question about st lukes medical exam

[hamorflic247 8]

I need some human input here because gpt and gemini are saying two different things. One says to wait until April, the other says do it ASAP. I’m leaning toward doing it now.

The usvisascheduling site finally let us book both the VAC and the Interview (previously it was only showing VAC). Our VAC is in March and the Interview is in April (really?) I guess I should be glad I checked the visa site I didn't get any notification and ceac hasn't updated. Embassy received peitition from nvc feb 10th but they need the physical file as well. 

St. Luke’s has much earlier availability than the Embassy. I've always been worried about sputum testing being ordered at this point I just want to get it over with. If it's ordered cool we have to wait anyway if not well it's good for 6 months I think. 

Edited February 18 by hamorflic247

[hamorflic247 8]

ah ok well i messed something up but now they're saying do it now didn't hurt to check here anyway at least we're seeing some progress finally!

[Ontarkie 15,154]

~~Moved to the PI forum, form K1 Progress Report- as the topic is country specific.~~

[hamorflic247 8]

We'll got hit with sputum testing 🙄 and they wondered why we were doing this early 

[Nathan Alden, Sr. 28]

@hamorflic247 What would you recommend for my wife? We're just submitting the visa application now so it will be quite some time before her visa interview, but from what I've read the medical exam results are good for up to one year. There's some timing involved but I think it makes sense to get it done significantly before the interview and CFO process.

[Theersink 52]

13 hours ago, Nathan Alden, Sr. said:

@hamorflic247 What would you recommend for my wife? We're just submitting the visa application now so it will be quite some time before her visa interview, but from what I've read the medical exam results are good for up to one year. There's some timing involved but I think it makes sense to get it done significantly before the interview and CFO process.

I would wait until a couple weeks before the interview, here is why. Medical is good for 6 months, my wife was hit with sputum and just cleared last week and now has only 3 months left on the medical. So if you do it say a month or more before the interview and IF you get hit with sputum testing you will have less time for visa expiration. Clock starts from date of FIRST day of SLEC. Depending on the finding she MAY have to go back for a final xray and/or vaccinations as well. My wife did not as her IGRA was positive and xray neg so the sputum was just for assurance. Then after you have the timeframe that it takes to get the medical to embassy, process and then get it back. So as you can see with the 6 month windows and sputum everything becomes tighter. Then you run into less than 8 weeks for an international flight and the prices start to get bad, they are already bad until about sept. Thankfully my wife's status just hit Issued yesterday so Monday it should be ready. 

So my opinion is wait and do the medical a couple of weeks or the week before the interview, just in case you get the sputum testing. It will give you more time at the end of things and not have to rush to beat the visa date.