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This happened to me too. Apparently the chest x-ray and any other tests you have done at the medical no longer get processed there. They are now sent off to a lab for processing so this adds extra time. I scheduled my medical for 2 weeks prior to the interview. I have heard that if you attend the interview and the medical report isn’t there, then you just go into a processing state pending the results. It may only hold you up a few days.
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I’m booked for March 25th and hoping I can keep that date. I’ve accepted an offer on my house and I’m frantically trying to get it to exchange for a completion date of a week before I leave. I am selling my furniture and belongings by the day, talk about stressful times 😂. I’m literally going grey over all this and have developed a stress twitch on my right eye. Honestly 🤦♀️. I can’t wait for that 10 hours on the plane with a book and glass of wine. The embassy will look a different place in the morning, there are usually a couple hundred people outside queuing. I was actually there at 7.15 am and there were people there already. I believe they do interviews up to 12 noon and then all the admin gets done in the afternoon. Best wishes to you 😊
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Thank you, I now have my passport and visa back too, so I’m very happy. I have also paid the fee of $220 to USCIS for the issue of the green card which they like to be paid before entry to the US. When your passport is returned there will be a leaflet inside which explains this. Yes that glass building outside the main building is where you go through security. The embassy is a strange looking building and you basically walk around the back of it to the south pavilion. There are signs which tell you to carry on round for visa interviews and on the interview days there are plenty of staff about and more temporary signs put up. Go to the people at the desk outside of that glass building and do not get in line with everyone else. You will need to show them your ds260 and passport and they will tick you off their list and depending on the time of your interview, tell you to go through security or to go back to them at a particular time and not to queue up. If you are like me you will probably apologise about 20 times to the people who are in the long line, saying you have a immigrant interview and have been told not to queue 😂, I did feel bad. Anyway Congratulations to you having completed the medical and best wishes for the interview. Do you have your entry to the US booked yet?.
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You should be fine with the basic summary. I was really panicking for my medical and interview and they were both so much easier and relaxed than I had imagined. I had way too much paperwork for both appointments 😂. I actually really enjoyed my interview, they were so lovely, I really felt like the immigrant applicants got special treatment. My passport and visa is scheduled for delivery by the courier tomorrow. Good luck to you, you are almost there.
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I am just glad that it won’t be snowing and there are no train / tube strikes this week. I think I’ll be so relieved to finally be at this stage of the process that I’m hoping not to feel the cold 😂. I have my thermals ready. I have a feeling that the interviews are all carried out each day between 8 and noon, they do all the processing in the afternoons. I would have loved to have had a appointment between 10 and 11am.
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Yes, smart casual, it’s difficult this time of the year. I have to be at the embassy at 7.45 am this Thursday, and it will be freezing, so I’m going to be wrapped up with big coat, gloves etc. Its quite hard to be smart / dressy this time of the year. I’ve stood outside that embassy before in the freezing cold when I had my B2 visa interview. It was January and the wind blasts across the Thames there, we were waiting outside for so long and when it came to going through security none of us could feel our fingers to remove coats and open bags etc / 😂, . At least those of you with March days will have warmer weather and lighter mornings.
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Hey Guys, I’m so happy that most of you have received your interview letters this morning - Congratulations. I have my interview this Thursday, can’t wait to get that bit done and can then start thinking about the future in the US. We are nearly there 🇺🇸.
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Hi Guys, sorry to butt in but I had my medical last week and I had a nightmare with my GP too with this report. Please don’t stress yourself too much with this, I had a 33 page report which my Gp made such a fuss about and it went back to my birth and I’m in my 50’s😂. They medical people do not want a long document, they just want a basic summary showing the medication that you are on and vaccines. This was literally a 3 page document that I printed off myself from my online portal with my GP. I’m not saying don’t take the full report, you definitely need to produce something, but if you can get a basic summary as well or print one off yourself then take that along and offer that up. I gave them my print off and mentioned to them that I also had a full summary. They said the info they needed was all there so the full report wasn’t needed. Also FYI you do not get told the results whilst you are there. They send off the blood, Urine sample and chest X-ray to a lab. They say to allow 5 working days and if you don’t hear from them then all good.
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Hi Guys, I received the following email a few days before my medical appointment Dear Applicant, Thank you for booking an appointment for your immigration medical with Visa Medicals Ltd. Your immigration profile has now gone online (eMedical online system), so you are no longer required to bring any photos with you on the day. You are still required to bring the rest of the paperwork as stated in your confirmation email. Thank you. Kind regards, Visa Medicals Team This was actually quite funny to me as I hate having my photo taken for documents so I literally spent a small fortune on going to the photo booths and having my hair all brushed etc until I was happy on a set of pics that were okay. I present them proudly at the medical and they inform me they are taking a digital photo of me, I looked awful, I’d been blown around on the tube and had a woolly hat on that morning and had a horrible stress spot appear that morning on my face!,, honestly, 😂
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Yes I’m afraid there is nothing cheap about this whole process. With my 3 vaccines needed my total for the medical was £540!!.
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I’m still learning too as I didn’t know that you don’t get that big envelope that you are not allowed to open. Wow that’s a relief that’s it’s all digital now. To be fair I probably have too much paperwork on me but I guess I’m just a bit old skool 😂. Good luck
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Yes, just disregard that. If you have had any serious illnesses in the past or had surgeries then take copies of any paperwork to show them. I went through cancer 5 years ago and am under a oncologist still, so I took along copies of my diagnosis and treatment paperwork and copies of consultant letters etc. They seemed pretty interested in looking through it and asked to keep it.
