Medical and interview timing

[Kevin&Lenith 36]

Good afternoon all,

I have a question with regards to the time I should allow my finace between getting her medical and scheduling of her interview. She is not from manila, and will have to obviously fly there from her home in Cebu. Was trying to limit her time in manila, if I get her to do her medical on Monday and Tuesday is that enough time to get results over to embassy, or is that to close of a time frame? Oh should I leave some time, and let her do the interview the following week? Any thoughts? As always Thanks in advance.

Kevin & Lenith

[Tahoma 2,298]

In Manila, normally you would complete the medical a week or more before the interview. However, you'll likely be OK to finish the medical on Tuesday and have the interview on Thursday or Friday.

With anything scheduled closer together, you could ask St. Lukes during the medical whether they would allow you to hand-carry the results of the medical to the interview.

If you schedule the medical and the interview extremely close together, and St. Lukes won't allow you to hand-carry the results to the interview, I would still go to the interview. You can pass the interview, but you will be issued a 221g telling you that you'll have to wait for the medical results to be received and processed by the Embassy before they will issue your visa.

[Jim N Augie 16]

Tahoma is right. I have also heard you can do your interview without the St Lukes result but they will not set the visa out for delivery until they recieve the result from St Lukes. Still better than a second flight to manila. I have been told 4 days normally is enough time between Sr Lukes and interview. We plan to just stay in manila for a week wish we could do medical monday and interview friday but we will lose monday getting the visa fee paid I think. Jim.

[Tahoma 2,298]

^^^ Why did you decide to wait until Monday to pay the visa fee?

[Jim N Augie 16]

haven't decided that yet but need to look into other banks to pay at if any or maybe online. Jim.