Hello again,
My husband had his medical exam on January 23, 2024. Everything went well, except for the vaccinations. While reading over the immunization requirements, I saw that Covid was required but my husband received his two doses back in 2021, so I mentally checked it off the list. Then one week before interview we received an email stating that he needed to have a booster within 12 months of medical exam. Okay, no problem. Hubby had appointment to get remaining vaccinations that evening, however we were told we could only go through the government run heath centers. We were not too worried as we figured he could get vaccination at medical exam, but on Friday afternoon at 4:24 we learn they do not administer the covid vaccination at the medical exam.....conundrum....more research and based on verbiage regarding the Covid-19 vaccine my husband would be eligible for the "routinely not available" blanket waiver.
We left for Naples, Italy that Sunday. Hubby had medical exam and he did not receive the booster. Unfortunately, he could not get the booster in Italy either (and believe me when i say we looked! We had Italian friends search and contact different agencies on our behalf in Naples and other places in Italy, as well) as he was not a resident of Italy. So we returned to Malta, waited until Monday when we could get the vaccine and my husband returned to Naples that same day (1/29/24). Today, CEAC site shows Visa is "issued", now we are just waiting for details on when he can pick it up.
So, we were DQ'd 10/12/23, recieved our IL 12/12/2023 and interview scheduled 01/24/2024.
