gkz123

Hi everyone,
After a long K1 process my fiancé and I received the bad news a couple weeks ago that he has active tuberculosis and won't be permitted to travel to the US until he completes 6 months of supervised medical treatment and then re-takes the medical portion of the application and the sputum test (processing time is 2 months for this). So we're looking at an additional 8 months or more apart. 😥I have a few questions regarding the next steps and if anyone has been in this situation before or has insight into this kind of medical delay any help would be appreciated!
 
Our timeline went something like this: 
Nov 2018: Fiancé has medical examination and the physician notices scarring on his chest x-ray and he takes the first sputum test for TB  Dec 2018: Fiancé has interview in Johannesburg, South Africa and gets the news that our K1 visa has been approved! The embassy just needs his medical results before they give him his passport/visa Jan 2018: Fiancé finds out that he has active TB and won't be permitted to travel to the US as planned. He begins TB treatment immediately under the supervision of the original doctor who administered the medical exam.  
Do we have to notify the Johannesburg consulate that my fiancé is actively doing the TB treatment? As soon as the clinic realized he had TB, they sent the results to the embassy.  We were told this would put his case in a 'dormant' state and that as soon as treatment is completed he would be cleared for travel without issue. Is this correct? Do I need to worry about our case or any of our documents he provided at the interview expiring?  Do we have to prepare ourselves to re-do any other portion of the visa process? I assume since he passed his interview prior to learning of his TB diagnosis and they "approved" his visa that all they need at this point is a clean bill of health 8 months from now?   
If anyone has any information at all about what we should be preparing for in this situation please let me know. Most of my research of VisaJourney has turned up people getting diagnosed with TB prior to their interview, so I just want some assurance that as soon as he completes his medical treatment and is TB negative they will release his passport with the visa in it. 
 
Thanks in advance!
 

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I've been lurking in this forum for a while and just wanted to pop in to say that I feel so much for everyone else who's been waiting 200+ days. 😓Currently on day 202. Our old site date is Feb 21, new site is Feb 23. I called USCIS and spoke to a Tier 2 agent last Thursday as many people here have suggested. All they could tell me was that the case had been received and to call back when it was outside of normal processing time. I've been super sad these last couple weeks watching all the other February filers hear back from USCIS. So to all those still waiting, just know you're not alone!! 😞

I've been lurking in this forum for a while and just wanted to pop in to say that I feel so much for everyone else who's been waiting 200+ days. 😓Currently on day 202. Our old site date is Feb 21, new site is Feb 23. I called USCIS and spoke to a Tier 2 agent last Thursday as many people here have suggested. All they could tell me was that the case had been received and to call back when it was outside of normal processing time. I've been super sad these last couple weeks watching all the other February filers hear back from USCIS. So to all those still waiting, just know you're not alone!! 😞