National Visa Center - Fees, Documents, medical exam, schedule embassy interview

[MetalCarrot 1]

Hello everyone,

I am from Portugal and my wife is a US citizen.

 

I got my I-130 recently approved by the USCIS, case was closed and moved to the National Visa Center.

A few days later, me and my wife got an email from the National Visa Center with our login information, so we logged in and activated our account.

Our next steps are to pay the fees, upload the required documents and schedule the embassy interview which will be held in Paris, France. 

 

I've got some questions about the medical exams and the embassy interview that hopefully someone will clarify:

 

> Should i schedule my medical exams (that will be held in Lisbon, Portugal) before schedueling the embassy interview or after schedueling the embassy interview?

 

> Will the medical clinic in Lisbon send the medical exams directly to the embassy? Or am i required to go get them afterwards?

 

> If i'm missing required vaccinations, will the clinic let me know? Or should i take them before the medical exams?

> The embassy in France requires that we buy and bring a "Chronopost envelope, 2 Kg format 25x36cm for Union Europeen international delivery" that should be bought from the frech post office "La Poste", but i can't find the envelope with the exact "25x36cm", but they do have one with "29x38 cm". Will it be a problem if i buy this one instead?

 

 

Thank you in advance to everyone that might clarify my questions!

Hope you all have an excellent day!

Edited July 31 by MetalCarrot

[JeanneAdil 6,491]

CR 1 is scheduled by NVC and embassy so wait till u know when the interview is

Reason: the visa is dated and expires 6 months from medical exam and u don't want to do it too early

 

take copy of vacinations to medical and ask dr to complete the needed ones

 

u may be able to find the correct chronopost envelope when u get to France / u can buy the other and ask embassy if it will  work for chronopost delivery