My husband was wanting to know if he could go ahead and get the vaccines he will need for the medical exam. Does anyone know if its okay for him to go ahead and get them now or should he wait for the medicial? I know some of the required vaccines he wont need, but the others, such as Hep B & Tetanus he could go ahead and get?

I would say go and get them and them bring documentation that he got them to the immigration medical exam. He will need them anyway and this way you wouldn't be delayed because he didn't have them.

This is just my opinion, I have no reason to believe that you can't do this.

My fiance already has all the immunization shots etc but she still must see the doctor. It will still cost her quite a bit of money also. I would say don't rely on guesses but call the doctor and find out ( The Swiss embassy provided a list of doctors and phone numbers). My motto, if she will have to pay the same amount anyway, make it worth it - get the shots at the doctor. However, if it will save you money to get them at your doctor, then do that. Either way, call the doctor and find out the truth. If you are still waiting to hear back from the NVC then call the embassy and ask them for the packet early. That is what we did. They won't give it until you have been approved on the U.S. side. Once it is approved, call the embassy and they will send the packet(which should have the list of doctors), that should save you a bit of time. Hope that helps...

Mike

Mike T.,

When you say "approved on the US side" do you mean by USCIS? If so I think we should try to get our medical packet early. We would like to find out if my wife needs any of the vaccinations yet. We have that list from the NVC website but it would be good to get the ball rolling on it as some vaccinations can take several visits over a period of time. Though I don't know if that is true for these vaccines, or even for adults, I just know that can occur with kids.