Uhm.. help.

[xXJulzXx 0]

Okay so September last year I had my medical examination in London, UK and everything was fine except they told me that I needed to get a Tetanus shot. About a week or so later I went to my regular doctor's office to get one along with my updated vaccination records.Okay I just found that they give me a copy of DS-3025 at the medical examination and that's what I filed with my updated vaccination records for AOS. Were they supposed to give me a copy of the I-963? Me and my husband filed for AOS in July and we had our interview last week (5th Dec), it all went well until the officer told us that he wasn't able to approve us cause I didn't have a current Tetanus vaccination.. He tried telling us that the last time I had one was in 1996. I told him that I got one last year before I moved to the US and I even pointed it out to him on my vaccination records that I sent in. He told us that its not valid because it wasn't done by one of their certified civil surgeons so he told us that he'd have to put our approval on hold and go to on to the USCIS website to find a civil surgeon to get it done.

Today (Dec 10th).. I make an appointment to go get my Tetanus vaccination and get all the way down their to find out that i'm not able to get it because I don't have a copy of my vaccination records (I sent the only copy I had in to the USCIS so I don't know how i'm going to get them again) They said I need just page 1 and 5 of the I-693 (which I assume page 5 should of already been previous filled out to show my vaccinations) I did not have this so they said to contact the USCIS, more specifically the officer who interviewed us to see if we can get the copy of my vaccination records. I am not sure if I would be able to do this as its a part of our case file and they hold on to everything, correct me if i'm wrong or please give me some advice on what I should do about this. I mean the USCIS officer didn't give me anything to take to the civil surgeon for them to sign or anything he thought I would need (I guess he assumed that I would of already have everything that I could of needed) He just told us to find a civil surgeon and get a Tetanus vaccination and get them to send in the documentation proving that I got the shot. So yeah.. now I am confused on what I need to do. Help!

Would appreciate any responses.

Thanks.

Edited December 10, 2013 by xXJulzXx

[agnesb 47]

After having your medical in London you got a photocopy of DS-3025. The original was send to the consulate and from there, together with all other forms it goes back to you in an envelope that you hand in at POE.

Now when filling AOS you either send a photocopy (recommend to always keep a copy for yourself)of a photocopy of DS-3025 if all the shots were completed and form was filled correctly then normally you will not be asked to submit I-693 as you had you medical and all shots done.

IF at the time of medical your shots were incomplete and you chosen not to have them done at the medical you are required to get your shot done prior to AOS (either before or after entering Us) and having that transcribed onto page 5 of I-693. The civil surgeon will accept proof of vaccinations from abroad but you do need to show him either photocopy of ds-3025 plus record that your missing vaccine was done so it will be all marked as completed etc.

Now if you went to him with only proof of tetanus shot done, he cannot mark all other vaccines that you had done without a proof and you do need to have all the required shots done or show proofs for civil surgeons to be able to transcribe it and sign it off as completed etc.

As per your post you have no longer a photocopy of DS-3025 form? In that case you'll need to get your vaccines records from Uk (maybe you have them with you in us?) to prove all age appropriate shots were done and go back to civil surgeon so he can complete I-693 page 1 and 5 which you can then send to uscis.

Edited December 10, 2013 by agnesb

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Your shots need to all be on the DS3025 or on an I-693. Because you didn't get the tetanus recorded at Knightsbridge, the whole record needs to be done on an I -693. You don't need another tetanus shot if you have a copy of you record from the GP. Can you or a family member get a new record of all your shots from your GP at home? Whatever you took to Knightsbridge can be given to a civil surgeon. Or contact the interviewing office and ask if they will provide a photocopy of what you turned in (DS-3025). A civil surgeon will accept a photocopy. That's all you mailed for AOS. The original was in with your medical files that Knightsbridge sent to the embassy.

So a civil surgeon can look at any number of pieces of paper documenting your shots...from your GP or from Knightsbridge or something from a drug store like a flu shot. That's what they do...compile one official record. Your civil surgeon might say you need a flu shot because it is now flu season. Had you completed it all on the Knightsbridge form prior to flu season, it would be fine because it wasn't flu season in September. Now you are doing a new record with a new doctor and he should require a flu shot.

[xXJulzXx 0]

After having your medical in London you got a photocopy of DS-3025. The original was send to the consulate and from there, together with all other forms it goes back to you in an envelope that you hand in at POE.

Now when filling AOS you either send a photocopy (recommend to always keep a copy for yourself)of a photocopy of DS-3025 if all the shots were completed and form was filled correctly then normally you will not be asked to submit I-693 as you had you medical and all shots done.

