Were we deined the visa?

[IUTRTW 6]

Has anyone encountered this situation? :

My fiancee had her interview in Senegal this morning at the end of which she was handed a letter saying:

"In order to proceed with your visa application, we must confirm your eligibilty. We will contact you if we need additional information. Untill we have completed this verification, we cannot move forward with your visa application"

Is it because she' not done with her vaccinations yet? (She will complete them in 10 days). We went ahead with the interview because the doctor had assured us it was ok even though she had not finished her vaccinations.

Has anyone experienced this before? Thanks in advance

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[Gaby&Talbert 1]

Vaccinations are not required for a K1

[Peggy 1]

You do need your vaccination records for your K-1. Or at least I did.

[Jasman0717 9]

It sounds like you were placed on administrative review and not denied. This does occur with regularity. Did they keep your fiancee's passport?

[MaryandMian 1]

Sounds like she is in AR/AP and means that they are doing background checks, name or fingerprints have not cleared yet and they cannot issue the visa. Her letter may say it is a 221(g) which states they are unable to issue the visa at this time.

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[rooster 1]

Vaccinations are not required for a K1

I'm not sure where you got this info, but, unless there have been major changes to that policy, the proper vaccinations ARE required. As it was, my wife (then fiance) did not have to have any due to the fact all of hers were up to date. You might want to check your sources on that.

[KansasDragon 1]

Actually his statement is accurate. The "requirement" does not happen until AOS. Now, I'm not saying they won't deny you, but the technical requirement is not until AOS.

Reference: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/ty...tml#Vaccination

"Vaccination Requirements All applicants for immigrant visas are required to have the following vaccinations, if appropriate, for age, medical condition, or medical history:

• Mumps
  
• Measles
  
• Rubella
  
• Polio
  
• Tetanus and diptheria toxoids
  
• Pertussis
  
• Influenza type B
  
• Hepatitis B
  
• Varicella
  
• Pneumococcal
  

As a fiancé(e), you are not required to fulfill this requirement at the time of your medical examination for a fiancé(e) visa. However, you may want to do so. These vaccinations are required when you adjust status following your marriage."

Vaccinations are not required for a K1

I'm not sure where you got this info, but, unless there have been major changes to that policy, the proper vaccinations ARE required. As it was, my wife (then fiance) did not have to have any due to the fact all of hers were up to date. You might want to check your sources on that.

[mendeleev 68]

The post (US embassy) in Moscow is quite clear that vaccinations are not required until after US entry for K1 and K3. CR1 is, of course, different.

I suspect that OP is in AR/AP -- unless perhaps there is some question as to whether she is currently married.

Edited August 15, 2007 by novotul

[IUTRTW 6]

Thanks for the inputs guys

No they did not keep her passport, which worries me.

And the letter doesn't say "221 g" either.

The officer did mention to her that they need the final report (i don't know the proper term) from the doctor before he could issue the visa. And the doctor won't hand it to her before she's done with the vaccinations. The Doctor said she something present in her system that obliges him to give her the vaccinations. She'll be done in 10 days.

[mendeleev 68]

Sounds like a potentially corrupt doctor. If he vaccinates, he gets extra fees that he isn't entitled to, since vaccinations are not necessary until AOS.

Does the US embassy allow her to go to a different doctor?

If you can, get her to a different doctor, get the DS-3025 that she is entitled to get from the examing doctor, and consider a formal complaint about the current doctor *after* visa is in hand. At least, that is my opinion -- and probably not an expert opinion at that.

[belinda63 3,038]

I agree about finding another doctor. Clearly in the rules the vaccinations are not required for the K-1 because it is a nonimmigrant visa. My finacee was missing his hepatitis vaccinations, the series takes a number of months due to waiting between the shots (a three shot series). He still passed his interview, but he is in ar/ap because he is from Iran.

At least now he has time to finish the hepatitis series

[Ta Ta 1]

We are going through Dakar also and have been on AP/AR for 8 months.

What condition / vaccination is the problem ? Can your SO call the doctor and ask ? The requirements on vaccs is embassy

specific even if the regulation say needed for AOS only. Several embassies make up their own rules. The 3 panel physicians in Dakar are all doctors of integrity as far as I know and have to abide by the embassy's rules.

Is it an acute hepatitis case that is potentially contagious ? Until that is established we can't help with an answer.

I hope you will get the visa quickly and don't have to go back on AP.

There are not many of us going through Dakar so keep me posted.

Best wishes !

[IUTRTW 6]

Thanks for the replies

The doctor said something like "benign skin siphylis". He told me over the phone not to worry; That's it's not contagious and will go away aftr her penincilin injections.

Is that ground for Administrative Review? Or worse, are they doubting that our relationship is real?

[Ta Ta 1]

When the injections are completed then the embassy will be ready to look at your medical again and make a decision.

In your case the injections were very necessary to get the condition treated.

This has nothing to do with a bona fide relationship. However Dakar is a tough embassy and they do some strange things.

You may or may not go back in AP/AR.

If you have any other problems you can pm me at any time. I have been dealing with that embassy for 8 months now.

[Ta Ta 1]

There is no " benign skin Syphilis". Syphilis is an infectious STD and if that is what her diagnosis is then you also need to get

checked by your doctor and possibly treated and I hope the doctor told you to do that on the phone.

Skin lesions appear at a certain stage with this STD and timed injections of penicillin will destroy the disease. At which time she would be considered cured and eligible for the visa and not before.

Acute, latent and untreated Syphilis renders an applicant ineligible for a visa.

You were lucky she was given the chance for further treatment by the panel doctor rather than being outright denied, especially with this particular

embassy.