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No worries at all, everyone on the forum has been so helpful to me since I started this in November 2021.Yes, just give Visa Medical a call on 020 7486 7821 and they will ask you a few questions and then you can book your appointment. They send confirmation by email and it explains everything you need to do and bring to the appointment. My summary from the GP was a 33 page document and the medical office wanted a basic version so I managed to print that off myself from my online portal and took that along with me too. If your vaccines aren’t up to date they will be able to give them to you. They are expensive but it gets it done there and then. I needed 3, my arm is still sore😂. Good luck
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Congratulations on being DQ’d, you are nearly there now. It’s an exhausting journey for sure. Yes you can absolutely book your medical now you have been DQ’d. just print off a copy of your DQ email showing the case number and take that along to the medical with all the other paperwork and you will be fine. You may even get your interview date before the medical happens anyway, but it’s not essential. The staff at the medical office are very helpful so if you want to double check for your own peace of mind then give them a call. It seems like the embassy send out the interview letters once possibly twice a month. I got mine 12 days after DQ and the interview date just 4 weeks later, which is 2 weeks time 😬. The london embassy are pretty up to date at the moment so you will probably be late feb / early March if I had to guess. The only downside to getting the medical done early is that it starts the 6 month clock for entering the US. That may not be a problem for you anyway. They would like 10 days between the medical and interview. For the interview you will need all YOUR original documents and just copies of the sponsors paperwork. You will need to show proof that your sponsor/ husband is a US person ie copy of their passport or naturalisation certificate.There is nothing new needed here that the NVC haven’t had. They just want to see if again. You will need to take copies of your sponsor / joint sponsors tax transcripts for the last year showing their annual income, just incase you are asked for them. You can access the docs from the NVC portal where you uploaded your paperwork. It’s a lot to take in, I am drowning in packs of paperwork too at the moment. It will be fine, don’t panic, - sorry about the long reply!!.
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Yes absolutely you can go ahead and book the medical as long as you can show a print out of an email with your case number on. The GP summary was a pain for me, it was a 33 page document!. I called the medical office and they said they just need a basic summary showing current medications etc. I managed to print that off myself from my online portal with my NHS doctor. They only need a basic summary. You will need a list of vaccinations from the GP too. I was short of a few vaccines and the medical nurse gave them to me. I needed MMR, Hep B and a polio booster. My arm is sore today 😂.
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When I booked my medical I didn’t have an interview letter and they told me as long as I had something showing my case number - like the DQ email then that would be fine. To be honest if I’d I hadn’t of booked my medical in for when I did, it would have tight on the 10 days in between. My interview date was exactly 4 weeks notice.
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That’s perfect that you have the medical organised. I’m sure you will hear anyday now and will be surprised just how soon it will be. Good luck
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I expect you to receive your interview letter very soon. I think the letters go out at the beginning of the month, so you may have just missed the cut off for this month. I was DQ’d Dec 30th and have my interview on Feb 9th, I don’t know if you need to get a medical or have had your medical as yet but you might want to think about organising that soon, as I’m sure your interview date will come up very soon. The medical people say to allow 10 days at least between the medical and interview. I had my medical yesterday. The Embassy in London seem to be on top of the interviews so you will probably get yours for late Feb / early March if I had to guess.
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No problem at all. This forum has been an incredible source of information and support and it’s really helped get through the whole saga!!. I was approved by USCIS on November 14th and it took 3 days before my file was sent to NVC. November 18th NVC sent my welcome letter and I could pay the fees. Once paid immediately their system took about 3 days to show paid before it allowed me to update all forms and documents. My submitted date was November 28th, so it took about 2 weeks from approval. I was DQ’d on Dec 30th.
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Hi, DQ stands for Documentarily Qualified. That’s when NVC are happy that everything is in order and pass your file to the London embassy where they send you an interview letter. I was DQ’d on December 30th and I received my interview letter today. My interview is scheduled for Feb 9th!!. I’m so surprised how soon that it. I called the medical people and have that scheduled for Jan 24th. They say to allow 10 working days between the two. I just about made that. I am so worried about my medical it’s crazy. If I don’t get through then it’s all too late to sort out before my interview. I just hope I pass it ok. NVC take about a month once you have submitted all documents.
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OMG, yes I have received my interview letter also. I’m on February 9th!!. Wow that is so much earlier than I had expected - I was just saying yesterday that I hadn’t seen any Feb interviews yet. I’m so glad I got the medical organised yesterday and by luck it has 11 / 12 days in between.
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Have you organised your medical yet?. I was DQ’d on the 30th of December and like you am still waiting for my interview letter. I was told that with the case ref number you can book your medical as they say you should allow 10 working days between the medical and interview. I booked mine today for the 24th. I expect we will get end of February interviews if we are lucky. Good luck
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Thank you so much, I’m so excited. I’ll keep you posted as to how it went 🤞🏻
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Yes I agree. I feel like I’m jumping through hoops of fire backwards to get to live with my husband. It’s a crazy process. I get that they want to check that I haven’t got any communical diseases. Although I already spend 6 months of the year in the US, so it’s all a bit late if I did have any!!. I went through the whole breast cancer, chemo, radiation works 5 years ago and have issues as a result of that. I’m hoping they just accept that and don’t make a issue from it. Honestly this stress would drive you to a drink!!.
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I think I’m prepared. I’m worried about the patient care summary from the doctor. My doctor made a massive deal out of it and said it would take 28 days. They finally gave me a 33 page document / from my birth!!. I do hope this will be acceptable as trying to get anything else out of them will be ridiculous.
