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Medical exam in a different country from the interview?

Key answer

The consulate only cares about the sealed form from an accredited center, not the country: medicals done in Moscow, Almaty or Serbia were accepted at interviews elsewhere. A practical option is to book IOM in the interview city for the day before the appointment, as people did in Warsaw. Keep in mind that the vaccine set differs between centers (Serbia, for example, did not give chickenpox), and then the missing shots are done in the US. At the border they may ask about medical documents - answering that they are in hand was enough.

Community answers

The answers below are translated from the original Russian - the language of the community chats.

  • The consulate does not care where you went through the examination; they just need you to provide a sealed form of the medical examination from an accredited location. It doesn't matter if it's in Moscow or Almaty.

  • We went through the medical check in Serbia, where there is no chickenpox vaccine. At the entrance to Chicago, the border officer asked about the medical documents - I said that my husband had all his medical records, and that satisfied him. Once in the USA, I got the Tdap and flu shots covered by insurance at the nearest pharmacy.

  • The interview date in Warsaw was sent in November, and we immediately scheduled a visa appointment for Spain. We registered for the medical check in Warsaw for January 20, interview was on the 21st. No one had new vaccinations - we brought what we found from childhood and an antibody test. The doctor was friendly and gave everyone the necessary vaccinations for the visa. We spent 2360 zlotys and coped well.

The answers are anonymized community experience from the public chats, not legal advice. Officers may decide similar cases differently.

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