Medical Exam for US Embassy in Spain

[erika86 6]

Hello All,

 

Our request to expedite our spousal visa process was approved, and the US Embassy in Spain has given us an interview appointment date in the next two weeks.

 

 

However, there is also a requirement for a medical exam prior to the interview.  The US Embassy gives a single medical provider, in Madrid, who is authorized to do the exams.  We called them all day on Thursday (yesterday), and when we finally reached someone, they said the person who schedules medical exams for visas was unavailable.

 

I have a couple of questions that I'll throw out in to the ether.

 

1. Is there really only one medical office in all of Spain for these exams?  For people living outside of Madrid, this requires two trips to Madrid.  (Or one very long stay, which is what we're considering for our situation.)

 

2. Can anyone share their recent experience with the medical exam process in Spain?  Is it absolutely required to attend the medical exam 10 days prior to the interview?  Will we really have to go in-person to the medical office to pick up the results?  

 

The second set of questions have been emailed to the folks at the Embassy who took over our case when the request to expedite was approved.  Hopefully, I'll have an answer from them on Friday. 

 

 

[Chancy 6,241]

11 hours ago, erika86 said:

Is there really only one medical office in all of Spain for these exams?

 

Yes, just one consulate-accredited clinic for visa medicals in Spain -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/MDD-Madrid.html#med_exam_instructions