Do I need to fill out I-693? I have all my shots!

[rachaelk101 0]

Hi,

My husband came over on the K1 fiancé visa and we are now doing the adjustment of status. We are confused about the I-693 and don't know if he even needs ones. He had his medical in London and had everything he needed except for one shot. The doctor signed a paper that says the only thing missing was this one shot. So he went and for it before he came over and has proof of getting it. Do we need to have a civil surgeon fill out the I-693 to record that he got this last shot or is the documentation of it from back home good enough? We called our local civil surgeon and they told us he needed to get a physical, which doesn't sound right because he wouldn't have even needed to go to them if he would have had the shot! Please give me any info you have, do we need to file the I-693, does he need a physical on top of that or is the documentation of the shots good enough?

[agnesb 47]

Hi,

My husband came over on the K1 fiancé visa and we are now doing the adjustment of status. We are confused about the I-693 and don't know if he even needs ones. He had his medical in London and had everything he needed except for one shot. The doctor signed a paper that says the only thing missing was this one shot. So he went and for it before he came over and has proof of getting it. Do we need to have a civil surgeon fill out the I-693 to record that he got this last shot or is the documentation of it from back home good enough? We called our local civil surgeon and they told us he needed to get a physical, which doesn't sound right because he wouldn't have even needed to go to them if he would have had the shot! Please give me any info you have, do we need to file the I-693, does he need a physical on top of that or is the documentation of the shots good enough?

As your ds-3025 will be showing as incomplete you'll need to find a civil surgeon that will transcribe your vaccination records onto i-693. The proof itself (from gp, boots etc.) wont be accepted by uscis. Just call around (you may have to expand your search) and find surgeon that knows the process better and will do the page 1 and 5 only for you for a decent price.

[Henry&Rebecca 39]

What would you do if you went to a car dealer and told them you were in the market for a compact car and he told you "can't have that. DMV requires that your new car be a V6 turbo charged engine, minimum 350HP"?

This pretty much blows down to the same thing. The entire physical costs more, and is more money and profit for the surgeon. Therefore he'll tell you that so you'll get scared and pay up. You can either shell out the money for it, or... since you know better... you find someone else who'll sell you what you wanna buy.

Here's what you NEED for your AoS. You NEED the I-693, simply because the DS-3025 signed by the doctor in London said it was missing one. You can't just tell USCIS "Oh look: DS-3025 said only THIS was missing. Here's proof of THIS. Therefore DS-3025 is now good". Sadly it's not as simple as that with USCIS. What USCIS needs is either a DS-3025 stating all vaccinations are done, or an I-693 stating all vaccinations are done. So, you NEED to do the I-693, however you ONLY need the vaccination part of the I-693 completed. So maybe what you could try to do is tell the civil surgeon: "Look. DS-3025 says only this missing. Here's proof of this. Please complete I-693 without any tests" and if you're lucky they'll agree. You'll have to see. Worst case scenario though, he'll run new tests for vaccinations in order to fill out the I-693 vaccines part only. No need for full physical though. So, call around and find a civil surgeon who will agree to either of that and you're good to go.

BTW, If you search the history of posts on this very forum, you'll notice very many people asking very similar questions to this, and even threads listing specific civil surgeons who don't rip you off. Happy hunting! And good luck!