Dr. L E Arnold is no longer in practice!

[392ihc 0]

Greetings my fellow life travelers!

I was counting on using Dr. Arnold to do a I693 (Vaccination Supplement) for my wife before our AOS Interview..........but his phone number has been disconnected and another number gives you the message that he is no longer in practice! So, all the postings on here about depending on him/her as our fall back for the vaccination supplement are now out-of-date.

My wife had her physical in Moscow before her embassy interview and it included the chest x-ray. She had some vaccinations in Moscow and the rest she had here after her arrival. Now we have a date for her interview at the end of this month. The doctor in Moscow gave her a I-693 when she had her physical but not in a sealed envelope. The way he completed the form (with a big wavy line through everything) it appears that he approved her current immunizations....so I used it when we sent the materials for AOS. Four months later now we have no RFE on anything and an interview scheduled for November 30. The instructions say to bring I-693 with us in a sealed envelope. So..........I called Dr. Arnold and now you know the whole story.

What do you think will happen if we do no more than rely on the Doctor's approval from Moscow? Or should we still cover all our bases and find a civil surgeon who will do ONLY the vaccination supplement? And........if this is the advice you give.......please, anyone, tell me of another civil surgeon who will do only the supplement!!!!! All of the ones here that I have called will only do the ENTIRE physical over and include the supplement!! Of course they want between $250. and $300. for this!!!

As always I thank you in advance and remain in your debt for your help!!

Mike

[Nik+Heather 121]

The key words on that interview notice are "Unless already submitted" As part of that POE envelope, they already have the department of state equivalent of the I-693. Furthermore, if they thought it was insufficient, they would have already sent you an RFE. You don't need to go and get a new medical now just for the interview. You fall under "already submitted".

PS: If there is something wrong, they will hand you a paper with what they want - AND you can ask questions about what is needed. It's no big deal, and really easy to deal with. Someone recently bumped the thread that I started so people could share the names of Civil Surgeons who do the vaccine transcription for a reasonable price. see if you can't find someone in your area as a backup.

[Dakine 26]

Greetings my fellow life travelers!

I was counting on using Dr. Arnold to do a I693 (Vaccination Supplement) for my wife before our AOS Interview..........but his phone number has been disconnected and another number gives you the message that he is no longer in practice! So, all the postings on here about depending on him/her as our fall back for the vaccination supplement are now out-of-date.

My wife had her physical in Moscow before her embassy interview and it included the chest x-ray. She had some vaccinations in Moscow and the rest she had here after her arrival. Now we have a date for her interview at the end of this month. The doctor in Moscow gave her a I-693 when she had her physical but not in a sealed envelope. The way he completed the form (with a big wavy line through everything) it appears that he approved her current immunizations....so I used it when we sent the materials for AOS. Four months later now we have no RFE on anything and an interview scheduled for November 30. The instructions say to bring I-693 with us in a sealed envelope. So..........I called Dr. Arnold and now you know the whole story.

What do you think will happen if we do no more than rely on the Doctor's approval from Moscow? Or should we still cover all our bases and find a civil surgeon who will do ONLY the vaccination supplement? And........if this is the advice you give.......please, anyone, tell me of another civil surgeon who will do only the supplement!!!!! All of the ones here that I have called will only do the ENTIRE physical over and include the supplement!! Of course they want between $250. and $300. for this!!!

As always I thank you in advance and remain in your debt for your help!!

Mike

Check these CSs,

http://www.theworldoffilipinas.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19379

[392ihc 0]

AWESOME!!!!!!!! THANKS