Medical exam failed

[cheep-cheep 0]

Hi,

 

I’m a US citizen and I applied for green card for my Dad who is in the Philippines back in 2016. Everything went well until his medical exam. He failed it due to lung issue, but He is now ok. Since then I have not done anything. Just got caught up with life, work and being a mom. Is there anyway I can request to redo his medical or do we have to start all over again? 

What steps should I take from here?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

[Roel 7,191]

Start all over.

[TNJ17 1,329]

How long ago was this? Failing the medical, I mean? Did you get an actual denial? You need to check to see if your application is still pending or denied. If it’s still pending you need to talk to them to find out what they need. If it’s a new medical and how to submit it. If it was denied then you need to start over. But you must find out what happened to this application before moving forward because you can’t apply again if the application is still pending. 

[Roel 7,191]

11 minutes ago, TNJ17 said:

How long ago was this? Failing the medical, I mean? Did you get an actual denial? You need to check to see if your application is still pending or denied. If it’s still pending you need to talk to them to find out what they need. If it’s a new medical and how to submit it. If it was denied then you need to start over. But you must find out what happened to this application before moving forward because you can’t apply again if the application is still pending. 

OP said she applied in 2016.

[cheep-cheep 0]

30 minutes ago, TNJ17 said:

How long ago was this? Failing the medical, I mean? Did you get an actual denial? You need to check to see if your application is still pending or denied. If it’s still pending you need to talk to them to find out what they need. If it’s a new medical and how to submit it. If it was denied then you need to start over. But you must find out what happened to this application before moving forward because you can’t apply again if the application is still pending. 

I did not get a denial letter. I only know what my Dad told me.

[TNJ17 1,329]

35 minutes ago, Roel said:

OP said she applied in 2016.

She could have been processing all that time. It’s been known to happen. 

16 minutes ago, cheep-cheep said:

I did not get a denial letter. I only know what my Dad told me.

He must have gotten something official from them. You need to find out if his application is still active. 

[geowrian 22,335]

If the petition has not expired (it probably has....check with the embassy if they still have it), you can continue with the process as-is. Otherwise, once sent back to USCIS, it expires so you need to start all over from scratch.

 

Edit: I just noticed this was for your dad, so that means it was an I-130. An I-130 does not expire, although it could be sent the the NRC and eventually destroyed. Check with the embassy and NVC to see where it is.

Edited September 4, 2018 by geowrian

[Triple28 65]

Some people failed the medical exam due to lung issue, but they can attend the interview.

However, their visa is delayed until they finish the treatment (about 6 months - 1 year).

After that, the medical examiner will send their medical result to the embassy, and the embassy will issue the visa to them after ensure that they are healthy.

Which mean their case is delayed, not cancelled, even 1 year.

 

Therefore, you should contact the NVC or the embassy and ask them about your case status, to know where is your case now, so you can submit the petition for processing your father's case. If your case is cancelled (because you did not contact NVC, embassy within 1 Year), then you have to start all over again.

 

P/S: If the embassy agrees to process your case, your father has to do the medical exam again and the interview (if he did not attend the interview), because the medical exam result is valid within 6 months only.

Edited September 4, 2018 by Triple28

[amerisian 5]

On 9/3/2018 at 10:18 AM, cheep-cheep said:

Hi,

 

I’m a US citizen and I applied for green card for my Dad who is in the Philippines back in 2016. Everything went well until his medical exam. He failed it due to lung issue, but He is now ok. Since then I have not done anything. Just got caught up with life, work and being a mom. Is there anyway I can request to redo his medical or do we have to start all over again? 

What steps should I take from here?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

You should contact the US Embassy in Manila. If your file have been submitted already to the embassy Manila, it must be still there.  Have his passport # and exp.date ready, birthday, etc. My mother had to go a treatment for 8 months and had completed the process. She just passed her interview last week and awaiting for visa.