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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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 Please bear with me if this info is buried elsewhere on this site. My fiancee was late getting her passport due to missing voter registration ID, and she just picked up her passport Friday afternoon, completed her D-160 online and went to the bank to pay for the visa application.

 My question is this: what is the current fee for the medical exam at St. Luke's? I have looked many places online and come up with figures from $245 to as high as $330. I don't want her to be short handed in cash when it's time for her exam.

  Help? Anyone from the Philippines?

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http://www.slec.ph/us-visa-applicants.shtml#1-medical-fees

Age Price
15 years and older PhP 16,042.50
less than 15 years old PhP 8,600.00

Timelines:

ROC:

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7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

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AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

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I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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9 minutes ago, Bob_B said:

 Please bear with me if this info is buried elsewhere on this site. My fiancee was late getting her passport due to missing voter registration ID, and she just picked up her passport Friday afternoon, completed her D-160 online and went to the bank to pay for the visa application.

 My question is this: what is the current fee for the medical exam at St. Luke's? I have looked many places online and come up with figures from $245 to as high as $330. I don't want her to be short handed in cash when it's time for her exam.

  Help? Anyone from the Philippines?

St. Luke's Medical Center Extension Clinic (SLEC), the Embassy's accredited panel physician, will begin charging a new medical examination fee of Php 16,042.50 for most immigrant visa applicants effective October 1, 2016. The medical fee increase is based on mandatory gonorrhea testing for all immigrant visa applicants 15 years of age and older as instructed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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**Moved from K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports to the PHIL regional forum; issue is country specific**

🇷🇺 CR-1 via DCF (Dec 2016-Jun 2017) & I-751 ROC (Apr 2019-Oct 2019)🌹

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Info about my DCF Moscow* experience here and here

26-Jul-2016: Married abroad in Russia 👩‍❤️‍👨 See guide here
21-Dec-2016: I-130 filed at Moscow USCIS field office*
29-Dec-2016: I-130 approved! Yay! 🎊 

17-Jan-2017: Case number received

21-Mar-2017: Medical Exam completed

24-Mar-2017: Interview at Embassy - approved! 🎉

29-Mar-2017: CR-1 Visa received (via mail)

02-Apr-2017: USCIS Immigrant (GC) Fee paid

28-Jun-2017: Port of Entry @ PDX 🛩️

21-Jul-2017: No SSN after three weeks; applied in person at the SSA

22-Jul-2017: GC arrived in the mail 📬

31-Jul-2017: SSN arrived via mail, hurrah!

 

*NOTE: The USCIS Field Office in Moscow is now CLOSED as of February 28th, 2019.

 

Removal of Conditions - MSC Service Center

 28-Jun-2019: Conditional GC expires

30-Mar-2019: Eligible to apply for ROC

01-Apr-2019: ROC in the mail to Phoenix AZ lockbox! 📫

03-Apr-2019: ROC packet delivered to lockbox

09-Apr-2019: USCIS cashed check

09-Apr-2019: Case number received via text - MSC 📲

12-Apr-2019: Extension letter arrives via mail

19-Apr-2019: Biometrics letter arrives via mail

30-Apr-2019: Biometrics appointment at local office

26-Jun-2019: Case ready to be scheduled for interview 

04-Sep-2019: Interview was scheduled - letter to arrive in mail

09-Sep-2019: Interview letter arrived in the mail! ✉️

17-Oct-2019: Interview scheduled @ local USCIS  

18-Oct-2019: Interview cancelled & notice ordered*

18-Oct-2019: Case was approved! 🎉

22-Oct-2019: Card was mailed to me 📨

23-Oct-2019: Card was picked by USPS 

25-Oct-2019: 10 year GC Card received in mail 📬

 

*I don't understand this status because we DID have an interview!

 

🇺🇸 N-400 Application for Naturalization (Apr 2020-Jun 2021) 🛂

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Filed during Covid-19 & moved states 1 month after filing

30-Mar-2020: N-400 early filing window opens!

