Medical Appointment - Pre-consulate Packet?

[JoshyVeronica 0]

My fiance is currently living and working in Quito but in 2 weeks she is moving back to her home city which is 10+ hours from Quito/Guayaquil to spend time with her family before moving to the US. We received our NOA2 December 11th so the paperwork is likely a few weeks from making it to the Guayaquil consulate. The consulate only allows the medical examination to happen at 4 approved doctors, 2 of which are in Guayaquil and 2 in Quito which are convenient now, but not once she moves. My question is can she schedule and complete her medical examination in the next 2 weeks while in Quito so she doesn't have to make a special (10+ hour each way) trip to Guayaquil or Quito later? I'd like to save her this extra trip AND also the unpleasantness/danger of the Ecuadorian bus system. Is this possible?

By the way, before anyone says it, I WILL be attending her visa interview, VJ'ers have definitely convinced me of that.

http://guayaquil.usconsulate.gov/media/pdf...ctober-2009.pdf

[CaMic 0]

I imagine it would be unlikely but don't know. If you can't get a definitive answer from fellow VJers I would say to call the embassy directly and ask - it can't hurt any to try.

[MoonStar9913 0]

It may be possible to have her medical before Guayaquil receives it but you must have the Guayaquil case number. If you have that already, you should be able to do the medical. What we did was as soon as we got the case number we called to make the appointment for the medical. We went to Aguilar in Quito. Over the phone we were told that we only needed the case number but when we got to the office the secretary was a little pickier. She wanted the letter from the Consulate. We told her that our lawyers had said we could make the appointment, that they had been in contact with Guayaquil (which was a bit of a fib, they had just gotten the case number from the NVC) and though she was trying to push for the letter, the doctor said that it was no problem, if the lawyers had been in contact then no problem.

This would be my suggestion if there is enough time before your fiancee would be traveling; I would e-mail the consulate to see if they can give you confirmation in an e-mail because if they can then you can print that out and you would have no problems getting the medical with that and your case number. I don't see any reason to wait longer than that because we never even got the Packet 4 in the mail, only the digital version, and the Visa Information Service (VIS) where you call to set your interview might not get your case number for many more weeks I think that that would be the best option.

But, even if you can't get that confirmation e-mail in time, if you have your case number I would suggest trying to get the medical done ahead of time, you might have to fib a bit that you have been in contact with the embassy but if you push and don't admit that you have not, you should have no problem. We were able to get ours done with only the case number.

Good luck, where does your fiancee's family live?

[JoshyVeronica 0]

It may be possible to have her medical before Guayaquil receives it but you must have the Guayaquil case number. If you have that already, you should be able to do the medical. What we did was as soon as we got the case number we called to make the appointment for the medical. We went to Aguilar in Quito. Over the phone we were told that we only needed the case number but when we got to the office the secretary was a little pickier. She wanted the letter from the Consulate. We told her that our lawyers had said we could make the appointment, that they had been in contact with Guayaquil (which was a bit of a fib, they had just gotten the case number from the NVC) and though she was trying to push for the letter, the doctor said that it was no problem, if the lawyers had been in contact then no problem.

This would be my suggestion if there is enough time before your fiancee would be traveling; I would e-mail the consulate to see if they can give you confirmation in an e-mail because if they can then you can print that out and you would have no problems getting the medical with that and your case number. I don't see any reason to wait longer than that because we never even got the Packet 4 in the mail, only the digital version, and the Visa Information Service (VIS) where you call to set your interview might not get your case number for many more weeks I think that that would be the best option.

But, even if you can't get that confirmation e-mail in time, if you have your case number I would suggest trying to get the medical done ahead of time, you might have to fib a bit that you have been in contact with the embassy but if you push and don't admit that you have not, you should have no problem. We were able to get ours done with only the case number.

Good luck, where does your fiancee's family live?

Looks like Guayaquil was sent the paperwork on Friday, I expect they haven't received it yet. However, I was able to get a GYQ case number out of NVC. My fiance is going to try and get the Doctor's appointment in the next 2 or 3 days if possible, otherwise she will have to make the dedicated trip to Quito. By the way, my fiance and her family are from Loja. Thanks for the info, what you did is exactly what we want to do.