Civil Surgeon List of Names

[cshell 0]

How about this be a thread for ANY civil surgeon that you had a very GOOD or very BAD experience with. Be it for a tranfer of info to the I-693A or a medical with the form I-693 being filled out. This thread was prompted by Magnolia posts in Site Related Discussion - Updates, Ideas, etc under the title:Civil Surgeon's Name Added on VJ?

I just read the AOS/medical exam thread on here which prompted this post. Time and time again people who are adjusting status are being hassled when trying to get their I-693A vaccination supplement form transferred. Most of the time people are getting told they need new complete exams.

I think it would be beneficial for VJ members if DR Arnold's information were posted somewhere easily accessible on here. It is simple and painless to get him to do this form for people. $10 and all you need to do is mail in your DS-3025 vaccination sheet. If his info were available on here, people would no longer have to deal with the hassle of overspending money OR having to drive miles and miles away for this.

Dr. L.E. Arnold

4534 Westgate Blvd., #106

Austin, Texas 78745

Tel: (512)444-3131

Sheriff Uling added:

Beneficiaries that are adjusting status are being INCORRECTLY told by some civil surgeones that they have to complete a medicial exam somewhere in every state. This is not new. You might consider creating a generic civil surgeon thread so that others can also post credible and respectable civil surgeons (in their prospective areas) that don't try to make beneficiaries undergo a medical exam or charge a ridiculous fee to transfer the vaccination worksheet. Just a suggestion...

Cheers!!!

Sheriff Uling

Omoba said that there had been a tread floating around. Does anyone know where it is?

and then I added this:

Below is a post by John & Annie, certainly they had a good CS that was willing to work with them. My husband did his medical and shots in Guyana. Dr. L. E. Arnold transferred the vaccinations to the I-693A. In the US my husband had his TB and STD's test at the local health clinic and a full medical at my doctor with blood tests and I will be considering going to a CS if we get an interview and would love to get a "workable" doctor who would be willing to use all these results to tranfer to the 1-693 as that would save me money. So why don't we make this a place to post become a place positive experiences with CS. Just provide the location, name of CS and your experience and money spent.

We just did the Medical.

The medical cost us $85.00.

We needed one additional test and that was $28.00

I called the CS office and got a list of the tests that they would normally order, went to our family Dr and asked if they would order the tests, so insurance would pay for them. The CS accepted the lab results and we did the whole thing for a total of $123.00, including the office co-pay.

I would call the local CS and see if they will accept recent lab results, regardless of who orders the test.

So folks add your comments on civil surgeons - the good the bad and the ugly. We all would love to hear! Don't forget to include their name, location, phone number (if you have it), your experience and money spent.

[JelloShotGirl 0]

I used DR. LE Arnold, thru the mail. No problems at all. I was very happy with the service.

[igomo 0]

In NJ if you go to Ferraro and Associates it's really ghetto. They take your blood and that's it. They don't weigh, take blood pressure or do anything. They just ask you how tall are you, how much do you weigh. All they really want is the $$$.

[cshell 0]

In NJ if you go to Ferraro and Associates it's really ghetto. They take your blood and that's it. They don't weigh, take blood pressure or do anything. They just ask you how tall are you, how much do you weigh. All they really want is the $$$.

So are you saying they are good as it is easy in and out or bad as it was expensive and you got nothing for the $$$?

[igomo 0]

In NJ if you go to Ferraro and Associates it's really ghetto. They take your blood and that's it. They don't weigh, take blood pressure or do anything. They just ask you how tall are you, how much do you weigh. All they really want is the $$$.

So are you saying they are good as it is easy in and out or bad as it was expensive and you got nothing for the $$$?

In my case I would have gotten nothing for the money either way as I have no health problems and had all the vaccinations yet I had to retake 2 due to improper documentation. It was the first time I ever took a blood test in my life (I'm in my mid twenties).

Whatever perspective you choose. I assume that if you believe in the whole medical thing, it's a rip off. I personally think it's all a bunch of bureaucratic bs so I was glad it was so ghetto. :-)

[Mags 112]

In NJ if you go to Ferraro and Associates it's really ghetto. They take your blood and that's it. They don't weigh, take blood pressure or do anything. They just ask you how tall are you, how much do you weigh. All they really want is the $$$.

