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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
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My wife had her medical exam two days ago. The dr asked if she had any prior illnesses which she replied no because she has no infectious diseases. However, we have been treating her for an overactive thyroid for a little over a month. Her thyroid is noticeably large and so the dr asked if she knew she had a thyroid problem. She replied yes. The dr immediately chastised her for lying when asked if she had any illnesses. She did not lie. It just slipped her mind. The size of her thyroid isn't exactly something she can or had any intention of hiding. My wife replied that she thought only spreadable diseases were any issue so that is why she said she had no illnesses. She had nothing to hide because a thyroid issue isnt going to prevent her from entering the us. The dr however insisted she lied to cover up a sickness and claimed she would write in the report that my wife lied and could possibly have a fake marriage to enter the us. The dr asked why she didn't bring any medical reports. We didn't bring any of her past medical reports because I had not heard of anyone advising us to do so on here or anywhere else. She accused my wife of lying about the fact that she's currently under treatment.

The next day, my wife returned with her thyroid test results which showed that she is suffering from minor hyperthyroidism, which is an improvement from moderate hyperthyroidism that was on our tests back home (we are 8 hours away from the consulate and medical examiner). Before the dr (different one from yesterday) looked at the results, she asked if my wife brought her medical with her. She wasn't asked to bring her medication with her, so she did not. The dr called my wife a liar. She did not believe that my wife was currently on medication. The dr then threatened my wife saying that lying to a medical examiner is a big deal and that she would write in my wife's report that she lied to a medical examiner and that she lied to get into the us. That was option 1. Option 2 is to bar my wife from entering the us until her thyroid treatment is complete in 6 months. In reality, based on the test results, her thyroid will be at normal levels in 2 weeks or less. My wife cried and insisted she did nothing wrong. It was a minor slight on her part. She is quite intelligent but sometimes an airhead. Plus she only completed education to grade 9. And also, her memory has been quite terrible since the day she got pregnant and even worse after coming down with hyperthyroidism. Forgetfulness is a symptom of hyperthyroidism.

Can the dr really do this? Will it become an issue at the interview? My wifes medical came back all clear btw. I just don't see how the dr can accuse my wife of such a thing when she clearly admitted to having hyperthyroidism when asked specifically about it. If she had any intention to lie she would've kept on saying no. It honestly did not even cross her mind that she is currently battling a disease. This disease is also technically a genetic defect and not necessarily a disease. It runs in her family and is very common in Vietnam. The dr claimed she would not write on the report that my wife is lying, but my wife is afraid that she would do it anyway, and is afraid that it's already on her report from the dr the day before. Is there anything we can do? We've been together physically for 4 years and have a daughter together. She's studied our timeline and paperwork so thoroughly she knows it better than I do even though I'm the one who filled out all of the paperwork. It seems absolutely unfair if my wife is denied a visa based on honestly forgetting to mention an illness that isn't even an infection disease. She did not lie. Aren't you allowed to be forgetful? She forgot that she had an illness when asked "have you ever had any illnesses or diseases?" so she answered "no." But she did not forget she had hyperthyroidism when she was asked "did you know that you have hyperthyroidism?" so she answered "yes".

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06-21-2012 - USCIS received I130 from abroad
06-26-2012 - NOA-1 -> CSC
10-04-2012 - NOA-2
12-21-2012 - Case Completed at NVC
03-19-2013 - Interview - Passed!

04-04-2013 - POE LAX 2 hour wait My parents picked us up!

04-16-2013 - Received green card

 
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