Another Vaccination Question

[meadowzephyr 26]

(sigh) My fiance would like to get his vaccinations done in Mexico, since it will probably be cheaper for us. I don't know how it got pass me that he would eventually have to get vaccinations in the US. I would have got them done at medical, but oh well, water under the bridge.

If he were to get his vaccinations done in Mexico, is there a certain clinic he should go to(he lives in Monterrey)? Will he need to bring the I-693 at that time? Or should he should ask for some sort of proof that he received them and have a civil surgeon sign the I-693 here. We just don't want to get into a situation where the vaccinations would have been for naught, because of lack of documentation. What is the best way of going about this?

Thanks!

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Has he entered the US already? A Mexican doctor cannot fill out I-693. The doctor can just give a receipt/print-out of what shots were given, and you can bring that to a Civil Surgeon in the US. How are you going to know what vaccinations are required, though? Mexico may have different vaccinations than the US, for instance, a MM instead of a MMR. I think getting DIY vaccines in Mexico could easily backfire, no matter what.

[lssnodgrass 1]

travel.state.gov gives you information on the medical vaccination requirements.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

travel.state.gov gives you information on the medical vaccination requirements.

Wading through opaque medical requirements that are dependent on age, history, and time of year, will likely result in errors in interpretation.

[meadowzephyr 26]

Wading through opaque medical requirements that are dependent on age, history, and time of year, will likely result in errors in interpretation.

Wow! I didn't know this. Thanks. I thought this was commonplace. I guess we definitely should have got them done at the same time as the medical. He has not yet entered the US. I thought it was something we could take care of Mexico. Thanks for your suggestion.

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Wow! I didn't know this. Thanks. I thought this was commonplace. I guess we definitely should have got them done at the same time as the medical. He has not yet entered the US. I thought it was something we could take care of Mexico. Thanks for your suggestion.

You could not have gotten them at the medical, so don't beat yourself up about that one. Juarez will not do transcriptions to the DS-3025 or give any vaccinations for a K-1, even if you ask them and offer to pay extra as my husband did. He ended up with a useless, blank DS-3025.

You can get them in Mexico, and if he has vaccination records from his childhood, have him bring those too. He needs the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) and the Tdap(tetanus diphtheria and pertussis), or the TD(tetanus and diphtheria) booster, which also works for the AOS requirement. He will also need the varicella, but if your fiance already had chickenpox, he does not need that one. It is not flu season any longer, so there is nothing you need right now because of the time of year it is. Look up the names of the vaccines in Spanish, and ask the hospital for them in their Spanish names. They will know what they are that way. Get the record of getting them. Have that record translated to English, and take it with you when you see a civil surgeon in the US to transcribe his vaccines to the I-693. The civil surgeon can let you know if he missing any others, but if gets the MMR, and Tdap/TD plus varicella or history of chickenpox, then he probably will not need anything else. You do not have to get them through the civil surgeon and pay more. You can go get them at your own doctor through insurance, if he is added to yours already, or the local health department for cheaper. You can then take those records back to the civil surgeon to have them transcribed onto the I-693 as well and have the civil surgeon finish the form and sign off on it.

My husband got the MMR and TD booster in Mexico, and brought the vaccine record for those plus the records from his childhood (the hospital there might be able to give your fiance a record of his childhood vaccines too, if he had any) with him to the US. He did not need the varicella because he had the chickenpox as a child. He only ended up getting the flu shot at the civil surgeon because it was flu season at the time.

You will most likely have to call around a bit to find a civil surgeon that will not insist on a new medical or paying for one anyway. It is quite frustrating, as the rules for a K-1 seem to confuse too many civil surgeons, or they know the rules and still want to charge you because they can. Good luck!

[meadowzephyr 26]

You could not have gotten them at the medical, so don't beat yourself up about that one. Juarez will not do transcriptions to the DS-3025 or give any vaccinations for a K-1, even if you ask them and offer to pay extra as my husband did. He ended up with a useless, blank DS-3025.

