Medical Clearance!!!

I received this e-mail this morning:

"The Office of Medical Services has informed us that you have received your medical clearance. Over the next few weeks, your file will be reviewed by the Assessment & Placement Staff for further evaluation. This includes evaluation of technical skills, suitability and legal information. Upon completion of the assessment, you may be considered for an invitation. Please keep in mind that this stage in the process can be competitive as there are typically two applicants nominated for each spot available. Given this, an invitation is never guaranteed and applicants should make no plans to go overseas unless an invitation has been issued and you have spoken to headquarters staff to accept your invitation."

Woohoo! I haven't received the letter in the mail yet, but e-mail is good enough! I'm really excited. Hopefully I'll hear from my Placement Officer soon!

:)

Peace

Medical...Complete?

I received an email from PC at 5 AM saying they've updated my application status and to check my toolkit...then I see this:

"Medical Complete. A decision has been reached regarding your medical review. Please look for a letter in the mail."

I can't believe it! I received dental clearance a few weeks ago, but like I said in my previous post, I was ready to wait until at least February, which is 4 months prior to my scheduled departure date, to receive any information regarding my full medical clearance.

I'll be anxiously waiting for a letter in the mail during the next couple of days. I still have a legal hold on my account. I'm guessing it's because they do a background check after you've been medically cleared. Is this accurate?

Great, now I can't sleep! But I'm happy a decision has been reached. Hopefully it's a good one!
I'll keep you guys posted.

Peace!

PC medical clearance update!

I submitted my medical paperwork on September 30th. Two days ago, Oct 7th, I had an update on my toolkit: "Complete. Peace Corps has completed your dental review. There are no dental holds on your account at this time."

Today I log on and this came up: "Peace Corps received the results of your physical exam on October 8, 2009. If the program you are nominated for is not scheduled to leave in the next 4 months you may not hear from Medical until the time of departure is closer. Currently those programs scheduled to leave in the next 4 months are being reviewed. For applicants leaving within 4 months Peace Corps may request additional medical information. Please respond quickly to these requests."

My nomination is for June 2010 so I guess this is what everyone refers to your patience being tested by all the waiting! If they don't review your medical packet until 4 months prior to departure date, I won't hear anything again until February or so. Ahhhh!!! (breathe in, breathe out... I just need to remind myself to do that!)

How is everyone else doing on their timeline?

Peace!