Folks,
Completed the medicals at Dr.V's office on the 29th June. The entire process was smooth except for the waiting.
I had an appointment for 11:30 a.m. But was called in at 1:30 p.m. But Dr. Vijayalakshmi was really nice. I was asked about the appointment letter, but since I haven't gotten the P4 and also since I did not take a copy of the P4 from the consulate, I showed them the e-mail I received from the consulate. The appointment letter i asked only to verify your case number.
Dr. V was ok with the e-mail I got from the consulate. My wife and me both had our vaccination records. (Before our I-140 approval we were thinking of doing AOS, so did our medicals in the U.S. We were vaccinated for all the immigration requirements in the U.S., so had our records with us.)
We also took the X-rays with us we got from Lister Labs. The X-ray and the report were sealed and was taped with an instruction that it needs to be opened only by the Physician.
Dr. V did the Physical checkup for all the three of us (Me, wife and daughter). She completed the reports in front of us and asked us to take a copy of it from the nearby copier place. I took a copy and returned both the copies and the originals to her.
The originals were then put in an white cover, unsealed and given back to us. I asked if there were any problems, and she said that we were pefectly all-right.
Dr. Vijayalakshmi's office is in Padma Nursing Home. Padma Nursing home is in Poonamallee High road. The landmark for this place is Pachayappa's college.
The Nursing home is on a side street off the Poonamallee High Road.
One more piece of advice to fellow Chennai CPer's : If you have children below 15 for whom you are also applying for an IV please do not take them to the lab. At Lister lab they don't do anything for the children. No blood tests, No X-ray. I didn't know about this and realised only after going there.
Tomorros is my interview and I will post my experiences here. Wish e good luck.
Thanks,
DA