QUOTE(NY_IZMIR @ Mar 18 2007, 07:03 AM)
My Wife is having her K3 interview on wednesday. I will let you know how it went and what kinda things they asked for.
The medical was the easy part, she went to the American Hospital in Istanbul. Problem is she lives in Izmir and she only had time todo a day trip. So we asked a friend of ours in Istanbul to pick up the results of the exam the day after (with the receipt they'd given my wife) and mailed it to my wife. They took a chest x-ray and that was part of the results but Ankara's website says not to bring an x-ray to the embassy. One minor problem with the medical was that they require immunization records which is sorta hard to come by. My wife works at a medical university and was able to have one of the doctors there write up such a note explaining all the vaccines that were administrered (all true) on his precription notes.
As far as travel, to be honest, I don't think Turkish Airlines (or other operators within Turkey) have the same exponential price increase as the travel time nears as we do in the states. This has been only true for me if I go through a travel agent however. I would not worry about it and would wait till you wife has the interview. If it's a couple of hundred bucks difference between buying then and buying now, you might have to pay the same difference in rescheduling fees anyway. Definitely have her goto a local travel agent and ask for the price of one way trips on a few days when you think everything will be settled.
My wife also had a J1 2year HR requirement, but thankfully, we got a no-objection waiver. Otherwise we would've had to wait another year.
Good luck to both of you.
It's good that your situation worked out. I remember your post a while back, concerned about whether your wife would make it to the US in time for your future plans, because your I-130 was processing slower than you were hoping for.
I guess we'll just have to handle the medical without the immunization records. I called my wife earlier after I saw your response, to ask her about it. Since she originally entered the US in 1993 with her J-1, she says she no longer has the records. However, I then read on the Ankara Embassy website, that if you don't have the immunization record, the doctor will work with you to decide which ones you need, and which ones you don't.
The airline ticket's a gamble. I see some tickets now for $700. Most are in the $800 range for that time.(May) So, we'll have to decide if we gamble and buy now, or wait. The reason we thought about a travel agency, because normally when we've flown back and forth from Turkey we've use online websites like Expedia, Travelocity, etc.........is that if something did come up like a delay, perhaps the travel agency would be more flexible if we had to work something out. The online websites.............some do not even allow for changes.......so are risky.
My wife and I will have to talk about it more and make a decision. (about the ticket)
Thanks for your response. I wish your wife well at the interview.
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The only bright side I see, is,................ if by chance I DO fall asleep, and since Ankara is so many hours ahead of us.........................by the time I wake up in the morning.............at least the interview will be done!
