Need help urgently with I-693, vaccination supplement?

[Mel and Rudy 2]

I'm a K-1 applicant. We're about to file for AOS. We have everything but the I-693, vaccination supplement.

All my medicals and vaccinations are already done overseas by the panel physicians chosen by the Consulate but I was not handed a DS-3025 by the physician even after enquiry.

My medical and vaccination records were in the brown visa packet which I handed to the immigration officials at the POE and I was not given anything by them either apart from my passport with the I-94.

I looked up the USCIS website which says K-1 applicants who got their medicals done overseas need only fill Part-I and then Page 4 of the I-693 form which is to do with the vaccinations. (Vaccination supplement)

We're filing from New Jersey.

Now the problem is none of the civil surgeons here are ready to do just the vaccinations alone but they want us to get the entire medicals done again at a ridiculous price. (Cheapest was $400 with a 1 week wait for the results!)

When I say I only want the vaccination supplement, the receptionist tells me, and I quote "You don't know what you are talking about"

We think this is highly unethical and unfair and absolutely do not want to shell out so much money on a procedure that we have already completed.

Is there anyone here who knows a civil surgeon in New Jersey who will do just the vaccination supplement part without charging us an arm and a leg?

We have everything ready and this highly confounding part of the process has been holding us back for a few days now!

If some body can help us out here, we'd be really grateful!

[worth_the_wait 12]

You will have to schedule a Medical Exam because the Dr. doesn't know anything about you. I recently had my husband's done here in Maryland and the Exam alone was $125. If you have your shot records then all you need to do is schedule the exam and explain to the Dr. what you need (basically their signature on the form). The receptionist doesn't know what she is talking about. I say schedule the exam and work it out with the Dr.

We took 3 copies of the form with us and we did have to wait a week for it to be ready for us to pick it up. We had a copy for us, they had a copy for them and another copy was given to us in a sealed envelop to mail with our AOS packet. This is a common timeframe for Dr.'s. When I go and get my children's physicals for school that is how long it takes them too. So this to me this was not an unreasonable wait time.

Good Luck!

Edited November 8, 2012 by worth_the_wait

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Have you contacted the Physician from the home country for a copy of the medical and/or DS-3025?

If that's not possible, the DS-3025 is not REQUIRED to be sent. Some people have included a letter stating that their medical "was completed on X date in their country of X and was in the packet handed over at POE in X on X and should be in their A file".

You can try that method and worst case scenario you get an RFE for an entirely new medical. At least you have the NOA1 though so status is "safe" and this way you know for SURE that the update is needed.

That's what I would do personally. RFE's aren't the end of the world. Plus, filing without it would give you time to save the money for the medical "just in case" and if you DON'T need one, then after getting the GC you can spend the money you saved for it on something special to celebrate

Edited November 8, 2012 by Vanessa&Tony

[Mel and Rudy 2]

I found a civil surgeon who would do just the vaccinations.

I got a Titer test done to check for antibodies in the blood so I wouldn't need to take the vaccinations again.

He charged me $165 for the Titer test and the I-693. I got a sealed envelope for the AOS and one envelope for myself.

The turn around time was 2 days so I guess overall it's better than getting a full medicals again for $400.

I called up the hospital in India but they said I will not be handed over anything.

In any case I intend to include a letter in the AOS package stating that my medicals are already completed and that the forms are in the packet and that I am including an I-693 anyway transcribed by an American civil surgeon.

Thanks for your replies!

If anybody would like to know the name of the civil surgeon, it is Dr. Raafat Ghobraiel and his office is in East Brunswick, NJ.