US Embasssy immigration interviews

eperey · Aug 27, 2005

Hi,
They expect you to have your medical at the NUffield private clinics it costs around £175 per adult and £135 per child. I was advised to have all titres done in preparation and no 2002 are no good for HEP B titres, make sure you get proof of your chicken pox immunity.
The Nuffield centres I believe are in London, Edinburgh and Birmingham

Thank you madwife2002. I have read that info too in US Embassy, London website and I will follow that. I'm still awaiting for the notice of medical and interview...:)

suehp · Aug 27, 2005

I was told there was some confusion with my application (dont know why) - anyway there is a delay with my interview date...however in this email from them I was told to book the medicals which I have done and got them at Edinburgh for the 15th September. Cost (which you have to pay for when you book) is £179 for adults and £82 for children under the age of 14.

As a general rule the Embassy usually interview within 2 weeks of medicals BUT for some reason I am being told that my interview will be in October or November. SO dont always assume that this will be the case :crying2:

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Aug 28, 2005

I was told there was some confusion with my application (dont know why) - anyway there is a delay with my interview date...however in this email from them I was told to book the medicals which I have done and got them at Edinburgh for the 15th September. Cost (which you have to pay for when you book) is £179 for adults and £82 for children under the age of 14.
As a general rule the Embassy usually interview within 2 weeks of medicals BUT for some reason I am being told that my interview will be in October or November. SO dont always assume that this will be the case

God it is just not easy, wont they tell you why?

Couldn't they fit you in in London, fancy having to got to Edinburgh that is just too far for us as we live as far south as you can go. We would have to fly and that would cost us a fortune. Money money money I had to pay out again yesterday for a notary £63 :stone then I have to have yet another set of fingerprints. This is all for my licence endorsement from NM to AZ. Then I looked at my police clearance and saw they had miss spelt my name, so have to sort that out on tuesday. The reciept has the correct spelling but the official document is incorrect. Feel a little bit frazzeled myself at moment running here and there to make sure all is in place. I can praise OGP because they give you idiot guidelines through the process, they prepare you for every eventualitly along the way. Lists and lists of instructions and paperwork. Really cant complain.

soopoo · Aug 28, 2005

Hi,
Sorry to ask but couldnt you go to London, Edinburgh seems so far away. I believe you have to have your medical prior to US embassy interview you need to phone embassy and let them know your problem. Oh yes almost forgot either a heaf test or mantoux test result, which for me has proved impossible because the testing vaccine has been withdrawn off shelves by government and they are going to be starting testing again in oct. I believe it is going to be mantoux testing rather than heaf and that half the nurses have had the training. I am going to Harley Street on tues to pay privately for the mantoux test. You need to have this test done prior to medical chest xray. Most Uk nurses will prove positive for TB as we have all had BCG's, so then we have to fill in paperwork with a GP ect to state good health. If you do not have your matoux/heaf test done prior to US medical and chest xray then you will have to have repeat chest xray after the test if it tests positive, ehich of course it is going to.
You will need all titres which include Chicken pox, measles, mumps, rubella, Hep B. I believe pre existing conditions providing they are not contagious are ok.
Hope I helped
Kay

Believe it or not it is easier to get to Edinburgh because we can get cheap flights from Bristol and the Nuffield centre is only 10 minutes from the airport! It is almost impossible to get a medical before the interview dates at the moment due to 500+ backlog. Nuffield have told me that they are in negotiation with the Embassy and are trying to recruit more doctors to cope. The Embassy have said to attend the interview as planned. It addresses this on its web site under FAQ, but it doesn't say if you have to attend again (the embassy) once they receive your medical reports. I have e miled them to enquire what happens, but they don't always respond if they think you can find the answer to your enquiry on the web site.No doubt they will tell us when we go to the interview. My understanding is the X ray is to detect TB which negates the need for heaf test etc. I have had blood tests done to prove immunity, but I'm still anxious about the pre-existing medical conditions as others have posted tat they had to send reports by fax from their GPs. When I find out by attending the interview and medicals I'll let you know. best wishes, and thank you, Sue.

suzanne4, RN · Aug 28, 2005

If you have had a BCG shot in the past, you can skip the Mantoux and just have the chest x-ray. You do not need to have both.

