Second Medical Requested After Case Status Request

[panamerican24 0]

Hi everyone, I was just wondering if this happened to you or if you have heard of this before. So we had the interview for the CR-1 visa on April 20th, got a 221g for form I-864A, sent the requested document that same day, then got a DS-5535 request on April 29th after we inquired about our case status. Since then, we have received about 8 updates on CEAC, the last one about two months ago. Given it had been two months without updates and five months since the interview, we decided to email the embassy again requesting a status on our case. The embassy replied that the officer had reviewed the case and since almost 6 months passed, we needed to redo the medical exam, and that after they receive the results, they will continue with the process of our case. Is it normal for the consulate to request a second medical before the first one expires? The medical expires on October 12th. Is this a good sign? Could they just be using the medical exam as an excuse to extend wait times since we emailed requesting a case status? I don't want to get my hopes up again and then have to wait another six months.

Edited September 27, 2022 by panamerican24

[Lil bear 4,197]

25 minutes ago, panamerican24 said:

Hi everyone, I was just wondering if this happened to you or if you have heard of this before. So we had the interview for the CR-1 visa on April 20th, got a 221g for form I-864A, sent the requested document that same day, then got a DS-5535 request on April 29th after we inquired about our case status. Since then, we have received about 8 updates on CEAC, the last one about two months ago. Given it had been two months without updates and five months since the interview, we decided to email the embassy again requesting a status on our case. The embassy replied that the officer had reviewed the case and since almost 6 months passed, we needed to redo the medical exam, and that after they receive the results, they will continue with the process of our case. Is it normal for the consulate to request a second medical before the first one expires? The medical expires on October 12th. Is this a good sign? Could they just be using the medical exam as an excuse to extend wait times since we emailed requesting a case status? I don't want to get my hopes up again and then have to wait another six months.

Cant say for certain but I think you have reason to be hopeful that you are close to getting an. interview. Time alone will tell. 😬

[panamerican24 0]

2 minutes ago, Lil bear said:

Cant say for certain but I think you have reason to be hopeful that you are close to getting an. interview. Time alone will tell. 😬

We already had the interview back in April

[Lil bear 4,197]

4 minutes ago, panamerican24 said:

We already had the interview back in April

Ah sorry. Helps if I read not skim. Yes. I would be hopeful that you are close to visa issue 

[Chancy 6,241]

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