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LaszloSz   5

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My family's Visa cases are very close to finishing and we even have an appointment at the embassy in a month.

 

Now, I started to get the medical tests arranged and run into some things that I would like to confirm because I'm not sure if they are actually needed or just some arbitrary but the medical place (I could reach only one place that is listed for our country - Hungary).

Here's what I was told:

- My wife and kids (9 and 12) will need to get US approved Covid-19 vaccinations

- The kids would need to get a TB test called Quantiferon which takes 3 weeks

 

They asked all these to be done before they would make an appointment. As these would take minimum of 3 weeks in the best case, and the immigration medical exam results would take additional 2 weeks. Which means we wouldn't be able to make our appointment for the interview (again).  So I would like to get some information whether these are really necessary for the medical test. If they are not, then we might just try to do the medical exam in a neighboring country.

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5 minutes ago, LaszloSz said:

If they are not, then we might just try to do the medical exam in a neighboring country.

The medical exams must be done in Hungary.

 

U.S. Embassy Budapest, Hungary - BDP (state.gov)

 

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JeanneAdil   6,447

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  • don't reschedule 
  • medical exam and/ or shots can be done after interview
  • case(s) will be in AP (say refused on CEAC site-till all medical(s) and shots are done
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Chancy   6,241

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On 11/18/2022 at 7:54 AM, LaszloSz said:

- My wife and kids (9 and 12) will need to get US approved Covid-19 vaccinations

- The kids would need to get a TB test called Quantiferon which takes 3 weeks

 

These are not arbitrary requirements.  Immigrant visa applicants are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID prior to the visa medical exam.  TB test is also required for all applicants -- chest x-ray for adults, IGRA blood test for kids.

 

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