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4 hours ago, June2017UK said:

What do you mean by Title please?

I know the fact that we have varicella waiver is causing a problem at AOS stage for some. I’m in the road at the moment but will post the thread about it when I locate it.

A titre, in regards to medicine, is where a lab will test your blood sample for the presence of antibodies for a specific pathogen (ie virus, bacteria, etc). If you’ve had a vaccine, then you will have antibodies and thus confirm your protected. 

Also, wanted to add that the original poster said they thought they already had a tetanus vaccine, but note that you need a booster every 5-10 years (depending on various factors). Hope that helps and I didn’t get too sciency lol.

27 minutes ago, Jeanette & Jason said:

I stumbled over this while looking for some answers regards medical.. ( Was stupid enough to take the medical back in May when it was about 3 months handling time.. yeah I knooooww.. aka I need to do it again.. mah fault ) might be handy for some Fianceee Visa Services Videos

You were allowed to even do that? The Indonesia Embassay says that you cannot do the medical until the NVC letter comes bc you need that number (not WAC but cannot remember). It would be nice to get it done during all this waiting. Regardless, sorry you have to do it again.

7 hours ago, Lotts said:

Thanks for this info. 

I had my MMR when I was very young. Pretty sure I have had my Tetanus shot too. 

I'm the process of switching GPs.

I'm reading everywhere that we need a print of our medical history to take to the Kingston medical?

Just want to chime in bc I can finally be useful to this forum lol. If you had varicella roster (aka chicken pox) as a child, then you will need a title to show you have antibodies. That goes for any other vaccine in which you do not have documentation. We are into the influenza season here and I’ve heard from others that they may have the vaccine available during your medical. Please note that the polio vaccine may be required for some countries, but UK isn’t on that list.

Please note: I wouldn’t stress about about getting those vaccines, especially if they’re available at the medical exam. However, if you think you’ve had the vaccine, but don’t have official documentation, I would highly recommend that you get a titre checked as soon as possible. I’ve seen those labs take 2-3 weeks for results in the US. 

Hope this is helpful.

Just now, ColoradoBeauty said:

Unfortunately, I'm doing AOS from inside US, so it was done in Colorado. 

Ahhh I figured that might be the case. Regardless, congratulations to the both of you! 

45 minutes ago, ColoradoBeauty said:

I don't think it's illegal to wear long sleeve. My examiner only asked if I have mental problem, drug, pain, discomfort, and measure my heart rate and respiration. 

@ColoradoBeauty did you do your medical exam in Jakarta? My fiancé and I are in the K1 process and she has do hers there and was wondering how the experience was for you. thanks in advanced:)

@Steila that makes sense. My fiancé is in Pekanbaru and will go her medical exam in Jakarta. She is also worried about what they will do and say. She even started some of her vaccinations early to prevent any hold up. I told her that she doesn’t have any issues that they consider serious. From what I’ve read at the CDC site, which regulates the requirements of the exam, their primary focus are things like TB, malaria, yellow fever, polio, etc. IMO I wouldn’t stress too much about those lesser things as they’ve been treated and cured. 

Syphilis and ghonorrhea are both treatable and can be cured. HepB, HIV and herpes cannot be cured. If you had syphilis or ghonorrhea in the last and you have been treated, then there’s no way they will know you’ve ever had it, unless you tell them. Besides, I think they’re only really checking on major health issues, including cancer. I was talking to someone who was delayed after the medical exam bc they had a mass on their chest XRay, but said they could pass after getting it treated. 

Btw....I know this info about STDs bc I’m in the medical field, not personal experience lol

It appears that the website is back up. I just checked my status, even though I know I’m still weeks away as a June 23rd filer. It’s just habit as I’ve check a couple of times a day since July lol

Thanks for the reply @John & Rose ! That’s what I was thinking. Idc as long as it doesn’t move me back on the list. I should have been an early June date, but I took too much time filling out the paperwork. Hindsight is 20/20 I guess lol.

Quick question for the forum seeing that so many of you are so very knowledable. My received date is June 23 but my WAC number is 1790380527, which falls to the end of the June batch. Will they get to me by my date or WAC number? I have no idea why my number seems to be that much higher then the other June 23rd peeps. Thank you in advance! So many wonderful people on here!

I read an interview of the director of the Vermont USICS office a few days back. When asked if his office takes phone calls, his response was “absolutely not. If we did, we would never get any work done.” He went on to say that when you call, you speak to an answering service that reads from a script and the only calls that get through to the office directly are from representatives from congress. He added that calls from congress reps didn’t move cases up, just if they were overlooked. He stated all cases are processed, at least initially, in the order they were received, 

just thought id share seeing all of the phone call posts lately. I haven’t bothered calling because of this. Hopefully they are moving through the cases quickly for all of us. 

@vocaledge please add me too! WAC1790380527

June 23 NOA1

thank you very much!!