affluxdeluxe

10 hours ago, toocold said:

Jeez. I'm sorry you had to wait this long after your interview all because of a one day delay in the embassy receiving your medical report. I told the front desk personnel to expedite the process because it's only 9 working days from medical to visa interview and she made some kind of note on the papers but good god I guess we will soon find out whether it will be expedited or not. Technically I can wait till the 21st (my last day at work) but the earlier the better. Fingers crossed. 

Hoping it all goes well for you! I wonder though, if the Consulate is seeing a pattern here with the delayed reports from Fullerton. When I informed the CO my medical was delayed and they would only receive it the following day, he looked unsurprised and mentioned it was fine. Seems like a common occurence. Wish there was another approved health facility undertaking the medical screening. Oh well.

17 hours ago, v.koh said:

DSame thing happened to me. Went for the medical checkup 15 days before the interview, but during the interview, I was informed by the embassy that they did not receive my medical report, so visa couldn't be issued. Called Fullerton twice right after the interview, 2 different call center operators said they would make sure my medical report would be sent to the embassy and a digital copy of it would be emailed to me on the next day, but it did not happen. So the next day, I called Fullerton again and also emailed them twice, but still, nothing was done, and up till now I still didn't get any email reply from Fullerton. Out of desperation, I physically went to Fullerton and talked to the person-in-charged. Person-in-charged said no one informed her about the delay of dispatch of my medical report to the embassy, so emailing and calling them were USELESS.. U have to physically visit the Fullerton clinic to make sure your medical reports are delivered to the embassy on time 😐 

 

The day after my visit to Fullerton, the embassy received my medical report and requested my passport to be submitted to aramex. 3 working days after my passport submission, visa was issued and on the 4th day, I collected my passport from aramex.

This! As a last resort, I too, had to physically make my way to Fullerton before my interview day to seek clarification. I practically gave up on the phone calls and emails. The only person who was of any real help to me at the call centre, was the customer service manager who expedited the report quickly when requested.

Should any of you call the clinic to enquire about your medical, I highly recommend you to ask to speak to Donald (customer service manager). He was extremely efficient compared to rest of the front desk staff.

Aside from the Fullerton snafu, every step of the K1 journey went really smoothly!

Hey all,

My visa was finally issued today! Thank you everyone for the wonderful support and advice. All the best in your immigration journey!

Here's my visa status timeline for reference:

16 hours ago, Duane & Haney said:

First of all, @Teyci, @affluxdeluxe, @toocold, @Greenbaum (you're the best!) thanks for your excellent input in this thread.

 

According to DHL tracking, the embassy received our case file from the NVC this past Friday, Oct. 19th. Haney has already scheduled her medical with Fullerton for November 1st, because we've seen from your timelines how quickly the embassy is now scheduling interviews, and how bad Fullerton has been at forwarding results in a timely manner, anyways...

 

QUESTION: have you all had an experience of whether or not Fullerton will do the medical exam, even if we don't get packet 3 on time, i.e. we don't have the letter from the embassy yet?

 

We have the letter from the NVC with our case number, on their letterhead, will this be enough?

 

We know we're pushing the process by scheduling the medical exam so early, but figured the worst can happen is we reschedule the medical, or forward the letter to Fullerton once we get it, so they can release the medical exam to the embassy.

 

Either way, according to you guys updating your timelines so faithfully (thank you!) it seems like we'll have the packet 3 and therefore embassy letter for Fullerton a few days before the appointment on the 1st, so I still believe we're good...we'll see. 🙂

 

Thanks you guys, good evening to you in Singapore, and again please keep up the updating of the timelines--has been a great blessing for us! 🙏

 

Haney & Duane

 

Hello there,

@toocold is right. Not sure about others, but I played it safe and only booked and went for my medical after receiving Packet 3. As my appointment was the very next day, Fullerton asked me to email them the official Embassy letter included in Packet 3, along with the pre-registration form they sent me. (in advance)

I think you should be receiving Packet 3 very soon. Good luck! 

8 hours ago, Teyci said:

Hello there!  Imgoing through somewhat similar dilemma now.  We (myself and son) went for our interview on 10 Oct.  Interview went great ..CO was very pleasant and nice.  At the end of the interview, the officer said our documents are complete and we should receive our visa/passports  in a weeks time.

 

Our case was updated from AP (12 OCT) to Issued (16 OCT)  but  until today ARAMEX hasnt  received our passports  

I know others got their passport the following day after their status changed to ISSUED.   I've been calling ARAMEX every day and checking UStraveldocs link to check updates but no luck.

