Suzanne324

Thank you!! I really think so. The doctor was clearly uneasy when we were talking about my past, but when I showed him the letters his demeanor changed and while reading them he said things like “very good” or “oh yes that’s great” several times.

An update to my original post. I had the medical in January and it went okay, the doctor was alarmed by my past history of self harm but he was reassured by the letters of my general practitioner and my past psychologist. I had the interview yesterday and my CR1 was approved with no issues!

Okay, thank you! He just went over my medical history, took my vitals and did some coordination tests. He did say that my past history of self harm was a serious matter and that the officer would definitely be alarmed but that he would try to paint it positively because I’m doing very well now and that the documents I have (letters from GP + ex psychologist) are really good, to bring them to the interview. Hopefully my visa will be approved.

Is the doctor the one that asks for a mental health evaluation or could it also be the officer at the consulate? I’m asking this because I went did the medical and because of my past history of mental health I was expecting to have a request for a mental health evaluation from the doctor, but he didn’t ask for it. So could this happen later on at the interview or not? thanks for answering

Hello, I am going through CR1 in France and I will soon have to do the medical examination. I have a complicated medical history and I have some worries, I would love to hear what people with more expertise or with similar experiences think. I have a neurological disability that is pretty severe, I can walk and live independently but I still use a crutch often and sometimes a wheelchair. I am not worried about being denied for this, what worries me is why I got this disability. In 2018 at 18 I did a suicide attempt, to be blunt it was a defenestration, and because of how severe it is I wonder if they will be able to overlook it. Between 2017 and 2018 I was also hospitalized in the psych ward several times (6~) because of other minor suicide attempts with medication (3 total). The last time I committed any self harm was more than 4 years ago and the last suicide attempt was more than 5 years ago. Ive been living a very stable and happy life for the last 3 years and I have no symptoms now, my psychiatrist stopped seeing me 3 years ago because she thought I was doing very well, I had no relapses since then. My issues started because as a teenager I was living in a complicated situation (family and abusive relationship) and we realized that they were made a lot worse by the psychiatric meds they gave me for 3 years. The moment I stopped them my physical and mental condition improved drastically in a matter of months. Now I don’t meet the criteria for any mental illness and I don’t require any medication or therapy. My general practitioner made a letter where he explained that he is my general practitioner since 2017 and that I didn’t require any psychiatric treatment or therapy anymore since 3 years because of my good mental health state and that I do not require any medical treatment. He can’t write about my diagnosis and hospitalizations because it’s not allowed in my country, as a doctor he can’t share those informations with anyone else than me and my other doctors. I do not have a letter of my psychiatrist because she is working in another country now, but my GP is the doctor that followed me the longest. I tried getting my medical records from the psychiatric hospital but they just don’t have them, they literally didn’t keep them or just didn’t record much to begin with. I have documents that shows the dates, but I have very little evidence of what the psychiatrist said. I read online that if the dangerous self harming behavior is not likely to reoccur and that more than 12 months passed since the last time it happened then it shouldn’t be a reason to be denied. More than 5 years passed in my case and the reasons why it happened will never reoccur, I was also a teenager, I am a lot more mature and aware of my feelings now that I am in my mid twenties. Do you think that the letter of my doctor, the fact that it happened years ago, the fact that for the last years I’ve been doing really well and my honest explanations will be enough? thank you in advance for your help

Hello, My husband and I are going through the CR1 process. We recently submitted all our documents to the NVC and are now waiting for their answer. His father is our joint sponsor because my husband can’t meet the income requirements right now. We submitted all three most recent tax transcripts to prove his income and the passport as proof of citizenship. I wasn’t aware that we would need a proof of domicile for him, so I didn’t look for it beforehand. When I realized that it was needed I did a quick research online and the federal tax return came up very often as a possible way to prove domicile during immigration processes. So in the box asking for the document “proof of domicile” I put his most recent tax return (not the transcript). Some people online told me that it will not be enough and that it will be denied, is this true even though the complete address is on the first page of the tax return? If it’s the case what other document could be we give them? Thank you in advance for your help

Okay thank you! Do you know where I should add this income in the form? There is a section for income and one for assets, should I just add it to his taxable income and then add the VA awards letter with an explanation?

Hello, My father in law will be my joint sponsor, for the last year he made enough money for a household of 4 people, almost 5, so it’s enough for us, household of 3. But with his military disability benefits he would qualify for sponsoring a household of 8 or more. They’re permanent and non taxable, should we add them in the affidavit of support? If yes how?

I am the intending immigrant and my husband is sponsoring me. To meet the requirements for the financial support we are going to use my assets in my country of origin (France). I have savings that are well over the 3x that they require for a spouse of USC, what kind of proof can I provide? I have bank statements but they’re 50 pages for one year, isn’t that too long?

Hello, I am currently going through the CR1 process, my I-130 was approved shortly ago and we’re now waiting for the NVC welcome letter. My question is about the birth certificate that I will have to give to the NVC. I am a dual citizen, I was born in Italy and I was naturalized in France at 18 years old. When you are naturalized in France they give you a birth certificate with all the important informations that specifies that you’re a naturalized citizen, so I have both an Italian and a French birth certificate. Which one should I give them? Can I give both? I applied from France and my passport is French.

Hello, My husband and I filed last year for a spouse visa via consular processing, he’s a US citizen and I’m a French citizen. I need help understanding how I should prepare for the medical exam. I have a past history of self harm with some psychiatric hospitalization from when I was a teenager, I have some scars and a permanent disability (paraplegia) because of it, so I know that I will have to talk about it a lot with the doctor. It happened 5 years ago and nothing else happened after. The thing is that I’m not diagnosed with a mental illness and I have no psychiatrist or medication anymore since years. We’ve actually realized that the main reason of all my issues in the past was actually the medication they were giving me, they considerably worsened my reaction to the very difficult situation I was going through. So I know that it’s really not likely to reoccur and that I don’t have any issue anymore, the psychiatrist told me that I don’t need any follow up years ago. But what would be the best way for me to prove this to the doctor? What documents should I bring?