Flu Vaccine and AOS

[chestnutt 10]

Hey Everyone!

I am flying to the US on the K-1 visa on the 2nd March. My fiance and I want to get the AOS process underway fairly quickly so I can start working ASAP. I have received all my vaccinations, however I haven't had the flu shot. Will I need to get this from a civil surgeon, will the process be delayed if I don't? I had my medical in Australia on the 5th Dec 2013. Even if I don't get the flu shot, do I still need to see a civil surgeon to fill out form I-693?

Thanks for any help

[van1234essa 11]

Hey Everyone!

I am flying to the US on the K-1 visa on the 2nd March. My fiance and I want to get the AOS process underway fairly quickly so I can start working ASAP. I have received all my vaccinations, however I haven't had the flu shot. Will I need to get this from a civil surgeon, will the process be delayed if I don't? I had my medical in Australia on the 5th Dec 2013. Even if I don't get the flu shot, do I still need to see a civil surgeon to fill out form I-693?

Thanks for any help

They only require the flu shot during flu season (October-march) anyhow, the date they go by is the day your AOS application gets adjudicated. What I did (I don't have a flu shot neither) is I sent my AOS late November, with only the copy from my medical overseas, just hoping they don't look at the I-485 before march. So far so good. Got my ead and ap without problems.

You don't have to take a whole new medical. No matter if you get the shot or not.

If you don't get it then just send a copy from your vaccination sheet from the medical in your home country.

But if you do get the flu shot then you can get that anywhere (like cvs), take the paperwork and bring it to one of the listed civil surgeons to transcribe it in the vaccination sheet. No full medical needed.

Good luck

Edited February 9, 2014 by van1234essa

[ManCharsey 254]

Check if you have to do the flu shot base on whether it's flu season or not. If not, don't. If it is, then maybe take the shot.

[Lara826 2]

If you are coming in March, and applying shortly thereafter I would guess you wouldn't need a flu shot as long as you have all your other vaccinations in order. We applied for AOS in June and got an RFE in October for vaccinations so even though we applied out of flu season when it came around for the RFE the civil surgeon said he had to get a flu shot.(note- when he got his physical in Madrid, the civil surgeon told him he would take care of the vaccination stuff in the states, and did not fill out the form, which is why we got the RFE)

Did you have the civil surgeon from your home country fill out the vaccination form? If yes you shouldn't have anything to worry about. If not you may have to see one here just to do that as we did. We brought in a copy of hand written note from his childhood doctor (the note was in a foreign language even... yes we were taking a gamble) but our civil surgeon filled out the form based on that. He was missing the flu shot and one or two more so we had to go get them and come back.

My husband got his flu shot at a local drugstore clinic and we just brought the documentation they gave us to a civil surgeon who filled out the vaccination paperwork. He had to get other shots as well, such as the Dtap, and we got them all at the same place. The lady who worked at the front desk of the civil suregon pretty much told us to go anywhere else and come back because they would charge us a crazy amount if we got the shots there! We handed in our paperwork, waited for the civil surgeon to call him back, he signed the form in front of the civil surgeon, gave us a sealed envelope, and we returned that with our RFE, and done!

[Moomin 292]

Here is a link of someone who asked the same; http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/415195-flu-shot-end-of-feb-i-693/

I didn't get the flu vacc. either. : )

[chestnutt 10]

Thanks very much for the advice everyone

[Wurstbrot_Royal 29]

If you decide to get it, don't have the doctor do it, it's too expensive. Go to a local pharmacy and let them do it. It's $30-$35 this way.