01-Apr-2020: Filed N-400 online 💻 

02-Apr-2020: NOA 1 - Receipt No. received online 📃

07-Apr-2020: NOA 1 - Receipt No. received via mail

05-May-2020: Moved to another state, filed AR-11 online

05-May-2020: Application transferred to another USCIS field office for review ➡️

15-May-2020: AR-11 request to change address completed

16-Jul-2020: Filed non-receipt inquiry due to never getting confirmation that case was transferred to new field office

15-Oct-2020: Received generic response to non-receipt inquiry, see full response here

10-Feb-2021: Contacted senator's office for help with USCIS

12-Feb-2021: Received canned response from senator's office that case is within processing time 😡

16-Feb-2021: Contacted other senator's office for help with USCIS - still no biometrics

19-Feb-2021: Biometrics reuse notice - canned response from other senator's office 🌐

23-Feb-2021: Interview scheduled - notice to come in the mail

25-Feb-2021: Biometrics reuse notice arrives via mail

01-Mar-2021: Interview notice letter arrives via mail  ✉️ 

29-Mar-2021: Passed interview at local office! Oath Ceremony to be scheduled

13-Apr-2021: Oath Ceremony notice was mailed

04-May-2021: Oath Ceremony scheduled 🎆 Unable to attend due to illness

04-May-2021: Mailed request to reschedule Oath to local office

05-May-2021: "You did not attend your Oath Ceremony" - notice to come in the mail

06-May-2021: Oath Ceremony will be scheduled, date TBA

12-May-2021: Oath Ceremony re-scheduled for June 3rd, then de-scheduled same day 😡 

25-May-2021: New Oath Ceremony notice was mailed

16-Jun-2021: Oath Ceremony scheduled 🎆 - DONE!!

17-Jun-2021: Certificate of Naturalization issued

 

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Maybe it's better to give her 400 dollars. At least,she will have some allowance for taxi, meals,etc.

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5 minutes ago, Vince-Rina said:

St. Luke's Medical Center Extension Clinic (SLEC), the Embassy's accredited panel physician, will begin charging a new medical examination fee of Php 16,042.50 for most immigrant visa applicants effective October 1, 2016. The medical fee increase is based on mandatory gonorrhea testing for all immigrant visa applicants 15 years of age and older as instructed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 Wow. That's a lot more than it was just last year. Seems to me I had read $245 was it. Glad I know now......thanks!!

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15 hours ago, Bob_B said:

 Please bear with me if this info is buried elsewhere on this site. My fiancee was late getting her passport due to missing voter registration ID, and she just picked up her passport Friday afternoon, completed her D-160 online and went to the bank to pay for the visa application.

 My question is this: what is the current fee for the medical exam at St. Luke's? I have looked many places online and come up with figures from $245 to as high as $330. I don't want her to be short handed in cash when it's time for her exam.

  Help? Anyone from the Philippines?

 

Here is a helpful link.  It has links to SLEC and the current fees are listed there.

 

http://www.visaconnection-philippines.com/medical---slec.html

Hank

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On 6/17/2017 at 3:21 AM, Hank_ said:

 

Here is a helpful link.  It has links to SLEC and the current fees are listed there.

 

http://www.visaconnection-philippines.com/medical---slec.html

 Thank you Hank_!!

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Well, Sue had her medical exam today, and she called me in tears and inconsolable. She and many others going through the U.S. Embassy line failed and have to take a sputum test, as they were told the Embassy is getting tough on chest x-rays. Sue had had TB when she was 25, but has been clear and free of any TB for 23 years, though she has scar tissue on her lungs. She was scheduled for sputum test in July11-13 time window. Everything had been sailing along smoothly until this came up. Even here, some had told me that scar tissue on the lungs was not always a deal breaker.
Not now it appears. ANYONE coming to the U.S. will be ordered to take a sputum test if even a dot shows on their chest x-rays.

I cannot say enough how devastating this is to us, as I now have to re-schedule her flight to me.......and the way she managed to set up her interview and go for her medical exam made getting her here a slam dunk, but not now.

