Medical not delivered for interview

[Wm313 0]

Hello All,

My fiance had his k1 interview 20 June in Freetown, Sierra Leone.  He had a good interview and they collected his passport.  His medical documents had not been sent yet so we have to wait.  28 June the case status updated again to "refused" instead of pending and I'm worried.  The clinic told him the documents were sent 21 June.  Anyone know what's going on?

[Boiler 45,466]

Refused is not approved

 

Sitting in a pile somewhere

[Yareth 59]

Just wait, they're still processing your documents. 

[Joyoussinger 1,425]

"Refused" doesn't mean denied.  They're just waiting for the medical. 

[Scandi 4,166]

Refused means he was refused the visa, but he can still be approved once the embassy gets all the documents they need.

I had the same exact thing happen to me, there were hardly any available appointments for the medical, so I had to take what was available. I had my medical on August 18, and the interview was on August 22. When I left the interview my status changed to "refused" because they hadn't received the medical report yet, it took the usual 2 weeks for them to get it. Once they received it on September 1, my status changed to "issued" the next day.

It's normal.

The other K-1 applicant that was at the embassy at the same time as me hadn't even done his medical yet, he went for his interview before even having a scheduled medical appointment. 😄