Medical Exam Completed Before Interview Scheduled

[Tony_Chocolonely 2]

3 minutes ago, davidvs said:

Can I ask how close you were to the 6 month expiration?

The medical exam took place on May 26, 2021 and the results were submitted electronically to the Department of State on May 29, 2021 so my understanding is the results remain valid until late November.

[Tony_Chocolonely 2]

On 7/10/2021 at 3:12 PM, jan22 said:

And, this is a recipe for getting documents lost.  The Embassy has no case file to which the medical can be linked, neither an electronic or a physical file.

We were worried about the same thing, so we submitted an online inquiry to the Embassy via the ustraveldocs website asking the same questions listed above. After a week of waiting we had still received no response. With the interview date incoming, we tried calling the Embassy's Visa Information Service phone number to get our questions answered faster but they only answer general questions and cannot speak to specific cases; even then, they were cagey about answering whether it was generally acceptable to complete the medical exam before the interview had been scheduled. However, after I asked the same question several different ways to no avail, the representative offered to request that our written inquiry be expedited.

 

Happily, we received a written reply to our inquiry the next day confirming the medical examination results were indeed received electronically, that they are valid through late November 2021, and that no additional medical documentation should be required at the time of the interview. In any event, we still plan on printing a copy of the above email we received stating as such, emails from the doctor's office confirming everything was submitted electronically, and also bringing the printed confirmation with barcode from the online system provided by the doctor's office that the results were electronically submitted in case we run into any unforeseen problems in this regard on the interview date.

 

I cannot imagine anything else that could be done before the interview the confirm the medical results were satisfactorily submitted and received so pray everything works out for us as planned. 

[jan22 2,898]

2 hours ago, Tony_Chocolonely said:

We were worried about the same thing, so we submitted an online inquiry to the Embassy via the ustraveldocs website asking the same questions listed above. After a week of waiting we had still received no response. With the interview date incoming, we tried calling the Embassy's Visa Information Service phone number to get our questions answered faster but they only answer general questions and cannot speak to specific cases; even then, they were cagey about answering whether it was generally acceptable to complete the medical exam before the interview had been scheduled. However, after I asked the same question several different ways to no avail, the representative offered to request that our written inquiry be expedited.

 

Happily, we received a written reply to our inquiry the next day confirming the medical examination results were indeed received electronically, that they are valid through late November 2021, and that no additional medical documentation should be required at the time of the interview. In any event, we still plan on printing a copy of the above email we received stating as such, emails from the doctor's office confirming everything was submitted electronically, and also bringing the printed confirmation with barcode from the online system provided by the doctor's office that the results were electronically submitted in case we run into any unforeseen problems in this regard on the interview date.

 

I cannot imagine anything else that could be done before the interview the confirm the medical results were satisfactorily submitted and received so pray everything works out for us as planned. 

Great!  Glad it all worked out.