When do you do the medical exam?

[nasse_forelle 4]

Hi Everyone - happy Friday -

 

Just wondering when you do the medical exam for the K1 timeline? Can we do it now, or do we need to wait until a case number is assigned? I already know the preferred Embassy medical doctor's name and location. Can we do make an appointment now?

[Pmta1 39]

You will need to have a case # before you go to the medical exam. The physicians need your case # to write into the forms that they'll seal for you. You will have to wait until the NVC gives you a case #, if they haven't already.

[Loren Y 2,731]

As stated above, medical exams do require a case number, but more importantly your Visa expiration date is tied to the date of the medical exam, so you only want to do the exam 2-3 weeks early max. Want to have as much time to use the visa as possible. I know everyone thinks soon as my visa is in my hand I'm out the next day, but things happen, and you might need an extra month or two to clean up some things.

[Georgia16 2,858]

Depends on the country. In DK you do not have to wait to get the NOA2 or case number to get the medical but I would recommend anyone to wait because of the date they print in the visa if anything goes wrong or extra wait time. 

[SorrowL 138]

I usually suggest people do their medical once the consulate receives the case, UNLESS the consulate is notorious for long appointment times (Canada), which then you should schedule it 2-3 weeks before your interview date.

[nasse_forelle 4]

24 minutes ago, Loren Y said:

As stated above, medical exams do require a case number, but more importantly your Visa expiration date is tied to the date of the medical exam, so you only want to do the exam 2-3 weeks early max. Want to have as much time to use the visa as possible. I know everyone thinks soon as my visa is in my hand I'm out the next day, but things happen, and you might need an extra month or two to clean up some things.

Wow . I didn’t know medical exam date is tied to the visa expiration date . Good to know . Definitely don’t want to do this too early. 
 

Maybe using this “down time” to check up on vaccination records instead and do all that 

[Loren Y 2,731]

1 hour ago, nasse_forelle said:

Wow . I didn’t know medical exam date is tied to the visa expiration date . Good to know . Definitely don’t want to do this too early. 
 

Maybe using this “down time” to check up on vaccination records instead and do all that 

Exactly what I did with my fiancee. Started vaccinations as soon as we filed ( we did a K1). And she was able to get all the vaccinations done before the exam. Saved a bunch of money ( always a good thing), and she was able to complete the whole series of vaccinations. Some require multiple injections spaced months apart.

[Tacos 69]

Is there a way to find out what vaccinations are required? What would be a proper record for the doctors that do the medical exams?

Edited February 8, 2020 by Tacos

[Greenbaum 12,258]

10 hours ago, Tacos said:

Is there a way to find out what vaccinations are required? What would be a proper record for the doctors that do the medical exams?

Help us out with completing your profile and timeline. 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/vaccinations.html

[Greenbaum 12,258]

13 hours ago, SorrowL said:

I usually suggest people do their medical once the consulate receives the case, UNLESS the consulate is notorious for long appointment times (Canada), which then you should schedule it 2-3 weeks before your interview date.

With each embassy appointment schedule is different your point being made in the last sentence should be used as the yardstick to getting the medical exam. The visa validity is tied to the medical exam. 

[SorrowL 138]

4 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

With each embassy appointment schedule is different your point being made in the last sentence should be used as the yardstick to getting the medical exam. The visa validity is tied to the medical exam. 

Very true. Some consulates and doctors allow medical exams earlier in the process, but don't suggest it. I personally got my medical exam and I HAPPEN to have gotten an interview invitation an hour after my medical, and scheduled my interview for a week from that day. Turned out that I had my interview and my medical hadn't even made it to the consulate yet. 

 

All in all, getting the medical exam is a sort of finesse, dependent on where you are and which consulate you have, just like you said, best method "yardstick" is 2-3 weeks before the interview.

 

Edited February 8, 2020 by SorrowL

[elkski 28]

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/vaccinations.html

 

But how do you know which vaccinations are needed??  at the bottom of the list it says this

 

"Only a physician can determine which of the listed vaccinations are medically appropriate for you, given your age, medical history and current medical condition. For more detailed information, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Panel Physician Technical Instructions for Vaccination."

[SorrowL 138]

7 minutes ago, elkski said:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/vaccinations.html

 

But how do you know which vaccinations are needed??  at the bottom of the list it says this

 

"Only a physician can determine which of the listed vaccinations are medically appropriate for you, given your age, medical history and current medical condition. For more detailed information, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Panel Physician Technical Instructions for Vaccination."

 

13 hours ago, Tacos said:

Is there a way to find out what vaccinations are required? What would be a proper record for the doctors that do the medical exams?

[Greenbaum 12,258]

5 hours ago, elkski said:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/vaccinations.html

 

But how do you know which vaccinations are needed??  at the bottom of the list it says this

 

"Only a physician can determine which of the listed vaccinations are medically appropriate for you, given your age, medical history and current medical condition. For more detailed information, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Panel Physician Technical Instructions for Vaccination."

You don't know. The professional staff at the medical exam uses a couple of means to determine what you'll need. 

 

1. If you have a shot (vaccination) record booklet of those vaccinations you've received during your life.

2. In lieu of the shot record they'll interview you on what you think you have had.

3. They use skin observation to see the scar tissue to determine whether you have had any vaccinations and which ones.

4. They will use some of the blood they withdraw during your examine and test it.

 

So pretty much they will be dead on in their assessment of what vaccinations are needed. This is nothing you need to research as it will be determined by the medical staff which ones you will need.

Edited February 9, 2020 by Greenbaum

[nasse_forelle 4]

12 hours ago, elkski said:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/vaccinations.html

 

But how do you know which vaccinations are needed??  at the bottom of the list it says this

 

"Only a physician can determine which of the listed vaccinations are medically appropriate for you, given your age, medical history and current medical condition. For more detailed information, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Panel Physician Technical Instructions for Vaccination."

We plan to to go the home doctor in Austria and just hand him the vaccination requirements published online . Whatever the home doctor says we need , we’ll get them.   But yea ultimately medical doctor in Vienna has the ultimate say.