Vaccinations prior to POE

[Dzny85 3]

Hi Guys,

When I had my medical in the UK for my K1 visa I was missing 2 of my vaccinations (I needed a 10 year booster for one I was missing my 2nd shot on something) - I chose to not have these done by Knightsbridge Doctors as they were £25 per jab and just get them done for free on the NHS.

I am just looking into my AOS now before I enter the country next month and I am slightly concerned at the immunizations needing to be signed off by a Civil Surgeon. Have I messed up here? I figured I could just attach the transcript of my additional vaccinations from my NHS doctor and that would be fine.

Can anyone advise me on this?

Thanks!

[lost_at_sea 995]

You can have your vaccines in the UK but you're going to have to find a civil surgeon when you get there to sign off on the form you'll send with your AOS package. That's why folks recommend people get all their jabs and signed off at the k1 medical to avoid that extra complication (you probably will end up spending more than that £25).

K1 AoS guide has the info: http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1k3aos

"I-693, Medical Examination of Aliens Seeking Adjustment of Status.I-693, Medical Examination of Aliens Seeking Adjustment of Status. If you are a K-1, K-2, K-3 or K-4 visa holder the I-693 instructions state that you are not required to have another medical examination as long as your Form I-485 is filed within one year of your overseas medical examination. If you are missing any shots from your overseas medical a I-693 vaccination transcription is required to be completed by seeing a Civil Surgeon to have certain portions of the I-693 completed and have the Civil Surgeon certify the form (sealing the original in an envelope and giving you a copy)."

Edited August 8, 2013 by lost_at_sea

[agnesb 47]

Make sure you ring around and find civil surgeon that wont try to convince you that you need a full medical again and/or try rip you off.

[Dzny85 3]

Thanks for the replies! That sucks but only have myself to blame I guess...the doctor I saw said I'd just need to get them, nothing about having them signed off by a civil surgeon so I figured I was better off saving the money.

Ah well.

To be clear, am I alright getting the vaccinations done on the NHS and then finding a civil surgeon to just sign everything off? I doubt they'd do this, but it's basically a box ticking exercise for them.

Long shot...anyone know a good place in NYC to get this done cheaply?

Edited August 8, 2013 by Dzny85

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Thanks for the replies! That sucks but only have myself to blame I guess...the doctor I saw said I'd just need to get them, nothing about having them signed off by a civil surgeon so I figured I was better off saving the money.

Ah well.

To be clear, am I alright getting the vaccinations done on the NHS and then finding a civil surgeon to just sign everything off? I doubt they'd do this, but it's basically a box ticking exercise for them.

Long shot...anyone know a good place in NYC to get this done cheaply?

Knightsbridge gives out some poor information and makes people think they can send a NHS note with their AOS. You need a totally done DS-3025 or I-693. You've missed the boat for using DS-3025 as your AOS immunization document. So a civil surgeon can view your records from many sources (your GP, Tesco, a US health department, the not completed DS-3025) and combine all the papers on to one approved form, the I-693.

There is a thread called "Civil Surgeons Who Don't Rip You Off" where people post inexpensive civil surgeons they have found. You can browse it for NY.

[bigdog 376]

Good Luck getting this done.