Had my CS appointment but still have questions about the I-693?

[RUSSandRACHEL 3]

Hi everyone,

I had my appointment with Dr Noel Smith in New York City yesterday. What an experience! (One of which I'll write a little report about on the thread with the list of Civil surgeons on it) Anyway, my two outstanding vaccinations after my UK medical were MMR and Tdap. Before making my POE I visited my nurse back home in England who gave me the MMR and Td/IPV as she didn't have the adult Pertussis (ap) vaccine available.

So, I was expecting to have the Tdap vaccine yesterday but it turns out that the Civil Surgeon I met with didn't make me have the missing pertussis vaccine after all and instead, told me my vaccination history is now complete. However, she really was quite aggressive and gave me the hard sell, saying how I need the full exam, then when I refused she said I needed a skin test (which I told her no thanks) and then she tried to give me a blood test for syphillis (which I also told her no thanks). She got really defensive and snapped 'don't come back and blame me if you get an RFE!'.

So now Im thinking, was she right? I'm pretty sure that I've already had everything in London and that all I needed for AOS was to complete my vaccinations.

So what about the rest of the I-693 form she filled in? It would be blank. Is that ok? She's given me a sealed copy for USCIS and a personal copy for myself and she's just filled in the vaccination section in Part 2, no. 5 and Part 5 - the Civil Surgeons Certification. I filled in all of my details in Part 1 and also the date of my medical exam.

Will this all suffice? I'm just stressing about it all now. This office was really not the most professional of places and a million miles apart from Knightsbridge Doctors in London.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!!!

[HeatDeath 430]

No, that sounds OK. That's all they filled out on my I-693 - Part 1, 2:vaccination page, and 5 - and my AOS was approved in under 90 days with no interview. If she marked vaccination history complete you should be fine.

[Jo & Danny 0]

Hi everyone,

I had my appointment with Dr Noel Smith in New York City yesterday. What an experience! (One of which I'll write a little report about on the thread with the list of Civil surgeons on it) Anyway, my two outstanding vaccinations after my UK medical were MMR and Tdap. Before making my POE I visited my nurse back home in England who gave me the MMR and Td/IPV as she didn't have the adult Pertussis (ap) vaccine available.

So, I was expecting to have the Tdap vaccine yesterday but it turns out that the Civil Surgeon I met with didn't make me have the missing pertussis vaccine after all and instead, told me my vaccination history is now complete. However, she really was quite aggressive and gave me the hard sell, saying how I need the full exam, then when I refused she said I needed a skin test (which I told her no thanks) and then she tried to give me a blood test for syphillis (which I also told her no thanks). She got really defensive and snapped 'don't come back and blame me if you get an RFE!'.

So now Im thinking, was she right? I'm pretty sure that I've already had everything in London and that all I needed for AOS was to complete my vaccinations.

So what about the rest of the I-693 form she filled in? It would be blank. Is that ok? She's given me a sealed copy for USCIS and a personal copy for myself and she's just filled in the vaccination section in Part 2, no. 5 and Part 5 - the Civil Surgeons Certification. I filled in all of my details in Part 1 and also the date of my medical exam.

Will this all suffice? I'm just stressing about it all now. This office was really not the most professional of places and a million miles apart from Knightsbridge Doctors in London.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!!!

My husband was required to do a syphillis test, unless you had one already you might get a RFE.

[RUSSandRACHEL 3]

My husband was required to do a syphillis test, unless you had one already you might get a RFE.

Thanks Jo and Danny, but I already had a blood test in London with my visa medical and had to sign a form stating that it was to detect Syphillis and HIV. So if I had it I wouldnt have even got a K1 interview.

Thanks HeatDeath, thats so good to hear. It always makes you second guess everything. Im so thankful for VJ!