Our Civil Surgeon experience so far - RFC

[Copperblade 0]

I'm in the DC metro area, in Maryland. I found a place in Beltsville that has two civil surgeons. I call them up one day and everything seemed to be ok. I asked when the civil surgeons would be in, since they are different doctors working there. They told me that all the doctors there were allowed to sign because they worked "under" the civil surgeons. Well, I don't really know about this--I mean the form DOES state that the doctor is signing under penalty of perjury that they are a civil surgeon.

So I go there today, and they say they do hundreds of these per year and that's ok. Fine, ok I'm willing to go along with that. But then when I try to explain to them that I only need the vaccinations done, they tell me that they can't do that. I insist that she's only required to get the vaccinations done, but again they say they can't do that. So I say, fine, I'm not going to try to force anyone to do it the way I want to if that's your policy, but don't tell me that it's required by law because I have the requirements right here. I also say that I'm not asking anyone to sign off on anything they didn't do--only the vaccination part needs to be filled out.

Well the difference between the full test and only vaccinations is $100. At the time I was willing to just accept that and get it done. Although I didn't tell them this, all the paperwork that was done for her physical in Indonesia was taken by the embassy (and I presume included in the packet given to immigration when she got here). So we don't have any proof of her physical in Indonesia. We neglected to bring a photo ID for her, so we ended up just taking the paperwork home.

So what's up? Is this place fishy, or legit? In particular, I would like to know if we need to get the full thing done anyway since we don't have any of the documentation from her previous physical. The instructions say you only need the vaccinations within one year, but will they go back and be able to reference the previous documents or would we need to submit copies of those (which we don't have)? And is it really legit that other doctors can sign because they work "under" the civil surgeons?

Edited February 21, 2010 by Copperblade

[VanessaTony 3,567]

You're correct, only the CS himself can sign.

The medical is in the paperwork handed in at POE so yes it gets put with the I-693 vaccination part.

The place is obviously just used to ripping people off and getting away with it.

I would try and find another place if you can... it's just not worth the risk. I would also call and report the civil surgeon place for having other people sign instead of the CS himself. It's like telling me that the receptionist can sign it because she works there... how does she know the rules and regulations?

** moving to "Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from Family Based Visas" from "Adjustment of Status Case Filing and Progress Reports" as the place it WAS in is for updates, not questions. **

Edited February 21, 2010 by Vanessa&Tony

[Justine+David 218]

check out this thread:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...231026&st=0

there's a couple of MD/VA places listed for $50 or less.

[Copperblade 0]

Thanks. How would I go about reporting them about the non authorized signatures? I don't want to make any assumptions of malice, but I really don't want them to continue to do this and potentially mess things up for people. After all, I know my AOS is around $1k and not worth the risk for me.