MEDICAL QUESTION

[EA10 1]

VJ

I have a question. I am serving overseas in Japan. My wife is here with me. My wife is currently pregnant and we are at medical every other week doing test and check ups. Do they require you to do medical out in town? I feel like I will be paying for stuff we have already had done 3 days ago!

Thanks all!

[Inky 1,110]

You have to have an immigration medical done by the specified doctors. No medical = No visa.

[canadian_wife 1,785]

Agreed, you need to have the medical done (even the stuff you say you've done 3 days ago) by a specified doctor.

Sorry, but you'll probably need to pay for everything all over again

Good luck

[EA10 1]

I understand that. I will do what I have to do. But it just seems kind of pointless to do the same thing over again that we just did.

[ChristinaandVarun 0]

VJ

I have a question. I am serving overseas in Japan. My wife is here with me. My wife is currently pregnant and we are at medical every other week doing test and check ups. Do they require you to do medical out in town? I feel like I will be paying for stuff we have already had done 3 days ago!

Thanks all!

I understand your frustrations with the medical exams. My husband is an Indian citizen on a student visa in Australia. He renewed his student visa two weeks ago wich requires a medical to be performed by an approved Australian consulate doctor. He also has to complete a medical exam for his visa to join me in the US performed by an approved US consulate doctor.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

I understand that. I will do what I have to do. But it just seems kind of pointless to do the same thing over again that we just did.

They're not checking for the same things. Your wife's obstetrician is checking for a normal healthy pregnancy. The panel physician will be checking to see if she's got any physical or mental illnesses that would make her inadmissible to the United States. This is mostly involving contagious diseases of a public health risk, drug or alcohol problems, or mental health problems that would make the applicant a danger to themselves and/or others. The immigration medical is not a general health physical exam. It's very specific.

[EA10 1]

I get its specific. My wife is not just going to see the OB/GYN. She just had her physical last week. Chest exam, blood test, TB test, all that.

She was seen by a General Practitioner on base. Which from what the website said on the approved clinic she can go too that's what the doctor there is.

But we got her appointment scheduled. Ill just charge it to the game! lol