The rumors are true, medical clearance is a tedious process that will test your patients. In the initial application there is a thorough questionnaire that needs to be filled out. A “yes” to specific questions throws up a red flag no matter the severity of the situation.With that being said I needed to fill out some initial paperwork, prior to my medical packet, to prove I was healthy and nothing significant was wrong.
After many weeks of wondering if they actually got the paperwork I followed up with the nurse assigned to my application. She called me back after reviewing my paperwork and notified me I would receive the rest of my medical packet in the coming weeks (a word of advice a reasonable amount of follow up and pestering is acceptable to keep your application moving along).
It took me about three weeks to complete all the medical paperwork after receiving it. That was also with some lost results and paperwork mishaps. It was an additional three weeks for the Peace Corps to receive and process the paperwork, at which point they notified me they were reviewing my file and if my departure date was not within the next four months it was going to be a while. And so the wait began…
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