So are you saying they are good as it is easy in and out or bad as it was expensive and you got nothing for the $$$?

In my case I would have gotten nothing for the money either way as I have no health problems and had all the vaccinations yet I had to retake 2 due to improper documentation. It was the first time I ever took a blood test in my life (I'm in my mid twenties).

Whatever perspective you choose. I assume that if you believe in the whole medical thing, it's a rip off. I personally think it's all a bunch of bureaucratic bs so I was glad it was so ghetto. :-)

Did you not need a medical for your visa? During this medical (in the beneficiaries country) you have to have an HIV and syphillis test, ergo, a blood test...

Edited September 2, 2007 by Mags

[igomo 0]

In NJ if you go to Ferraro and Associates it's really ghetto. They take your blood and that's it. They don't weigh, take blood pressure or do anything. They just ask you how tall are you, how much do you weigh. All they really want is the $$$.

So are you saying they are good as it is easy in and out or bad as it was expensive and you got nothing for the $$$?

In my case I would have gotten nothing for the money either way as I have no health problems and had all the vaccinations yet I had to retake 2 due to improper documentation. It was the first time I ever took a blood test in my life (I'm in my mid twenties).

Whatever perspective you choose. I assume that if you believe in the whole medical thing, it's a rip off. I personally think it's all a bunch of bureaucratic bs so I was glad it was so ghetto. :-)

Did you not need a medical for your visa? During this medical (in the beneficiaries country) you have to have an HIV and syphillis test, ergo, a blood test...

No, because I came here on a F1 visa.

[Mags 112]

In NJ if you go to Ferraro and Associates it's really ghetto. They take your blood and that's it. They don't weigh, take blood pressure or do anything. They just ask you how tall are you, how much do you weigh. All they really want is the $$$.

So are you saying they are good as it is easy in and out or bad as it was expensive and you got nothing for the $$$?

In my case I would have gotten nothing for the money either way as I have no health problems and had all the vaccinations yet I had to retake 2 due to improper documentation. It was the first time I ever took a blood test in my life (I'm in my mid twenties).

Whatever perspective you choose. I assume that if you believe in the whole medical thing, it's a rip off. I personally think it's all a bunch of bureaucratic bs so I was glad it was so ghetto. :-)

Did you not need a medical for your visa? During this medical (in the beneficiaries country) you have to have an HIV and syphillis test, ergo, a blood test...

No, because I came here on a F1 visa.

Aha! Gotcha.

[misa 2]

Got my vaccination information transferred to a I-693A supplement by Dr. Patel's office. I told them that's all I needed because I had a medical abroad and they told me to come in the next day. No hassles, no questions. They just asked to see my worksheet from my foreign medical and transferred everything no problem (I brought other proof of vaccinations too but they didn't need it).

I really didn't want to shop around for anything cheaper. It was $45 and worth the zero hassle. In and out in 5 minutes.

Dr. Ashok Patel

2015 Monument Avenue

Richmond, VA 23220

(804) 353-4703

[ELW 5]

I called every single civil surgeon (as noted on USCIS website) in and around our city, and most of them didn't even know anything about immigration paperwork! (Or they were insisting that a complete medical for hundreds of dollars was necessary.) We were lucky to find one who knew exactly what we were talking about and exactly what we needed. Luckily we didn't need the medical so it was only $35 to transfer info to the I-693A. Great doc!

Sergey Zakharyan, MD

1095 E. Shaw Ave, Suite 200

Fresno, CA 93710

(559) 224-0106

[~*Maria*~ 1]

I only called 1 CS on the USCIS website for my area....he was the closest one to me , the other were about 2 hrs driving distance. Very polite and transfered my vaccinations over to I-693A , Free of Charge, didnt suggest i needed a full medical done. Knew exactly what needed to be done. Great CS

Dr. Giuseppe G. Zavadzkas, MD

2282 East 32nd Avenue,

Columbus, NE 68601

(402) 563-9224

Edited September 2, 2007 by MariaDane

[Magnolia31 0]

hehehe, well you know what I am going to say! Dr L.E. Arnold - simple and painless ... not to mention - CHEAP!

