14stripes

we've just got done with our ME. we have to wait for sputum results till January. our PD is Oct '93 and now it's back to Jul '92. What happens to us? We have someone aging out. Should we call to notify them? We're really just waiting for the medical exam results. and they expire in April 2011! So they said we have to leave by then or else we have to repeat the tests. Will we be affected?

what happens when you've already finished your ME and are just waiting for the results (sputum is 10-weeks)? they said our ME expires April 2011. the PD moved back a year!!! will we get delayed????? i have a cousin who's turning 21!!!!!

It doesnt sound like your cousin did any irreparable damage. How did has it ended up working out??

it's on file on the computer. she was asked to take a psychiatric exam and then she asked why. she found out that it was for drug use so she said she did not take any. she had no choice but to talk to the physician. after a debate about everything, she was made to write at the back of the paper with the rest of the signature and immunization that she never smoked weed. and she caught a glimpse of her papers, there didn't seem to be anything additional to it. hopefully the record has been completely been removed already.

now they're just waiting for the negative results on the culture of her parents regarding the sputum exam. hopefully it's negative and they get approved!

I wrote notes up above for you as well. I hope it's all okay for your friend. I think it will be.

yes, thank you so much. me and my cousin are grateful. kind of eases everything up for her, too. i hope you're right. i hope everything will be fine. thank you again.

That way you're not admitting anything, and if they say "yes here on the file she admits to drug use" she can correct it and say she's never done drugs and ask about fixing it. About tests that can run (if possible) and whatever else. She should be REALLY careful when calling, she could end up in a bigger mess than she already is.

yea actually when i read your first response, i figured it might sound fishy as to why she's suddenly clearing everything up. especially since the doctor wasn't even that entirely sure about anything, even when my cousin asked what'll happen. cause after the physical exam, she was sent to the immunization floor, then had a talk with another doctor about her vaccines. nobody gave her instructions. if it was on the file, then the doctor upstairs would've seen it right and would've asked about it?

either way, even if there is a chance things will get cleared up, you reckon it's better not to ask anymore, yea? i think i'm leaning towards telling her that now. but we'll also call to just ask if we can see the full exam results even if it's through the computer monitor only. she still has to go back for vaccines anyway. so, final answer: just not ask, yea?

thanks so much, you've been of the most help, actually. thank you.

Either way, I don't see this ending well if she mentions it. You mentioned that the lady said the doc would mention it to her later? Did the doc mention it to her?

In the event it IS in her file (them having realised the paper "dropped off" and putting a new one there) she has the opportunity to challenge it by stating that there was a miscommunication and *hope* that that is sufficient.

her friend showed it to her and she held it and looked at it, therefore coming in contact with it. but it wasn't burned or anything.

thanks for another insight. she was actually dead set on asking the physician. i actually even encouraged her. but you make strong points.

now we're thinking:

1. IF SHE DOESNT ASK, what if her answer isn't on file like on the computer, so w the paper gone, she's in the clear?

2. IF THEY PUT ANOTHER PAPER, will they ask her about that during the interview or will they outright deny her a visa? Her mom will get mad for sure if they ask that.

3. IF SHE ASKS, at least she could clear things up? Like we were thinking she can come in and just clarify and if she asks about a paper she can just say there wasn't any attached and like that could even clear things up and the physician could take it that she was telling the truth about not smoking it?

i don't even know what to tell her anymore. her next ME is in January so she has like 2 months to stress over it, meaning to stress me about it, too.

As previously reported here, the practice of the panel physicians at St. Luke’s Hospital in Manila is to question visa applicants during the medical evaluation process and then to use the answers to cause the applicant to be barred from the US. Specifically, answers relating to past drug use have been gained by the physicians in confidence, then relayed to embassy officers, causing a bar to admissibility to unsuspecting visa applicants. Thus, instead of preventing only habitual drug offenders from entry to the US, people who have a single instance of drug experimentation are also being barred.

yes I read something about this online. but she hasn't used it at all. now she's bugging me about it to look for solutions online. she wants to go back to the physician to clarify things. plus, she didn't ask in plain English and specific questions. can she just go up to the physician and say something like "excuse me miss, i want to clarify that i dint use it, i just came in contact w it" and if she can check her records to see if the physician included it there?

this isn't me. i would say it's me if it's me because there's anonymity involved anyway.

My cousin's mom's petition's Priority Date is on October 14, 1993.

Their Notice Date of the approval came November 30, 1993.

Is she qualified under CSPA?

My cousin's birthdate is January 2nd, 1989. Her mom has to undergo the sputum exam. So results will be AFTER January 2. Approximately last week of January since they had just finished with the 3day sputum. According to my friend who was also in trouble with aging out and what the hospital told us, they have a grace period of 45 days even after turning 21 to be approved to have a visa. Is that true? If, unfortunately, she only has the 45days thing and is not under CSPA, does that mean she has to leave ASAP or before the 46th day after January 2, her birthday?

We really are confused with the CSPA. Cause it was filed when she was under 21 and only started moving this year, 2010.

Help, please

My cousin had her ME recently. During the session, the physician was talking fast, in phrases, and was barely understandable because of her face mask. She then went on to ask "eh (how about) shabu, marijuana" then my cousin couldn't understand her so she made the physician repeat it. She remembered an incident of when she came in contact with weed so there was a pause, but never smoked it. She said "weed" and then the physician only asked "when" and she said April of 2009. She also asked the physician if that will be of any useful information and she said "i don't know the procedure. the doctors upstairs will ask you questions". So they proceeded with the ME.

Her mom is the beneficiary (my cousin is the derivative) and has to undergo the sputum exam, so that's another 10 weeks. My cousin hasn't gone for her vaccinations yet because of the situation with her mom (her mom being the beneficiary has to finish her results too). Now we have read all the other stuff and immigration lawyers are saying there have been cases regarding St Luke's and their way of asking questions and stuff. Anyway, she noticed a folded paper stapled to her other results and took a peek. It said "substance abuse". She tore the paper off carefully and did not submit it. Now she wants to talk to the physician when she goes back for her vaccines to clarify everything and to make sure nothing on her record says she used drugs.

Does she have grounds to do that? Won't the physician take it against her and put something on her record just to get back at her? I know it may sound absurd but it's not an uncommon occurrence here in the Philippines. She's really concerned it may be a cause for denial.

Also, if unfortunately she cannot reverse her discussion with her physician, is there no way out of it?