I guess this is just a warning to any Filipino going through the process to come to the U.S. They are being REALLY TOUGH now on chest x-rays. One technician even told Sue that prolonged exposure to the Metro Manila air and diesel fumes can cause lung anomalies. This is not a good situation for us or anyone looking to come to the U.S. from the Philippines..

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1 hour ago, Bob_B said:

Well, Sue had her medical exam today, and she called me in tears and inconsolable. She and many others going through the U.S. Embassy line failed and have to take a sputum test, as they were told the Embassy is getting tough on chest x-rays. Sue had had TB when she was 25, but has been clear and free of any TB for 23 years, though she has scar tissue on her lungs. She was scheduled for sputum test in July11-13 time window. Everything had been sailing along smoothly until this came up. Even here, some had told me that scar tissue on the lungs was not always a deal breaker.
Not now it appears. ANYONE coming to the U.S. will be ordered to take a sputum test if even a dot shows on their chest x-rays.

I cannot say enough how devastating this is to us, as I now have to re-schedule her flight to me.......and the way she managed to set up her interview and go for her medical exam made getting her here a slam dunk, but not now.

I guess this is just a warning to any Filipino going through the process to come to the U.S. They are being REALLY TOUGH now on chest x-rays. One technician even told Sue that prolonged exposure to the Metro Manila air and diesel fumes can cause lung anomalies. This is not a good situation for us or anyone looking to come to the U.S. from the Philippines..

Oh so sorry to hear that. Hopefully she'll be fine and that the sputum test will be over soon. Yes, they really are very uptight in regards of the x-ray. Even too much exposure with bleach and clorox can even endanger the lungs.

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4 hours ago, Bob_B said:

I cannot say enough how devastating this is to us, as I now have to re-schedule her flight to me

I am very sorry to hear about this. As everyone always says, do not purchase tickets until you have visa in hand. 

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8 hours ago, Bob_B said:

Well, Sue had her medical exam today, and she called me in tears and inconsolable. She and many others going through the U.S. Embassy line failed and have to take a sputum test, as they were told the Embassy is getting tough on chest x-rays. Sue had had TB when she was 25, but has been clear and free of any TB for 23 years, though she has scar tissue on her lungs. She was scheduled for sputum test in July11-13 time window. Everything had been sailing along smoothly until this came up. Even here, some had told me that scar tissue on the lungs was not always a deal breaker.
Not now it appears. ANYONE coming to the U.S. will be ordered to take a sputum test if even a dot shows on their chest x-rays.

I cannot say enough how devastating this is to us, as I now have to re-schedule her flight to me.......and the way she managed to set up her interview and go for her medical exam made getting her here a slam dunk, but not now.

I guess this is just a warning to any Filipino going through the process to come to the U.S. They are being REALLY TOUGH now on chest x-rays. One technician even told Sue that prolonged exposure to the Metro Manila air and diesel fumes can cause lung anomalies. This is not a good situation for us or anyone looking to come to the U.S. from the Philippines..

Being she had TB earlier and there is scaring.. it is a given that SLEC would require SPUTUM.  Being she was cured, once SPUTUM comes back negative things will move forward again.

 

Breathing Manila air and diesel fumes ...    - that got a laugh out of me.  

 

Hank

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5 hours ago, RO_AH said:

I am very sorry to hear about this. As everyone always says, do not purchase tickets until you have visa in hand. 

 Turned out to be not so bad. I had purchased flight insurance when I bought her airfare on Experida, and when I called to cancel the flight and why....I was told there was a $100 fee out of the refund for the airfare, which is refundable when I file a claim with E-surance. Hence, 100% refund.

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Good move having the insurance on the ticket purchase.

 

But as the embassy states, as do many here on the forum, do not purchase airfare until the visa is in hand.  ;) 

 

60 more days after SPUTUM collection then you can get the interview rescheduled and move forward with life.  :thumbs:

Hank

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