Thanks for getting inspired! It always annoys me when I see how DR's are trying to give a complete medical. I live in Illinois and the closest CS's in my area are all in Naperville. I called almost every clinic and they all wanted to do a full exam and the cheapest I found was for $300. I almost gave in until I came across Dr Arnold!

How about this be a thread for ANY civil surgeon that you had a very GOOD or very BAD experience with. Be it for a tranfer of info to the I-693A or a medical with the form I-693 being filled out. This thread was prompted by Magnolia posts in Site Related Discussion - Updates, Ideas, etc under the title:Civil Surgeon's Name Added on VJ?

I just read the AOS/medical exam thread on here which prompted this post. Time and time again people who are adjusting status are being hassled when trying to get their I-693A vaccination supplement form transferred. Most of the time people are getting told they need new complete exams.

I think it would be beneficial for VJ members if DR Arnold's information were posted somewhere easily accessible on here. It is simple and painless to get him to do this form for people. $10 and all you need to do is mail in your DS-3025 vaccination sheet. If his info were available on here, people would no longer have to deal with the hassle of overspending money OR having to drive miles and miles away for this.

Dr. L.E. Arnold

4534 Westgate Blvd., #106

Austin, Texas 78745

Tel: (512)444-3131

Sheriff Uling added:

Beneficiaries that are adjusting status are being INCORRECTLY told by some civil surgeones that they have to complete a medicial exam somewhere in every state. This is not new. You might consider creating a generic civil surgeon thread so that others can also post credible and respectable civil surgeons (in their prospective areas) that don't try to make beneficiaries undergo a medical exam or charge a ridiculous fee to transfer the vaccination worksheet. Just a suggestion...

Cheers!!!

Sheriff Uling

Omoba said that there had been a tread floating around. Does anyone know where it is?

and then I added this:

Below is a post by John & Annie, certainly they had a good CS that was willing to work with them. My husband did his medical and shots in Guyana. Dr. L. E. Arnold transferred the vaccinations to the I-693A. In the US my husband had his TB and STD's test at the local health clinic and a full medical at my doctor with blood tests and I will be considering going to a CS if we get an interview and would love to get a "workable" doctor who would be willing to use all these results to tranfer to the 1-693 as that would save me money. So why don't we make this a place to post become a place positive experiences with CS. Just provide the location, name of CS and your experience and money spent.

We just did the Medical.

The medical cost us $85.00.

We needed one additional test and that was $28.00

I called the CS office and got a list of the tests that they would normally order, went to our family Dr and asked if they would order the tests, so insurance would pay for them. The CS accepted the lab results and we did the whole thing for a total of $123.00, including the office co-pay.

I would call the local CS and see if they will accept recent lab results, regardless of who orders the test.

So folks add your comments on civil surgeons - the good the bad and the ugly. We all would love to hear! Don't forget to include their name, location, phone number (if you have it), your experience and money spent.

[Magnolia31 0]

That is great that they did it free of charge for you!

I only called 1 CS on the USCIS website for my area....he was the closest one to me , the other were about 2 hrs driving distance. Very polite and transfered my vaccinations over to I-693A , Free of Charge, didnt suggest i needed a full medical done. Knew exactly what needed to be done. Great CS

Dr. Giuseppe G. Zavadzkas, MD

2282 East 32nd Avenue,

Columbus, NE 68601

(402) 563-9224

[Mags 112]

For anyone based near Indianapolis:

Doug Poplin MD,

St Francis Occupational Health Centre,

4770 S. Emerson Avenue,

Indianapolis,

IN 46203

No appointment needed, just take in your forms, go do a bit of shopping whilst you wait and then it's done. Cost $25.

[ivyleague 0]

I called every single civil surgeon (as noted on USCIS website) in and around our city, and most of them didn't even know anything about immigration paperwork! (Or they were insisting that a complete medical for hundreds of dollars was necessary.) We were lucky to find one who knew exactly what we were talking about and exactly what we needed. Luckily we didn't need the medical so it was only $35 to transfer info to the I-693A. Great doc!

Sergey Zakharyan, MD

1095 E. Shaw Ave, Suite 200

Fresno, CA 93710

(559) 224-0106

He must have changed his policy. I just called and was told "He won't just sign forms without doing a full physical, He's not that type of Dr" then she promptly hung up. Avoid this Dr like the plague.