Please Help! Wife on K3...another medical for AOS?????

[scott300hp 0]

My wife is here on K3 status. She is Filipina and had her medical exam in Manila on 4/21/06. When she finished that exam, the only thing she was given was a "Vaccination Documentation Worksheet" that states what vaccinations were given and what she still needs.

I understand that when applying for AOS, she needs to have a I-693 filled out by a civil surgeon. I contacted my local civil surgeon and they said it would be over $400 for another medical. They said that if I had proof that she already had the blood work and full physical done, it would be considerably less. I explained that as an applicant for a K3 visa she had to undergo a complete medical exam at St. Lukes in the Philippines to obain her visa.

(I mean, she couldn't even be here in the US unless she did that medical exam!!)

The problem is, she was never given proof of the blood work, eye testing, or urine analysis that she had done at St. Lukes....only the vaccination documentation worksheet. And since then, my wife has been to the local health dep. to have the other neccessary shots.

My question is....does my wife need to have another "full physical" with all the bloodwork again? Is that normal?

I thought I read on here that someone just took their "Vaccination Documentation Worksheet" to the civil surgeon, payed $70, and had a I-693 supplemental form filled out.

Help!! What do I do here? I don't want to have any uneccessary exams or costs!! Any feedback would be much appreciated.

[Reba 2]

if the K3 medical exam was done less than a year before you send in your AOS applications she does not need another medical. She'll just need the vaccination supplement with the new vaccinations listed. that's it.

If the civil surgeon that you spoke to won't do it without another exam, find another one who will.

[Leasel7 1]

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/i-693faq.htm

If you were admitted to the United States as a fiance(e) (K-1), child of a fiance(e) (K-2), Spouse of a U.S. citizen (K-3), or child of K-3 (K-4), and received a medical examination prior to admission, then you do not require another medical examination as long as your application for adjustment of status (Form I-485) is filed within one year of your overseas medical examination. You will, however, be required to submit a vaccination supplement with our adjustment of status application. The vaccination supplement must be completed by a designated civil surgeon.

This is straight from the USCIS website. My husband came here on a K1; we called around and found a civil surgeon's office where they understood what we needed and quoted a price on doing just the vaccination supplement; I had spoken to at least one civil surgeon's office that just wanted to quote me a price for the whole exam. I suggest that you shop around for another civil surgeon, or if you have no other choice, call them back and explain what you need. If you take in the vaccination worksheet and the evidence of the vaccinations your wife had here in the US, that should be all the civil surgeon needs to fill out the I-693A.

[scott300hp 0]

Just wanted to thank you both for your input. Since this was posted we found a civil surgeon who charged us $53 to fill out the I-693A supplemental form. That's it. It's this kind of feedback from members that makes this website so helpful. Thanks again.

[iceyspots 0]

Is there anyway that the doctor that did the original exam still has records?

[Reba 2]

they should still have the records. Call and ask.

I got duplicates of my exam sent to me for I think it was $40

[Leasel7 1]

Just wanted to thank you both for your input. Since this was posted we found a civil surgeon who charged us $53 to fill out the I-693A supplemental form. That's it. It's this kind of feedback from members that makes this website so helpful. Thanks again.

You're welcome! I'm glad you were able to find a civil surgeon who would do the I-693A at a reasonable price. I was just as confused as you were about the whole vaccination supplement thing, and was helped by others here in this forum, so I am thankful as well.

[Melia11 0]

I had very annoying experience, My fiancee is on a k-1 visa. We went to see the civil surgeon and told him that she didn't need the exam only the vaccination, but he told me she did. I eved brought a printout of the instuctions as proof, but he still insisted on having an exam. I didn't know what to do, so we just went ahead with it. We brought only the vaccination documents. He told me that he needed proof that she already had the exam, which we didn't have. In the end I had to fork over about 250 bucks.

But in other threads I've read that some people have recieved RFEs for the medical exam, even though they didn't need to include one, so I guess it's better safe than sorry to just have one.

I HATE ALL THESE DAMN FORMS!!!!!!!!!!!