All immigrant visa applicants must complete a medical examination prior to their visa interview scheduled at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate. The examination must be completed by an authorized doctor (also known as “panel physician”) located in the country where the interview takes place. This medical examination is designed to screen for certain medical conditions that might make an applicant ineligible for immigrant visa (for example, tuberculosis, syphilis, etc.)
The process of medical examination is different for immigrant visa applicants located abroad and Adjustment of Status applicants physically present in the U.S. This blog post discusses the medical examination conducted abroad. For the medical examination process in the U.S., refer to our Form I-693 article.
The U.S. Department of State provides a list of the doctors authorized to complete immigration medical examinations in different countries. Applicants must contact one of the doctors and schedule an appointment. You must strictly follow the instructions on completing the medical examination for your country. All applicants must bring the following documents to their medical appointment:
- Visa interview appointment letter
- Passport
- Applicant’s all vaccination records (from birth until present)
The results of the medical examination will be either forwarded directly to the US Embassy/Consulate or given to the applicant in a sealed envelope which must be brought to the interview.
Below you can find the medical examination instructions for each U.S. Embassy/Consulate:
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire – ABJ
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates- ABD
Accra, Ghana – ACC
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – ADD
Algiers, Algeria – ALG
Almaty, Kazakhstan – ATA
Amman, Jordan – AMM
Amsterdam, Netherlands – AMS
Ankara, Turkey – ANK
Antananarivo, Madagascar – ANT
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – AKD
Asuncion, Paraguay – ASN
Athens, Greece – ATH
Auckland, New Zealand – ACK
Baghdad, Iraq – BGH
Bangkok, Thailand – BNK
Beirut, Lebanon – BRT
Belgrade, Serbia – BLG
Belmopan, Belize – BLZ
Bern, Switzerland – BEN
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – BKK
Bogota, Colombia – BGT
Bratislava, Slovakia – BTS
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo – BRZ (Immigrant visa applicants residing in Republic of the Congo must attend an in-person visa interview at the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Bridgetown, Barbados – BGN
Brussels, Belgium – BRS
Bucharest, Romania – BCH
Budapest, Hungary – BDP
Buenos Aires, Argentina – BNS
Bujumbura, Burundi – BUJ (Immigrant visa applicants residing in Burundi must attend an in-person visa interview at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya)
Cairo, Egypt – CRO
Caracas, Venezuela – CRS
Casablanca, Morocco – CSB
Chisinau, Moldova – CHS
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico – CDJ
Colombo, Sri Lanka – CLM
Cotonou, Benin – COT
Dakar, Senegal – DKR
Damascus, Syria – DMS
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – DRS
Dhaka, Bangladesh – DHK
Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti – DJI
Doha, Qatar – DOH
Dublin, Ireland – DBL
Dushanbe, Tajikistan – DHB
Frankfurt, Germany – FRN
Freetown, Sierra Leone – FTN
Georgetown, Guyana – GEO
Guangzhou, China – GUZ
Guatemala City, Guatemala – GTM
Guayaquil, Ecuador – GYQ
Hamilton, Bermuda – HML
Havana, Cuba – HAV
Helsinki, Finland – HLS
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – HCM
Hong Kong – HNK
Harare, Zimbabwe – HRE
Islamabad, Pakistan – ISL
Jakarta, Indonesia – JAK
Jerusalem – JRS
Johannesburg, South Africa – JHN
Kabul, Afghanistan – KBL
Kampala, Uganda – KMP (Immigrant visa applicants residing in Uganda must attend an in-person visa interview at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya)
Kathmandu, Nepal – KDU
Khartoum, Sudan – KHT
Kigali, Rwanda – KGL
Kingston, Jamaica – KNG
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo – KIN
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – KLL
Kuwait City, Kuwait – KWT
Lagos, Nigeria – LGS
La Paz, Bolivia – LPZ
Libreville, Gabon – LIB
Lilongwe, Malawi – LIL
Lima, Peru – LMA
Lisbon, Portugal – LSB
Ljubljana, Slovenia – LJU
Lome, Togo – LOM
London, U.K. – LND
Luanda, Angola – LUA
Lusaka, Zambia – LUS
Madrid, Spain – MDD
Managua, Nicaragua – MNG
Manama, Bahrain – MNA
Manila, Philippines – MNL
Monrovia, Liberia – MRV
Montevideo, Uruguay – MTV
Montreal, Canada – MTL
Moscow, Russia – MOS
Mumbai, India – BMB
Muscat, Oman – MST
Naha, Japan – NHA
Nairobi, Kenya – NRB
Naples, Italy – NPL
Nassau, The Bahamas – NSS
New Delhi, India – NWD
Niamey, Niger – NMY
Nicosia, Cyprus – NCS
Oslo, Norway – OSL
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – OUG
Panama City, Panama – PNM
Paris, France – PRS
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – PHP
Prague, Czech Republic – PRG
Praia, Cabo Verde – PIA
Pristina, Kosovo – PRI
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – PTP
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – PTM
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – PTS
Rangoon, Burma – RNG
Reykjavik, Iceland – RKJ
Riga, Latvia – RGA
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – RDJ
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – RID
San Jose, Costa Rica – SNJ
San Salvador, El Salvador – SNS
Santiago, Chile – SNT
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – SDO
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – SAR
Seoul, Korea – SEO
Singapore – SGP
Skopje, North Macedonia – SKO
Sofia, Bulgaria – SOF
Stockholm, Sweden – STK
Suva, Fiji – SUV
Sydney, Australia – SYD
Taipei, Taiwan – TAI
Tallinn, Estonia – TAL
Tashkent, Uzbekistan – THT
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (DV, Diversity Visa) – THT
Tbilisi, Georgia – TBL
Tegucigalpa, Honduras – TGG
Tel Aviv, Israel – TLV
Tirana, Albania – TIA
Tokyo, Japan – TKY
Tunis, Tunisia – TNS
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia – ULN
Vancouver, Canada – VAC
Vienna, Austria – VNN
Vientiane, Laos – VNT
Vilnius, Lithuania – VIL
Warsaw, Poland – WRW
Yaounde, Cameroon – YDE
Yerevan, Armenia – YRV
Zagreb, Croatia – ZGB
Related Articles:
I-693 Form – Immigration Medical Exam (for applicants in the U.S.)
DS-260 Form – Step-By-Step Guide
Civil Documents Checklist for Immigrant Visa Application
Consular Processing – How to Apply for Immigrant Visa
