1 /5 Razvan Popa: I had scheduled my immigration medical exam weeks in advance, only to arrive and be told that the doctor was not there and they couldnt see me. When I inquired why I wasn’t contacted with at least an alternative, they mentioned that I had not provided a local number for them to reach.
The cost of sending an SMS to an international number like mine would have been negligible, and I would have gladly covered that cost myself. They also never requested my email address as an alternative contact method. Whats even more frustrating is that my partner had to take a half day off to drive me there, all for nothing.
I later realized I dodged a bullet. They were going to charge me 570 US Dollars for the exam and two vaccines, a fee much lower at the clinic I ultimately chose.