TB test again upon arrival to US

[lovemeow 15]

Hi.. I’m a K1 Visa who undergone Sputum test in SLEC (Feb 2018) with the agony of waiting for 2 months and thankfully got Negative Results (April 2018)... then after 1 week upon arriving to US (June 2018), surprisingly the County Public Health Clinic called my husband scheduling me for another TB screening in which I had to undergo Sputum exam, Chest X-Ray and TB blood test. Does this really happens to everyone who had undergone Sputum exam in SLEC that they have to repeat upon coming to US? Is this related to the medical examination required for adjustment of status (green card)? Thank you

[Hank_ 9,173]

37 minutes ago, ♥️Love♥️ said:

Hi.. I’m a K1 Visa who undergone Sputum test in SLEC (Feb 2018) with the agony of waiting for 2 months and thankfully got Negative Results (April 2018)... then after 1 week upon arriving to US (June 2018), surprisingly the County Public Health Clinic called my husband scheduling me for another TB screening in which I had to undergo Sputum exam, Chest X-Ray and TB blood test. Does this really happens to everyone who had undergone Sputum exam in SLEC that they have to repeat upon coming to US? Is this related to the medical examination required for adjustment of status (green card)? Thank you

Yup, it is normal to have to complete SPUTUM in the USA after you arrive.

 

 

[JosephRose 82]

On 8/22/2018 at 4:19 PM, ♥️Love♥️ said:

Hi.. I’m a K1 Visa who undergone Sputum test in SLEC (Feb 2018) with the agony of waiting for 2 months and thankfully got Negative Results (April 2018)... then after 1 week upon arriving to US (June 2018), surprisingly the County Public Health Clinic called my husband scheduling me for another TB screening in which I had to undergo Sputum exam, Chest X-Ray and TB blood test. Does this really happens to everyone who had undergone Sputum exam in SLEC that they have to repeat upon coming to US? Is this related to the medical examination required for adjustment of status (green card)? Thank you

Hello there.. I am a filipina living now in the us.. I had same experienced with you.. I was also sputum on Feb 7 to 9 this year but thankfully results revealed negative on April 16 2018(despite not knowing the result yet, I rescheduled my medical and interview appointment in advance. April 12 was supposed to be the day I will come back to St. Luke’s for the culture results and vaccine but I didn’t go. But of course I emailed St. Luke’s informing them I couldn’t go on that day and they replied to me that I can go there any day I can if I can.).. Anyway, I was very confident I’m negative and after hearing from St. Luke’s my confidence go higher and with it my fiancé rescheduled my interview right away and got the April 17 (6:40 am) spot.. So I walked in to St. Luke’s April 16 in the morning to get vaccine.. It was successful, during the release of my vaccine.., they didn’t give me the brown sealed envelope which is normal for all sputumed applicants, they send it directly to usembassy, they just gave me only a printed copy of my vaccine...SLEC releasing officer told me I made the right and wise move to reschedule interview ahead of time despite not knowing my culture results yet because my medical is only valid until July 06 2018 which means I must be out of the country before that day. Or else I will have to redo sputum test in the US again. Cause all applicants who got sputum will have shortened validity of their medical. I flew here in the US, on May 16, 2018.., applied for SSN, got married at court on June 5, waited for ssn to arrive in the mail before sending our (AOS,EAD,AP) packet and it arrived around 3rd week of June, originally submitted (AOS,EAD,AP) packet on June 25 but got rejected because our I-485 was old version (our packet was returned to us but it was arranged in their way)... followed their instructions, corrected the mistake without touching other stuff.. after correcting, resubmitted it right away..., a week later around 2nd week of July, finally received 3 noas for AOS, EAD, AP.. few days later, received another noa that contains my biometric schedule.. I did my biometrics on July 30... I was really worried that due to our case got rejected, they might rfe us for new medical or ask me to do sputum again but so far, they didn’t.. Checked our status online and saw that as of August 06, our case ready to be scheduled for an interview.. as of now we’re still waiting for the schedule and instruction that they saying they’re sending in the mail..

 

Regarding your case, I think they’re asking you to do sputum again because your medical is no longer valid.. you say you did your sputum on Feb which is the same month I did mine.. So most likely , we have the same validity as well.. If I had applied for AOS after July 06, I would’ve do sputum again... anyway..., just sharing my story to help you get some perspective.. Who knows in the future they still might ask me to do sputum again before I could do my interview..

 

Cheer up friend.. everything’s gonna be alright..

[lovemeow 15]

hi.. yes we almost have a same timeline.. and everything was fast for me here in the US.. I had my medical in St.Luke’s Feb 14, 2018.. Sputum test Feb 26-28 and got negative results April 27.. SLEC Medical validity is July 25 (but Of course I left before that) and got interviewed May 15 and arrived in US June 1, got married on June 4.. The County’s Public Health called me on June 5 and scheduled for Sputum test, X-Ray and blood for TB on June 23 and results will come out after 2 months they say... so, while waiting, I applied for my AOS and EAD on June 28 and USCIS recieved it July 3... got a mail of my NOA’s (AOS and EAD) on July 5 and the next day (July 6) I received a biometrics appointment for July 23... I didn’t wait for a SSN before I applied for AOS.. though when i applied for a SSN, I got it thru mail in only 3 days... and just today I received a call from The County’s Public Health that all my results are negative and the Dr. wants to see me next week to fix my papers that I am TB Negative.. though I’m still waiting for my case status as I Checked with USCIS it only says that “as of July 3, we received a fingerprint fee and a NOA has been sent for biometrics”... so i’m still waiting... thanks for sharing your experience.. but looking at it.. I even applied for my AOS and did my biometrics before you.. so everything was fast and everything was smooth.. so I don’t think it has something to do with the SLEC Medical Validity bcoz I got a call when i’m only less than a week here in US..

Edited August 27, 2018 by ♥️Love♥️