Medical exspireing before travel

[charlie0225 13]

What happens if the medical exspires before you can travel?

Edited October 4, 2014 by charlie0225

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

Then you'd need a new medical.

[charlie0225 13]

My wifes medical exspires Dec 25th. We got a checklist which was scan Sept 9th. I think it would take a miricale for her to get an interview, passport returned to her by Dec 25th.

[StrawberryKiss 170]

Yeah, unfortunately with the current processing time of 60 days, it's a bit unlikely. She should have a new medical done once you get a case complete and get notified by NVC.

Edited October 4, 2014 by StrawberryKiss

[apple21 953]

You will need to re-do the medical and pay another medical fee. Now, its better to call SLEC to make sure if your wife will undergo another sputum culture or not, because she did sputum on the first medical right?

Visa will not be issued unless a valid medical report is submitted to USEM.

[charlie0225 13]

You will need to re-do the medical and pay another medical fee. Now, its better to call SLEC to make sure if your wife will undergo another sputum culture or not, because she did sputum on the first medical right?

Visa will not be issued unless a valid medical report is submitted to USEM.

Yes she did the sputum and results are negative. She got her vaccine shots this week.

[notusinganymore 31]

What happens if the medical exspires before you can travel?

Medical is a pre requisite for the interview. If you don't pass the SLEC medical exam then you are unlikely to have an interview due to them moving your interview date or your visa will not be issued because of lack of documents (DS3025/vaccination sheet).

An issued DS3025 should be valid for 1 year to be used in replacement of I693 for K1 adjustment of status. I don't see any reason why a person who has passed the medical, had an interview and given a visa would not be able to travel regardless if the medical is expired. The visa is what you need to travel. As i see it, you only need to get the interview before medical expires. The issued visa would then be valid for another 6months and 6 months is the allotted time for you to get out of the country.

[oatmeal 8]

You don't need another medical as long as you have the visa. You are good to go.

[notusinganymore 31]

Looking at your previous post, it seems you took the medical before you have set the appointment for an interview as per approval of USCIS. Is it right to assume that it was a medical YOU have decided to do and not the one USCIS OR NVC has ordered as per your MNL case number? If it was a medical that you wanted to do without being approved first then you need to retake the medical exam. Medical exams would ask for MNL case numbers so they can send results to the interview.

[StrawberryKiss 170]

You don't need another medical as long as you have the visa. You are good to go.

Wrong. His wife's medical will expire before she can get an interview at the embassy. So no new medical, no visa...

Edited October 5, 2014 by StrawberryKiss

[NikLR 13,220]

The medical and the visa would both expire so you wouldn't be travelling.

If you are asking if the medical will expire before the interview, then you need a new medical. This is why on VJ we do NOT suggest having the medical before an interview is booked.