Medical Examination Instructions

You are required to have a medical examination in connection with your immigrant visa application to the United States. You should, therefore, make an appointment for a medical examination with one of the doctors (listed over). Please bring your passport(s), 3 recent photographs, and your vaccination records. It is important that you take your vaccination records to the panel physician examination. It is required that the panel physician administers the appropriate vaccines.

If you do not speak English fluently, please take an adult interpreter with you.

Each person immigrating, regardless of age, is required to have a medical examination in connection with the immigrant visa application. An X-ray examination for tuberculosis and a serological test are required for each visa applicant who has reached his or her 15th birthday. In some circumstances, medical examiners may require these tests of persons younger than 15.

A blood test for antibodies to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is required as part of your medical examination if you are age fifteen (15) or older. HIV is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The results of your test will be provided to a consular officer. Also, it may be necessary to report results to Australian health authorities. A positive test result may mean that you will not be eligible to receive a visa.

In most cases the examining physician will return the completed medical report with the results of the chest X-Ray and blood test directly to you. You must bring the medical examination results with you to your formal visa interview. Unless otherwise indicated by the panel physician or by this office, the X-Ray film (or CD) is not required on the day of interview but must be taken to the U.S., retained for your own personal records, and brought to any follow-up medical appointments in the U.S. In certain circumstances the examining physician will send your test results directly to the Consulate.

Medical examination results can take up to two weeks to be completed. They can only be conducted by one of the authorized panel physicians listed over the page. No other physician may perform this examination. Medical examinations cannot be performed in the U.S. An immigrant visa will not be issued without the results of a full medical examination.

Medical reports are valid for six or twelve months from the date of examination, depending on the examination results. Your medical report must be valid at the time of your entry into the US. If the report is valid less than 6mths, your visa will be limited to match the validity of your medical report.

All medical fees are to be paid in cash only on the day of the examination. The U.S. government does not pay medical fees. The medical forms will be provided by your chosen panel physician.