Medical Examinations

Medical exam is required for all Immigrant Visa applicants. Such medical examinations must be performed by one of the following physicians:

Nairobi

International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Migration Health Assessment Center (MHAC)
P.O BOX 55040-00200
4TH Ngong Avenue (next to Williamson House)
Nairobi, Kenya
Landlines: 2720060/1, 2723605, 2735115
Mobile Numbers: 0722879680, 0734444020
Fax: 2722818
Email: mrfnbommsc@iom.int (for appointment and inquiries only)

Mombasa

Dr. Uma Nathwani
City House, Moi Ave.
Mombasa Medical Practice
P. O. Box 80681
Mombasa, Kenya
Tel 041-2222857/8

No other medical examinations are acceptable to the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi

NOTE: The applicants are required to carry along with them on the day of appointment and assessment the following:

• Valid Passport
• You will be required to present your appointment letter and case number from the embassy.  
• Two recent and color passport size photos

The correct medical examination forms (DS-2053) are available at all panet physicians offices. The doctor will require two photographs and the Embassy will require three more photographs.  Applicants will therefore require a total of five photographs.  Completion of the medical and all related tests require at least one week.  Be sure to schedule your medical appointment two weeks before your visa interview date.

Effective on January 4, 2010. Thus, beginning January 4, 2010, HIV testing will no longer be required as part of the U.S. immigration medical screening process and persons with HIV infection will no longer require waiver processing by the Department of Homeland Security to be admitted into the United States.  However the panel physicians will be required to counsel visa applicants who may benefit from having the testing for HIV infection, in such cases the following must be done.

The panel physicians will counsel applicants on HIV and recommend testing to any visa applicants who may benefit from having testing for HIV infection.  A panel physician may also perform the HIV testing if the applicant consents to it , but must disclose to the applicant that the applicant does not have to be tested for HIV and that the results of the IIV test will be provided to the consular section processing his or her visa application as part of the visa medical examination packet of forms.