you for the answer! I will be interviewing in Frankfurt, which does allow to do interview first, medical second, from what I know. However, I am not Ukrainian, so none of the special rules and exemptions regarding the consulate process in Frankfurt apply to me, and most Russians are processed in Warsaw, so whatever rules they have in that embassy might not apply to my case either... So I posted in the general forum, hoping to get a bigger sample of answers from different embassies  

Are you interviewing in Frankfurt because you are a resident of Germany OR because Germany allowed you to transfer the case to the consulate... 

your answer might help people who want to reply to your question AND help people in a similar situation in the future. 

The RUB forum might still be the best place for your question because those three countries are being treated differently these days... 

Edited May 22, 2022 by ROK2USA

[RussiaMidwest 5]

On 5/22/2022 at 3:31 PM, ROK2USA said:

Are you interviewing in Frankfurt because you are a resident of Germany OR because Germany allowed you to transfer the case to the consulate... 

your answer might help people who want to reply to your question AND help people in a similar situation in the future. 

The RUB forum might still be the best place for your question because those three countries are being treated differently these days... 

I am a German resident, this is why I asked in this forum. Also I went through my interview already, so everything is okay. Thank you for the response!

[Redro 4,611]

4 minutes ago, RussiaMidwest said:

I am a German resident, this is why I asked in this forum. Also I went through my interview already, so everything is okay. Thank you for the response!

What happened? 

Did they keep your passport or did they give it back? 

[RussiaMidwest 5]

Just now, ROK2USA said:

What happened? 

Did they keep your passport or did they give it back? 

Here, please look at my update comment: 

On 5/22/2022 at 3:27 PM, RussiaMidwest said:

Thought I'd give a quick update - the embassy said they can keep my passport or give it back to me, as I wish. They said if I take my passport back, I will need to mail it to them directly once my medical comes in and the visa becomes available. So everything turned out alright

 

[Redro 4,611]

2 minutes ago, RussiaMidwest said:

Here, please look at my update comment: 

 

Oh~ Reading comprehension failure... Thanks for that ^^