Just got Packet 3!!! Question about Checklist...

[Wishing 1]

Hi All,

Just got my Packet 3 (have been watching the mail iike a hawk this week!!)

On my Checklist...it lists all the normal stuff (passport, photographs, birth certificate etc.), then at the bottom just above the date/signature space it states

"Medical Examination", written in by one of the consulate staff. Does this mean I need to get the Medical Done BEFORE I send in the checklist??? I thought that I had to get it done before the interview.....

Thanks!

[Eenerz 0]

Hi All,

Just got my Packet 3 (have been watching the mail iike a hawk this week!!)

On my Checklist...it lists all the normal stuff (passport, photographs, birth certificate etc.), then at the bottom just above the date/signature space it states

"Medical Examination", written in by one of the consulate staff. Does this mean I need to get the Medical Done BEFORE I send in the checklist??? I thought that I had to get it done before the interview.....

Thanks!

It depends on where you live. If you are in Montreal (or surrounding area or Toronto or surrounding area) you can go ahead and schedule in your medical interview and on the checklist you would checkoff/provide date. If you are outside these areas and commuting in for your interview, you will wait for packet 4 before booking your medical interview so that you can do them in the same trip. So leave it blank and include on your coverletter that you are waiting for interview date before booking medical.

Hope that helps!

[slider100 8]

Well I would suggest you "NOT TO LEAVE ANYTHING BLANK" on the checklist as they go through the checklist before scheduling you for an interview. Just go ahead and check everything relevant on the list and send it back. You do not need to go for your medical exam before you send in P-3, you can do it after you send it.

KnR aka slider100

[Eenerz 0]

Well I would suggest you "NOT TO LEAVE ANYTHING BLANK" on the checklist as they go through the checklist before scheduling you for an interview. Just go ahead and check everything relevant on the list and send it back. You do not need to go for your medical exam before you send in P-3, you can do it after you send it.

KnR aka slider100

What about this direction from the consulate?:

About your medical, because you are from Alberta, we could schedule your visa appointment first, then you call the medical office to arrange an appointment with them. It is possible to do both the medical and interview on the same day or next day. To request for a visa interview appointment, you will need to fax your completed DS-230 and checklist (you may leave the medical examination box unchecked).

Granted this is Vancouver...but still. You don't check off the boxes for divorce certificate if it doesn't apply...

Now I'm confused.

[slider100 8]

Well I would suggest you "NOT TO LEAVE ANYTHING BLANK" on the checklist as they go through the checklist before scheduling you for an interview. Just go ahead and check everything relevant on the list and send it back. You do not need to go for your medical exam before you send in P-3, you can do it after you send it.

If you haven't been married before, have no criminal records, no kids, then leave those space blank. However, as far as the medical goes, just check it and send it in!

KnR aka slider100

[bevie 0]

I left my medical check empty.. and anything else that didnt apply. . and i got an interview.

[Kimbear 53]

Always put NONE or N/A if it's not applicable. NEVER LEAVE ANYTHING BLANK. Too many RFE etc have been received due to blanks.

as for the medical you can do it whenever you want. all the clinic wants to see is your case number from the consulate. plan for it so you dont have to make multiple trips if you require a plane etc to get to both. Vancouver lets you do it same day / week as the interview.