Finding a Civil Surgeon in the NYC area to fill a Supplement I-693A

[Gordito and Me 2]

Sorry for delay. Here is the civil surgeon I used who charged $50 to transcribe the vaccination records with no full medical. (back in July 08)

Dr. Noel L. Smith

Foley Plaza Medical, PC

Suite 204 325 Broadway

10007

tel: 212 385 3730

M

Same Price thus far as of September 2010. he transcribed all the medical records for my husband and step son and when he made a mistake he immidiately started from scratch and gave us a new form. Very Pleasant. : )

[orangeneko 1]

This is hopeful! I may have my husband call this guy first tomorrow to see if it's all the same still, or not that much more $.

[orangeneko 1]

We just called the Smith office. We might end up going with him depending on other prices, but the price has gone up to $75, and they were trying to sell a skin test that's "necessary" to my husband for $50 more, which is definitely not what he needs or is required. We're still calling around to other docs to get some prices. Seems this is a scammers paradise. How can the gov allow this????

[orangeneko 1]

Very interesting...I called Dr. Smith's office myself to see if I'd get a different answer than my husband (due to the accent issue. I've noticed he sometimes will be told higher rates for small things if people assume he's a tourist).

At first I got put on hold by a woman. Then I called back after waiting too long for my taste. I got a man this time and he said it was $50 for just he transcriptions. He also mentioned they have Saturday hours on top of the weekday ones. I don't know if the office is unorganized or if the accent thing made a difference (anyone with opinions on that?) but I figure we'll go with this doc, and I guess it'll have to be when I'm around just in case so I can do the talking.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Hopefully it was just someone quoting the wrong thing. I find my husband doesn't often express what he is really talking about - he doesn't ask questions and he doesn't get specifics. My mom complains about my dad doing the same thing. She'll ask him, so does it include X? And he doesn't know. Maybe it's a man thing

If it was deliberate, that's despicable... but I don't find the in the US very much.

Edited September 21, 2012 by Harpa Timsah

[orangeneko 1]

I don't know what to think, as he told everyone he called that he just needed the forms done to show he had the shots, no medicals. But everyone was pushing medicals/medical pricing. And he said the Smith office told him he had to get the TB skin test as it was a requirement. I'd hope that's just misinformation, but the difference in price is very odd, as they specifically told him it would be $75 for the I693 to be done, then $50 for the skin test, then another fee for a full medical if he needed that. I'm definitely going with him when he goes to this office so I can do the talking and they hear the accent!

[orangeneko 1]

Just an update. We both went to the Smith office the other day as walk-ins, which they told me they accept. We went in and told the receptionist we needed the vaccinations list done for a K1 visa. She went in to the doc's office to ask/tell him someone was there about this. She came out and then went in again to ask something else, or show him something. The doc came out soon after and started right in on the forms. They know what they're doing with the forms and the types of visas, but it was funny as they seem to just get right down to it yet had to go back and forth a bit for the things they needed to do and check, like envelopes and their stamper. Maybe that's cause they'd just opened? (we went in right after 10am) Still, we were in and out in maybe 15 or 20 minutes, which is better than I expected.

The office is a bit dated looking and they have an immigration medical sign outside. So this seems to be what they do, period (?). Some of the other offices I was looking into that wanted more than $50 seem to have things like botox and other cosmetic services as a side business (!). I guess that's how some stay afloat.

As they were finishing up the secretary quoted $50 to me, so I'm assuming the $75 plus info my husband was told last week was incorrect info by someone new or unsure of the visas. I asked if they could possibly give me a receipt for my flex plan, and she did. Though they were a bit unsure what it was at first, so I guess not many people ask for that. But I got it, and submitted it. So that was a bonus.

I'd definitely recommend going to this office and seeing Dr. Smith. It was fast, and he knew what he was doing with the forms. Getting that form signed was a big worry, esp after we had to get one last shot and then realized we better get my husband a flu shot too just in case since it's now flu season (we did that on the fly the night before at a CVS). Getting it out of the way was a huge relief, as was not having to pay more than $50. So I'm very happy with Dr. Smith's service!

[icebryker 21]

Very interesting...I called Dr. Smith's office myself to see if I'd get a different answer than my husband (due to the accent issue. I've noticed he sometimes will be told higher rates for small things if people assume he's a tourist).

At first I got put on hold by a woman. Then I called back after waiting too long for my taste. I got a man this time and he said it was $50 for just he transcriptions. He also mentioned they have Saturday hours on top of the weekday ones. I don't know if the office is unorganized or if the accent thing made a difference (anyone with opinions on that?) but I figure we'll go with this doc, and I guess it'll have to be when I'm around just in case so I can do the talking.

2014 Update!

I called the number and a woman with a Chinese accent answered and said that they don't just transcription and I need bloodwork. I told her I just need the transcription and know people that just did the transcription. She said "Listen, they don't know anything, we have been doing this for 25 years. They always go back coz there is a problem." Oh well.. maybe they are trying to make more money. I don't know what to do. I called several civil surgeons already and they all want to do the medical exam... (sigh)