You can get them in Mexico, and if he has vaccination records from his childhood, have him bring those too. He needs the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) and the Tdap(tetanus diphtheria and pertussis), or the TD(tetanus and diphtheria) booster, which also works for the AOS requirement. He will also need the varicella, but if your fiance already had chickenpox, he does not need that one. It is not flu season any longer, so there is nothing you need right now because of the time of year it is. Look up the names of the vaccines in Spanish, and ask the hospital for them in their Spanish names. They will know what they are that way. Get the record of getting them. Have that record translated to English, and take it with you when you see a civil surgeon in the US to transcribe his vaccines to the I-693. The civil surgeon can let you know if he missing any others, but if gets the MMR, and Tdap/TD plus varicella or history of chickenpox, then he probably will not need anything else. You do not have to get them through the civil surgeon and pay more. You can go get them at your own doctor through insurance, if he is added to yours already, or the local health department for cheaper. You can then take those records back to the civil surgeon to have them transcribed onto the I-693 as well and have the civil surgeon finish the form and sign off on it.

My husband got the MMR and TD booster in Mexico, and brought the vaccine record for those plus the records from his childhood (the hospital there might be able to give your fiance a record of his childhood vaccines too, if he had any) with him to the US. He did not need the varicella because he had the chickenpox as a child. He only ended up getting the flu shot at the civil surgeon because it was flu season at the time.

You will most likely have to call around a bit to find a civil surgeon that will not insist on a new medical or paying for one anyway. It is quite frustrating, as the rules for a K-1 seem to confuse too many civil surgeons, or they know the rules and still want to charge you because they can. Good luck!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! That was so informative and helpful.

[paojack 41]

You could not have gotten them at the medical, so don't beat yourself up about that one. Juarez will not do transcriptions to the DS-3025 or give any vaccinations for a K-1, even if you ask them and offer to pay extra as my husband did. He ended up with a useless, blank DS-3025.

You can get them in Mexico, and if he has vaccination records from his childhood, have him bring those too. He needs the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) and the Tdap(tetanus diphtheria and pertussis), or the TD(tetanus and diphtheria) booster, which also works for the AOS requirement. He will also need the varicella, but if your fiance already had chickenpox, he does not need that one. It is not flu season any longer, so there is nothing you need right now because of the time of year it is. Look up the names of the vaccines in Spanish, and ask the hospital for them in their Spanish names. They will know what they are that way. Get the record of getting them. Have that record translated to English, and take it with you when you see a civil surgeon in the US to transcribe his vaccines to the I-693. The civil surgeon can let you know if he missing any others, but if gets the MMR, and Tdap/TD plus varicella or history of chickenpox, then he probably will not need anything else. You do not have to get them through the civil surgeon and pay more. You can go get them at your own doctor through insurance, if he is added to yours already, or the local health department for cheaper. You can then take those records back to the civil surgeon to have them transcribed onto the I-693 as well and have the civil surgeon finish the form and sign off on it.

My husband got the MMR and TD booster in Mexico, and brought the vaccine record for those plus the records from his childhood (the hospital there might be able to give your fiance a record of his childhood vaccines too, if he had any) with him to the US. He did not need the varicella because he had the chickenpox as a child. He only ended up getting the flu shot at the civil surgeon because it was flu season at the time.

You will most likely have to call around a bit to find a civil surgeon that will not insist on a new medical or paying for one anyway. It is quite frustrating, as the rules for a K-1 seem to confuse too many civil surgeons, or they know the rules and still want to charge you because they can. Good luck!

I did the exact same thing, brought my vaccination records from when I was a child and I got the rest of the vaccines I was missing in Mexico. I got them transcribed by the CS with no problems at all and without paying a fortune for it.

He can go to the 'IMSS' or 'ISSSTE' in Mexico and ask for the vaccines, and they usually give you a vaccination record for you to keep. Good luck!

[meadowzephyr 26]

I did the exact same thing, brought my vaccination records from when I was a child and I got the rest of the vaccines I was missing in Mexico. I got them transcribed by the CS with no problems at all and without paying a fortune for it.

He can go to the 'IMSS' or 'ISSSTE' in Mexico and ask for the vaccines, and they usually give you a vaccination record for you to keep. Good luck!

Thanks was another question in my mind. Thanks!