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US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionVISA on Hand from the KYIV Embassy
I realize Yana was getting a K1, but how did her medical go? What do they do there? How long did it take her to schedule an appointment? Vaccinations?

We are applying for I130, but I think the medical is about the same

Thanks
ribkiMaleUkraine2007-04-12 01:53:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionKyiv, Ukraine, medical exam
I am looking for some information about medical exams in Kyiv, Ukraine. We are filing for I130, so the medical will be a little different than for K1, but still... :help:

I would like to know the following

1. How long did it take to schedule an appointment? Is it a week time wait or more?

2. How long did the medical last?

3. What was done during the medical? Tests? General medical history? Any tricky questions asked?

4. What vaccinations did the doctor say were absolutely necessary and which ones were waved?

5. When did you get the results?

6. I know the embassy gives a list of things to bring to the medical. Did you need anything extra?

7. How long the medical is good for? I am trying to decide whether to schedule an appointment before we get an official notification from the embassy about our I130 approval. My husband got the case number when he applied and was told that the Adam Walsh check will take about 2 weeks.

Thanks a lot.
ribkiMaleUkraine2007-04-12 02:12:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionNew process for scheduling intetviews in Kiev?
A little update on the call center in Kyiv, Ukraine. DO NOT CALL them the same day you got your I130 approval notification, especially, if it was emailed to you. I did and they told me that our information was not passed to the call center by the embassy yet. That took about 4 minutes of my 8 minute card. The lady took all of my info before she informed me of that.

By the way, if you are paying with the credit card be prepared to wait a long time before they give you an option to do that. It took about 5-6 minutes for me to finally get the prompt. Thankfully, you are not starting to pay until they connect you to the operator.

Apparently, the call center workers were not prepped for this transition from email to phone interview scheduling properly. The lady on the phone did not know much about different kinds of immigration visas. I am going to call them again today or tomorrow and will update this thread again.
ribkiMaleUkraine2007-04-26 03:50:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionNew process for scheduling intetviews in Kiev?
We used this call center already to make an appointment to submit our I130. It was free back then. You have to make sure your phone can handle going through a menu. Not all phones in Ukraine are capable of that. It's related to tone and pulse dialing.

They prompt "If you want to speak English press 1". "If you want to schedule a non immigrant interview press 3".... They might have improved it, but at the time there was no English menu even if you chose it. So it might be easier to just call from Ukraine.

My husband called them twice. The first time he spoke to a lady who did not really speak English well. The second time he spoke to another lady and she was much better. He had to give his passport number, but maybe they ask for a case number instead when you have it.
ribkiMaleUkraine2007-04-17 03:58:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionKyiv, Ukraine, medical exam
My wife had her medical exam on Friday in Kyiv. This post adds some info not detailed earlier in case there are others who might benefit. Before all this, my wife did not have any vaccination records with a stamp from a medical clinic but she did have her medical records and from them compiled a list of the vaccinations. And with a little "encouragement" from her mother, the polyclinic in her hometown agreed to compile the list and put the clinic stamp on it. Thanks to this, my wife had an official document that showed her immunizations even though the polyclinic didn't really want to make this document. They, too, had some records but they often don't want to do their jobs unless you provide some financial encouragement. Fortunately, my wife didn't have to have any additional vaccines. The vaccines, though, can cost as much as 600 hryvnya (more than $120) if some are required. The exam now costs $75 and should be paid in US dollars.

My wife called before going, and it was basically that she could come any day she wanted but some days had a lot of people signed up already. This clinic does medical exams for four embassies. So she asked for a day that not many people were scheduled to come but still around 80 or so people were there when she got there. It seems there is no sense in trying to get there very early because if they let you in the line (they stop accepting people at noon or so), they will do your exam. They basically just stop taking people in the line and make sure everyone gets through who is in line. I don't recommend coming very late, though. They might just turn you away. Test results are then made available by 3:00 or a little later. So no matter what, you are going to have to sit there and wait. This clinic is not very conveniently located so plan to just stay there until results are ready. The taxi-van #198 goes straight there from the main train station.

There are four basic exams: a blood test, X-ray (which they give you in a big envelope), a simple physical exam (listening to hearts and lungs only), and a simple eye exam. She did not have a urine test. There may be something different for other kinds of visas. We are applying for an IR-1. They do ask what kind of visa you are applying for.

They asked if she had ever used drugs, been suicidal, ever been in the hospital.

They gave her a sealed envelope to take to the interview and we got a copy of the vaccination chart in English which we may need in America for some other bureaucratic hoop to jump through. Except for the blood test, she was told everything was fine. Since you have to wait for blood test results, they just hand you the sealed enveloped and you don't see a doctor after that. I guess you have to assume everything is OK.

In other matters, the Call Center they are now using for appointments is becoming a pain. We have called twice trying to make an appointment but they say they still say our info is not in the computer even though the embassy has said they sent the info. So, once you get approval of your petition, don't try to make the appointment the day you get the approval. Otherwise, you'll get to donate $12 to the Call Center.
ribkiMaleUkraine2007-04-29 08:53:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionKyiv, Ukraine, medical exam
That's what I was afraid of...

I have also noticed that your interview date is May 3. Is it the wait time at the embassy or did you just pick it yourself?

Thanks again.
ribkiMaleUkraine2007-04-12 16:05:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionKyiv, Ukraine, medical exam
Thank you, fwaguy, for your response.

I have a question about #2. Was it really necessary to arrive that early? Are there that many people? Or is it just because she came from Lviv on the train and went directly to the clinic? I kind of hoped they would just tell me what time to come. Is it one of those places where people who come first get served first?

Thanks
ribkiMaleUkraine2007-04-12 11:28:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionKyiv, Ukraine, medical exam
I am looking for some information about medical exams in Kyiv, Ukraine. We are filing for I130, so the medical will be a little different than for K1, but still... helpsmilie.gif

I would like to know the following

1. How long did it take to schedule an appointment? Is it a week time wait or more?

2. How long did the medical last?

3. What was done during the medical? Tests? General medical history? Any tricky questions asked?

4. What vaccinations did the doctor say were absolutely necessary and which ones were waved?

5. When did you get the results?

6. I know the embassy gives a list of things to bring to the medical. Did you need anything extra?

7. How long the medical is good for? I am trying to decide whether to schedule an appointment before we get an official notification from the embassy about our I130 approval. My husband got the case number when he applied and was told that the Adam Walsh check will take about 2 weeks.

Thanks a lot.
ribkiMaleUkraine2007-04-12 02:14:00