What happens if the embassy does not have the medical report at the K1 visa interview? (London)

[Josh N 0]

Hi, I had my medical examination in London mid-December 2024, they needed a follow-up letter from my GP which I sent to them 3 Jan 2025 and the medical practice confirmed that they had printed off the information for checking.

My visa interview is scheduled for 4 Feb 2025 (i.e. 2 business days from now), and I received a phone call from the medical office today requesting the information I had already sent - seemed to be a mix up as they could see receipt when I told them, but this has prevented them from sending the report to the embassy which I was unaware of.

 

My question is that if the medical office does not send the medical report by the time I have my interview in a few days, despite me not being at fault given the time I'd left between the examination and the interview, what are the possible outcomes of the interview? E.g. is the CO able to approve conditional on receipt of the medical report? Can my case be put into processing for months? Other than this, it's a straightforward case and hoping to fly to the US end of March.

 

Thanks!

[Edward and Jaycel 554]

Assuming you are approved otherwise (i.e.: No other disqualifying issues), you will likely be given a 221g "Refusal" pending receipt of the medical exam by the embassy. Once they receive the medical, your application will go into the normal administrative processing necesary to issue the visa

[Josh N 0]

Hi Edward and Jaycel, thanks very much! So it's just a common sense approach that if the medical takes a few days, the whole process is just delayed a few days rather than causing any more significant (i.e. months of) delays? It sounds like we should be on track for issue by end of March assuming no other issues. Thanks!

[Edward and Jaycel 554]

8 minutes ago, Josh N said:

Hi Edward and Jaycel, thanks very much! So it's just a common sense approach that if the medical takes a few days, the whole process is just delayed a few days rather than causing any more significant (i.e. months of) delays? It sounds like we should be on track for issue by end of March assuming no other issues. Thanks!

 

If this does happen, just make sure that you follow up with the medical office to be sure they send it to the embassy. I would also be pressuring them beforehand to try to get them to send it before your interview so that you can avoid this scenario.

Edited Thursday at 04:45 PM by Edward and Jaycel

[Scandi 4,180]

They'll just give you a paper stating that your visa was refused blah blah, and then you'll get your approval later on once they have received everything they need (medical in this case). In Sweden, the medical report takes 2 weeks from the date of the medical until the embassy receives it. I had my medical on a Thursday and my interview was the following Monday, so only a few days apart. No issues, just had to wait for my visa to be issued (happened the day after they received the medical). The other K-1 applicant that I met at the interview hadn't even scheduled his medical yet. 😂