When can applicant get medical exam?

[boingboing 0]

Can one take an eligible child to St. Luke's for the visa exam with just the NVC letter, saying they sent the I-800A & I-800 petition & approval notice to the US Embassy Manila now?

Or is an official appointment letter and I-800 approval notice required?

The Embassy received the petition July 8. E-mail from Manila IV correspondence unit: "Instructions for Immigrant Visa Applicants (formerly Packet 3) sent instructions to the ICAB... The ICAB will gather the documents in support of the visa aplication." The St. Luke's medical report is obviously one of the documents.

ICAB has his passport (presumedly, since they applied for it in June). The exam fee we submitted to ICAB. ICAB hasn't responded to my repeated E-mails in over 4 weeks. No live person ever answered the phone at St. Luke's-useless answering system.

[virgo22 0]

as far as i know as soon as your form is already in the manila embassy,,but im not sure..my petiton is in the NVC..we recieved the noa2 last july 20 but it was dated july 15..were still waiting for the nvc to send us letter..whats next after noa2?wait?

Can one take an eligible child to St. Luke's for the visa exam with just the NVC letter, saying they sent the I-800A & I-800 petition & approval notice to the US Embassy Manila now?

Or is an official appointment letter and I-800 approval notice required?

The Embassy received the petition July 8. E-mail from Manila IV correspondence unit: "Instructions for Immigrant Visa Applicants (formerly Packet 3) sent instructions to the ICAB... The ICAB will gather the documents in support of the visa aplication." The St. Luke's medical report is obviously one of the documents.

ICAB has his passport (presumedly, since they applied for it in June). The exam fee we submitted to ICAB. ICAB hasn't responded to my repeated E-mails in over 4 weeks. No live person ever answered the phone at St. Luke's-useless answering system.

[Tahoma 2,292]

as far as i know as soon as your form is already in the manila embassy,,but im not sure..my petiton is in the NVC..we recieved the noa2 last july 20 but it was dated july 15..were still waiting for the nvc to send us letter..whats next after noa2?wait?

I don't know about boingboing's case, but you can start calling the Embassy call center in a few days to set an interview appointment. The USEM should have your papers and will have entered them into their system by then. Good luck!