Scalene · Aug 28, 2005

Ill be having my interview on the 24th of september, I ve booked my appointment for medicals in edinburgh as well, which is quite far, have to take a flight and its really costly, but as far as i know the embassy will still interview you eventhough you haven`t had the medicals, and they`ll just wait before they approve the VISA after you`ve done the medicals,and Nuffield knows about this, they are just fully booked for the whole of september. I am planning to cancel my appointment, cause im really not in a hurry to go, i wanted to spend christmas here, moreover Nuffield says that by this coming week, they might have schedule for october, so if i can get a first week schedule on october, i might take that. My agency told me as well, that it doesnt matter if you have the MEdicals after the interview, it will just take abit more time because the embassy will be waiting for your results, and if there are no health related issues you will have the VISA for sure.

suehp · Aug 28, 2005

God it is just not easy, wont they tell you why?
Couldn't they fit you in in London, fancy having to got to Edinburgh that is just too far for us as we live as far south as you can go. We would have to fly and that would cost us a fortune. Money money money I had to pay out again yesterday for a notary £63 :stone then I have to have yet another set of fingerprints. This is all for my licence endorsement from NM to AZ. Then I looked at my police clearance and saw they had miss spelt my name, so have to sort that out on tuesday. The reciept has the correct spelling but the official document is incorrect. Feel a little bit frazzeled myself at moment running here and there to make sure all is in place. I can praise OGP because they give you idiot guidelines through the process, they prepare you for every eventualitly along the way. Lists and lists of instructions and paperwork. Really cant complain.

No they wont tell me why which why I wonder whether it has been sitting on someone 's desk!!! I just got a lone lined email to tell me (again ) that my interview will be october or november but being the ever optimist I am still hoping for the end of september!! LOL

This whole journey for me ahs been 3 yrs in september and everyhting that could go wrong has gone wrong which has led to huge delays so I am hoping for some luck on my side now 0 I feel that I deserve it now!!! :rotfl:

Belinda-wales, RN · Aug 30, 2005

Hi everyone,

Sat and passed nclex in april all paper work filed just waiting for medical and visa , any hope of going in the next 6-9 mths?

Silverdragon102, BSN · Aug 30, 2005

Hi everyone,
Sat and passed nclex in april all paper work filed just waiting for medical and visa , any hope of going in the next 6-9 mths?

hope you do manage it, depends on how quick your stuff gets to the embassy in London and how quick they are giving out interview dates.

Best of luck

cariad · Aug 30, 2005

things change constantly, when we went to the embassy, the medical was scheduled the same day at a private clinic not too far from the embassy, we had the interview then the medical, and as long as the medical is okay then you get the visa sent to you within 24hours. even if you now dont have the medical until after the interview, it just means that you wait until the medical is done before the embassy issue you with the visa. we never had to return then either. when you get the medical they do an x-ray there and give you the x-rays to take in your hand luggage as immigration may want to see them. we still have ours as no-one was interested in them. just make sure that you have copies of titres taken from your doctor to say that you have had every childhood disease, they will include, chickenpox, rubella, diptheria, a tetorifice,( up to date ), hep b up to date, if you dont have proof that its all up to date or you havent had them, then you will have to have the vaccinations at the medical and they will charge you a fortune for them....and all the vaccinations have to be in place for kids as well....even hep b. so it is wothwhile starting the course early for them.

and even although theoretically uk nurses have bcg's done and have positive results to mantoux, the hospital that you are going to work at will insist that you have it done again. I have just had to have it re-done in work as its 12 months since the last one, its routine for us nurses and they dont take into account that we have been vaccinated, also there is the chance that you need it re-done anyway.

christine

Believe it or not it is easier to get to Edinburgh because we can get cheap flights from Bristol and the Nuffield centre is only 10 minutes from the airport! It is almost impossible to get a medical before the interview dates at the moment due to 500+ backlog. Nuffield have told me that they are in negotiation with the Embassy and are trying to recruit more doctors to cope. The Embassy have said to attend the interview as planned. It addresses this on its web site under FAQ, but it doesn't say if you have to attend again (the embassy) once they receive your medical reports. I have e miled them to enquire what happens, but they don't always respond if they think you can find the answer to your enquiry on the web site.No doubt they will tell us when we go to the interview. My understanding is the X ray is to detect TB which negates the need for heaf test etc. I have had blood tests done to prove immunity, but I'm still anxious about the pre-existing medical conditions as others have posted tat they had to send reports by fax from their GPs. When I find out by attending the interview and medicals I'll let you know. best wishes, and thank you, Sue.

suzanne4, RN · Aug 30, 2005

In the US, it is mandatory of all healthcare workers that they have either a TB skin test or a chest x-ray minimum of once per year.

ClaireMacl · Aug 31, 2005

That's interesting to me, because a few months ago, quite a few of our nurses got letters that we may have been exposed to open TB, the name of the patient wasn't stated and I don't know of one of the ED nurses who actually attended for screening... we all had our levels checked at the beginning of employment and weren't symptomatic.

The only checks we have for TB is scar checks, I have two, once in childhood, the other as a teenager, noone has questioned them since!

In the US, it is mandatory of all healthcare workers that they have either a TB skin test or a chest x-ray minimum of once per year.