 

 

 

 

Oh dear, sorry to hear about that. Same here, I breezed through the interview and was approved by the CO at counter 8. The local CO at counter 7 was polite and nice as well.

Did you try calling and emailing the US Embassy about your concern? They are pretty prompt with replies. Good luck and hope you receive your passport back soon!

7 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

Same thing happened to us, but in Auckland!   Fiancé had his medical on 9/24.   Auckland is one of the consulates that scheduled your interview for you, and it happened to be for three days later, on the 27th.  Medical report arrived at the consulate on the 28th, and the visa was in hand on 10/8.   The CEAC status bizarrely went from “AP” to “Application Received,” back to AP, then finally to issued.   

 

It was a nerve-wracking few days, but the CO had assured him that everything else looked good, so we assumed it would be approved.

 

Good luck during this final wait!   

Thank you for sharing your experience! That sounds exacty like my scenario. Looking at you fiancé's timeline, I have a feeling my visa would be issued Monday or Tuesday.

Just one final hurdle to overcome. Congratulations to your fiancé receiving his visa! Happy for you both.

Exactly! Yes, prior to my medical, I had read a lot of negative reviews here on this forum about Fullerton Healthcare. Thus, I was super wary and took the advice of some Singaporean VJ-ers to call them couple of times over the week regarding updates on the delivery of the medical. Thing is, when you call them, you are directed to their call centre, not the clinic. So, miscommunication between the call centre and clinic is not uncommon. 😩

Thank you so much. Best of luck to you too! I hope your medical goes well, and your visa would be approved with zero delays. Please feel free to PM me if you have any other concerns. Take care!

9 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

Greenbaum's Tips:  If your medical/Embassy require that the medical facility transport your medical results then you should consider at LEAST a bare minimum window of 14 business days for that to happen. Don't a$$|u|me that because you want to "rush" things and go outside their regiment that they are going to cow tow to your wishes. They have procedures and others that they have to keep moving along and if you come in with wanting to change that, don't be so surprised that it didn't work for you. Your failure to plan is not their responsibility to drop everything for you. People think!

 

If your medical facility works under the premise that the beneficiary will hand carry the medical results to the interview then it is advisable to plan at least 3 business days between interview and medical in the event that something gets delayed. Most times the delay is short a day or two. Not a big deal.

 

 'Poor planning on your part does not necessitate an emergency on mine.'

In my original post, I mentioned I had a very short window of less than 14 days between the receipt of Packet 3 and my interview date. I was only able to schedule my medical 8 working days before my interview. Plus my medical facility takes 7-10 working days to deliver the medical to the Embassy. Please read carefully. Thanks.

10 minutes ago, BJ & Christine said:

With medical being delivered the next day. They need to look that over and make sure it's ok. Then they will send ur visa. I'd give it another week as it states that u should schedule medical minimal of 14 days before the interview. 

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I had a short window of less than 14 days between the receipt of Packet 3/4  and my interview date. I had my medical done one day after receiving Packet 4. 

2 minutes ago, toocold said:

Sorry, I meant medical on 24 Oct*** and visa interview on 7 Nov. Typo in my prev post.

That's 10 working days - you should be fine. I only had 8 working days from medical to interview.

However, I would still strongly encourage you to call the clinic once every couple of days to confirm the medical is on its way, and remind them to deliver it before your interview date. 

Hello everyone,

I had my K1 visa interview last Tuesday, 9th October 2018 at the US Embassy in Singapore. The interview went exceedingly well, and it was over in 10 minutes. The consul did not even ask to see any relationship evidence. 

However, my medical was not delivered in time for the interview - it was delivered one day later, on 10th October. The consul told me aside from the medical report they were waiting on, my case looked good and I should expect to receive my visa on hand in about a week's time.

My visa status on the CEAC website is still in Administrative Processing - my case was updated twice, on 12th and 17th October. I am kind of in limbo right now. It has been 9 working days since my interview. I've checked with a fellow Singaporean VJ-er who had her interview on the same day as I did, and her visa was promptly issued Monday, 15th October.

P.S: If it was not for Fullerton Healthcare's negligence and inefficiency (!!!), I probably would have received my visa days ago. Singaporean filers, please be wary of Fullerton Healthcare. They have caused much distress. As I had a very short window between receiving Packet 3 and the Interview date (less than 14 days), I had to rush to have my medical done. I called Fullerton daily to remind them to expedite my report, but clearly it did not help.

Would really appreciate if anyone here could give me an idea of when I should expect my visa status to change to 'Issued'? Surely a one-day delay of medical report delivery would not have such an impact on the processing time?

Thank you!