The Curse of St. Lukes

[PWB 213]

12 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

So how was the outcome any different than it would have been had he not 'got it done'?

Wow, did you read my post or just start responding with liberal rhetoric.  I called the Embassy when they tried to send my wife back to St. Lukes three days after they received her Physical.  They told me that due to reduced staffing they could not respond to my problem at that time and that she needed to respond to their request for another  physical without even checking to see that they had her completed physical.  Senator Cruz got this mess straighten out within 72 hours.

[SalishSea 16,835]

48 minutes ago, PWB said:

Wow, did you read my post or just start responding with liberal rhetoric.  I called the Embassy when they tried to send my wife back to St. Lukes three days after they received her Physical.  They told me that due to reduced staffing they could not respond to my problem at that time and that she needed to respond to their request for another  physical without even checking to see that they had her completed physical.  Senator Cruz got this mess straighten out within 72 hours.

TBH, your post was long and full of complaints.   It really wasn’t clear what impact, if any, the senator’s intervention had in the final outcome.

 

And I’m not sure how my question could be considered “liberal rhetoric.”   Politics aside, VJ is full of people who expect members of congress to be able to sort out all of their immigration minutiae.

[PWB 213]

16 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

So how was the outcome any different than it would have been had he not 'got it done'?

In this country our Government created the immigration nightmare and is the only source we have to try and correct this quagmire. What you call complaints is an actual accounting of our K1 experience.  If you choose to not have an understanding of what we had to endure  than so be it,  just go away please.

[SalishSea 16,835]

7 hours ago, PWB said:

In this country our Government created the immigration nightmare and is the only source we have to try and correct this quagmire. What you call complaints is an actual accounting of our K1 experience.  If you choose to not have an understanding of what we had to endure  than so be it,  just go away please.

Anyone is free to comment here at VJ.   It’s in the terms of service.

[Ontarkie 13,934]

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[Ontarkie 13,934]

If a medical was redone a week before the phone call, they most likely still had it waiting to be filed. I really do not see anything here that your Senator could have done that you could not have handled yourself. 

 

As far as the Texas Health contacting you. That is something every state does when a failed TB test is reported. Nothing new there. 

[JobienJeck 10]

On 3/23/2021 at 4:36 PM, Celebi said:

I honestly think SLMC is just trying to cash in on all K1/ spousal visas. Someone needs to have their equipments checked or their X-ray staff if they are qualified to do their jobs. This issue has been going on for a long time and EVERYONE seems to have problems with their X-rays. I wonder if someone already filed a formal complaint for investigation.

My 15 year old son who is perfectly healthy and who have had no history of lung sickness just had his medical today at slec and was told he failed his xray and had to do the sputum test (hard to believe). They really need to have their xray machines checked or there is just really something fishy that’s going on there. 

[PWB 213]

11 hours ago, JobienJeck said:

My 15 year old son who is perfectly healthy and who have had no history of lung sickness just had his medical today at slec and was told he failed his xray and had to do the sputum test (hard to believe). They really need to have their xray machines checked or there is just really something fishy that’s going on there. 

When I talked of our experience with SLEC some on this site berated me for complaining.  The facts speak the truth.  In the Philippines the average cost for child birth in a hospital is roughly 65.00 USD.  A K1 physical is over 10 times that amount, and could be more depending on travel to SLEC.  When my wife took her 2nd physical all they did was collect the money and put her through sputum testing again because that is the protocol.  Three negative tests and they tried for a fourth.

[PWB 213]

On 3/24/2021 at 8:59 PM, Ontarkie said:

If a medical was redone a week before the phone call, they most likely still had it waiting to be filed. I really do not see anything here that your Senator could have done that you could not have handled yourself. 

 

As far as the Texas Health contacting you. That is something every state does when a failed TB test is reported. Nothing new there. 

I tried to handle it myself.  The Embassy would not listen.  

[Ontarkie 13,934]

8 hours ago, PWB said:

I tried to handle it myself.  The Embassy would not listen.  

Definitely a good call then. 

[Mika** 0]

I have the same sentiments as you do. I have always been perfectly healthy, everything is normal everytime I go for health exams and suddenly I was surprised with st lukes holding me up because they saw something in my lungs. Smh. I have read numerous complaints about them regarding this scheming xray/sputum thing theyre putting through with numerous applicants.

 

I wish someone could advise me what to do next. I wish to skip the 2months waiting for the result. Is it possible to get another xray, from another st lukes branch perhaps and present it to them?

[Joe Kano 327]

56 minutes ago, Mika** said:

I have the same sentiments as you do. I have always been perfectly healthy, everything is normal everytime I go for health exams and suddenly I was surprised with st lukes holding me up because they saw something in my lungs. Smh. I have read numerous complaints about them regarding this scheming xray/sputum thing theyre putting through with numerous applicants.

 

I wish someone could advise me what to do next. I wish to skip the 2months waiting for the result. Is it possible to get another xray, from another st lukes branch perhaps and present it to them?

Nope

 

They are the only game in town.  They are the only accredited place by the US Embassy to have it done is the SLEC in Ermita.

[PWB 213]

1 hour ago, Mika** said:

I have the same sentiments as you do. I have always been perfectly healthy, everything is normal everytime I go for health exams and suddenly I was surprised with st lukes holding me up because they saw something in my lungs. Smh. I have read numerous complaints about them regarding this scheming xray/sputum thing theyre putting through with numerous applicants.

 

I wish someone could advise me what to do next. I wish to skip the 2months waiting for the result. Is it possible to get another xray, from another st lukes branch perhaps and present it to them?

Once they tag you as TB suspect it follows you for a long time.  When you get to America you will be tested again by the local health department.  The amount of money SLEC charges is an outrage.  Normal childbirth in the Philippines is far less expensive than a physical in SLEC.

[Chancy 6,233]

4 hours ago, Mika** said:

I wish to skip the 2months waiting for the result. Is it possible to get another xray, from another st lukes branch perhaps and present it to them?

 

No skipping the wait time for medical exam completion if you want your visa.  Only medical exam results from SLEC (not any other St. Luke's branch) will be accepted by USEM.

 

[PWB 213]

After the second failed test at SLEC,  both negative, we went to an independent Doctor who had worked at SLEC for an X-ray and the results failed to show the white line that was in question at SLEC.   When she went for the third time to SLEC she challenged them but was told that CDC set the standard.