IMMIGRANT VISAS
Other Important Information
Medical Examinations
Before the issuance of an immigrant visa, every applicant, regardless of age,
must undergo a medical examination. The examination will be conducted by a
doctor or clinic designated by the U.S. Embassy. The applicant must pay any
examination costs, and they are in addition to the visa fees. This immigrant
visa unit will provide information regarding the clinics approved by the Health
Service of the United States where you must have a medical examination.
All applicants need to contact directly one of the clinics for a medical appointment.
NOTE: ONLY CONTACT THE MEDICAL CLINIC IF YOU HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OUR
LETTER WITH YOUR APPOINTMENT DATE; OTHERWISE, THE MEDICAL CLINIC WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO HELP YOU.
The medical clinics that are only designated by the U.S. Embassy are the following:
CENTRO DE RADIODIAGNÓSTICO
Alberto Aguilera, 29 (1º izda)
28015 – Madrid
Telephone: 915 474 527 / 649 280 952
UNIDAD MÉDICA ANGLOAMERICANA
Conde de Aranda, 1
28001 – Madrid
Telephone: 914 351 823
The United States immigration law requires immigrant visa applicants to
obtain certain vaccinations (listed below) prior to the issuance of an immigrant
visa. The physicians who conduct medical examinations of immigrant visa
applicants are required to verify that you have met the vaccination requirement,
or that it is medically inappropriate for you to receive one or more of the
listed vaccinations:
In order to assist the physician and avoid delays in the processing of your
immigrant visa, you should have the vaccinations records of all family members
applying for immigration available at the time of the medical examination.
Waivers of the vaccination requirements are available only upon recommendation
of the examining physician. Only the physician can determine which of the
listed vaccinations are medically appropriate for you, given your age and
medical history.
Numerical Limitations
Whenever there are more qualified applicants for a category than there are
available numbers, the category is considered oversubscribed. Immigrant visas
are issued in the chronological order in which the petitions were filed until
the numerical limit for the category is reached. The filing date of a petition
becomes the applicant's priority date. Immigrant visas cannot be issued until an
applicant's priority date is reached. In certain heavily oversubscribed
categories, there may be a waiting period of several years before a priority
date is reached. Check
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html for the latest
priority dates.
Miscellaneous
Since no advance assurance can be given that a visa will be issued, you should not make
any final travel arrangements which cannot be changed, not dispose of your
property, and not to give up your job until the visa has been approved. An
immigrant visa is valid to travel to the U.S. for six months from the issuance
date.
Be sure to notify this office if the circumstances of your visa application have changes.
For example:
With a few exceptions, a person born in the United States has claim to U.S. citizenship. A person born
outside the U.S. may have a claim to U.S. citizenship, under United States law, if either parent was:
A U.S. citizen at the time of their child's birth, and
lived in the United States for a specific period of time prior to the child's birth.
If you may have a claim to United States citizenship, you should not apply for a visa until your citizenship
status has been determined by a consular officer. Please contact the American
Citizens Services unit at the Embassy for adjudication of a claim to US
citizenship.
If you have any children who intend to immigrate with you to the United States,
please be aware that in order to immigrate with you to the United States, your children
must be unmarried, eligible to be listed under your visa classification and
under the age of 21 at the time they enter in the United States. If any of your
children will turn 21 within 60 days, please notify this office.
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