IF at the time of medical your shots were incomplete and you chosen not to have them done at the medical you are required to get your shot done prior to AOS (either before or after entering Us) and having that transcribed onto page 5 of I-693. The civil surgeon will accept proof of vaccinations from abroad but you do need to show him either photocopy of ds-3025 plus record that your missing vaccine was done so it will be all marked as completed etc.

Now if you went to him with only proof of tetanus shot done, he cannot mark all other vaccines that you had done without a proof and you do need to have all the required shots done or show proofs for civil surgeons to be able to transcribe it and sign it off as completed etc.

As per your post you have no longer a photocopy of DS-3025 form? In that case you'll need to get your vaccines records from Uk (maybe you have them with you in us?) to prove all age appropriate shots were done and go back to civil surgeon so he can complete I-693 page 1 and 5 which you can then send to uscis.

Ahh okay. I chose not to get the Shot at the time of the medical examination as I assumed I could get one from any doctor (which is what I did instead of paying extra to get it right then and there) but I didn't have that transcribed onto page 5 of I-963 as I didn't have any specific instructions, I was just informed that I needed to get Tetanus vaccination and that's why I got an updated vaccination record to show that I got the Shot. That's correct, I no longer have the photocopy of the DS-3025 because I sent that in with AOS application. If I knew a photo copy of the photo copy would of been accepted, I would of done that so I could of kept the original photocopy. I do not have a copy of my vaccination records because I sent in the only copy I had (which I obtained before I moved to US) with AOS package..

[agnesb 47]

Ahh okay. I chose not to get the Shot at the time of the medical examination as I assumed I could get one from any doctor (which is what I did instead of paying extra to get it right then and there) but I didn't have that transcribed onto page 5 of I-963 as I didn't have any specific instructions, I was just informed that I needed to get Tetanus vaccination and that's why I got an updated vaccination record to show that I got the Shot. That's correct, I no longer have the photocopy of the DS-3025 because I sent that in with AOS application. If I knew a photo copy of the photo copy would of been accepted, I would of done that so I could of kept the original photocopy. I do not have a copy of my vaccination records because I sent in the only copy I had (which I obtained before I moved to US) with AOS package..

US civil surgeons designated by uscis are the only ones that can fill I-693 for you. So as Nich-Nick also mentioned civil surgeons can look up as many papers documenting your shots but he needs something. Again I second Nich-Nick you should ask interviewing office if they can give you copies of both ds-3025 your vaccination records and vaccination record for tetanus if unable youll need to get them from UK again.

[xXJulzXx 0]

Your shots need to all be on the DS3025 or on an I-693. Because you didn't get the tetanus recorded at Knightsbridge, the whole record needs to be done on an I -693. You don't need another tetanus shot if you have a copy of you record from the GP. Can you or a family member get a new record of all your shots from your GP at home? Whatever you took to Knightsbridge can be given to a civil surgeon. Or contact the interviewing office and ask if they will provide a photocopy of what you turned in (DS-3025). A civil surgeon will accept a photocopy. That's all you mailed for AOS. The original was in with your medical files that Knightsbridge sent to the embassy.

So a civil surgeon can look at any number of pieces of paper documenting your shots...from your GP or from Knightsbridge or something from a drug store like a flu shot. That's what they do...compile one official record. Your civil surgeon might say you need a flu shot because it is now flu season. Had you completed it all on the Knightsbridge form prior to flu season, it would be fine because it wasn't flu season in September. Now you are doing a new record with a new doctor and he should require a flu shot.

Im not sure if I can obtain the records again from my GP in my hometown but I will try, if not then I guess I will have to try and obtain them from our interviewing officer like you said. If I need to get a flue shot then that's fine, doesn't bother me.

US civil surgeons designated by uscis are the only ones that can fill I-693 for you.

Ahh okies.

[xXJulzXx 0]

Okay so I contacted a family member to see if they could get my records on my behalf and they were pretty sure they wouldn't of been able to so they decided it wasn't worth the try. I ended up calling my GP in England today to see if they could send a copy to me somehow but turns out they were unable to help me.. They said that I would have to be registered with a Doctor here in the US and the doctor would have to request the records from them directly.. So i'm kinda running low on options here.. I have made an appointment with the USCIS office to see if I can obtain a copy of my immunization records from them but if not, then I guess my only options are either get a blood test done to see what I've been immunized against or just get all the vaccinations again.. Right?

Edited December 16, 2013 by xXJulzXx

[agnesb 47]

Under Data Protection Act GP in UK has to release your information, you could request it in writing but i guess it would take too much time. So yeah see if uscis can give you your records back and then if not then pretty much blood test and/or more vaccines will be your only option.