DS-3025 - I don't have one

[jojo_gee 8]

As usual, everytime I come on to Visa Journey, I find out something new which make me nervous and panic. I got married on June 7th, my I-94 expires on August 6th so I wanna get my AOS stuff sent pretty soon. BUT, I have no idea about this DS-3025 form that everyone else seems to have. I have no vaccination record on my person. I did a full medical at Knightsbridge doctors and had to get a tetanus shot and proof of mumps immunity (which I got from my local doctor at home). I have no proof of this whatsoever. Please don't tell me it was in the selaed brown envelope I took over with me. Immigration screwed up (long story) so I pray it wasn't in there and I was supposed to get it back.

Any bright sparks out there to help? Thank you - JoJo XX

[fordman 0]

As usual, everytime I come on to Visa Journey, I find out something new which make me nervous and panic. I got married on June 7th, my I-94 expires on August 6th so I wanna get my AOS stuff sent pretty soon. BUT, I have no idea about this DS-3025 form that everyone else seems to have. I have no vaccination record on my person. I did a full medical at Knightsbridge doctors and had to get a tetanus shot and proof of mumps immunity (which I got from my local doctor at home). I have no proof of this whatsoever. Please don't tell me it was in the selaed brown envelope I took over with me. Immigration screwed up (long story) so I pray it wasn't in there and I was supposed to get it back.

Any bright sparks out there to help? Thank you - JoJo XX

You will need to go to a uscis approved physician to get this form filled out for you. Make sure you have proof of all your vaccinations with you before you go though, as any shots you don't have records for they will make you have again. If you do not have any proof with you will probably want to try and contact the doctors office who did your initial medical exam, as they may be able to fax/courier you proof. Assuming you can get hold of your vaccination report it is quick and relatively inexpensive to get the DS-3025 done.

Good luck!

[tommys_girl 0]

As usual, everytime I come on to Visa Journey, I find out something new which make me nervous and panic. I got married on June 7th, my I-94 expires on August 6th so I wanna get my AOS stuff sent pretty soon. BUT, I have no idea about this DS-3025 form that everyone else seems to have. I have no vaccination record on my person. I did a full medical at Knightsbridge doctors and had to get a tetanus shot and proof of mumps immunity (which I got from my local doctor at home). I have no proof of this whatsoever. Please don't tell me it was in the selaed brown envelope I took over with me. Immigration screwed up (long story) so I pray it wasn't in there and I was supposed to get it back.

Any bright sparks out there to help? Thank you - JoJo XX

You will need to go to a uscis approved physician to get this form filled out for you. Make sure you have proof of all your vaccinations with you before you go though, as any shots you don't have records for they will make you have again. If you do not have any proof with you will probably want to try and contact the doctors office who did your initial medical exam, as they may be able to fax/courier you proof. Assuming you can get hold of your vaccination report it is quick and relatively inexpensive to get the DS-3025 done.

Good luck!

As a K-1 Visa the DS-3025 was in the brown envelope, i didnt have mine either ive sent my AOS package off without any medical forms but stated on my cover sheet that the vaccinantion form is in the brown envelope they already have. my medical was sent straight to my my embassy i never saw it until it came in the brown envelope that i wasnt to open, so maybe i will get a RFE if i do i was lucky enough to get a copy of the vaccinations (but i got that from my doctor after i had sent my AOS off) so if they need it they will ask. i wish you good luck on your journey.

[Otto 83]

. Please don't tell me it was in the selaed brown envelope I took over with me. Immigration screwed up (long story) so I pray it wasn't in there and I was supposed to get it back.

So what happened to the brown envelope at your POE? (Had to ask, sorry)

[jojo_gee 8]

As usual, everytime I come on to Visa Journey, I find out something new which make me nervous and panic. I got married on June 7th, my I-94 expires on August 6th so I wanna get my AOS stuff sent pretty soon. BUT, I have no idea about this DS-3025 form that everyone else seems to have. I have no vaccination record on my person. I did a full medical at Knightsbridge doctors and had to get a tetanus shot and proof of mumps immunity (which I got from my local doctor at home). I have no proof of this whatsoever. Please don't tell me it was in the selaed brown envelope I took over with me. Immigration screwed up (long story) so I pray it wasn't in there and I was supposed to get it back.

Any bright sparks out there to help? Thank you - JoJo XX

You will need to go to a uscis approved physician to get this form filled out for you. Make sure you have proof of all your vaccinations with you before you go though, as any shots you don't have records for they will make you have again. If you do not have any proof with you will probably want to try and contact the doctors office who did your initial medical exam, as they may be able to fax/courier you proof. Assuming you can get hold of your vaccination report it is quick and relatively inexpensive to get the DS-3025 done.

Good luck!

As a K-1 Visa the DS-3025 was in the brown envelope, i didnt have mine either ive sent my AOS package off without any medical forms but stated on my cover sheet that the vaccinantion form is in the brown envelope they already have. my medical was sent straight to my my embassy i never saw it until it came in the brown envelope that i wasnt to open, so maybe i will get a RFE if i do i was lucky enough to get a copy of the vaccinations (but i got that from my doctor after i had sent my AOS off) so if they need it they will ask. i wish you good luck on your journey.

Ok thanks a lot for the advice. How did everyone else manage to get theirs out of the brown envelope then? I have a photocopy of all my vaccinations from my local doctor somewhere in my files so maybe I can just send that in? Does this mean I don't need to fill out a DS-3025 or the I-693A (or whatever it is)?? Am I gonna get away without seeing a doctor in the US? Also, why do I still have my chest x-ray's from Knightsbridge? Am I supposed to have them? Why do I have them, what is their purpose?

[jojo_gee 8]

. Please don't tell me it was in the sealed brown envelope I took over with me. Immigration screwed up (long story) so I pray it wasn't in there and I was supposed to get it back.

So what happened to the brown envelope at your POE? (Had to ask, sorry)

I arrived very late into Philadelphia all ready with my brown envelope. There had been hassle with our flight, we had to detour, land in Atlantic City, not allowed off plane coz no immigration in AC...eventually be let off and confined to one area, wait for flash floods to disappear and return to Philly. All of us missed our connecting flights and were put up in hotels. I know this is slightly random info but maybe this is why I wasn't seen by a proper immigration officer? The guy who saw me through didn't know what a K1 was, I think I heard someone say he was from Customs. He didn't take my brown envelope or even ask me any real questions. How was I to know he would take my envelope? I figured they knew what they were doing so never questioned. I just went through, finally flew to San Francisco, no questions and still holding on to the precious envelope!

I eventually freaked out, called a lot of people and was told to take it to some building in San Francisco. Which I did. The people who dealt with me seemed very annoyed. They re-stamped and re-dated my I-94 coz the Customs guy had done it wrong, and they gave me a new number. I can only pray they sent it to where it was supposed to be.

[supermoth 0]

Well, my husband's entry wasn't nearly as crazy as yours, but they didn't give him the vaccination record either like they were supposed to. His civil surgeon in Lima never gave him any vaccination record apart from the envelope and her office doesn't keep records, so we couldn't get a copy.

After many phone calls to many people, I had a USCIS agent tell me to just write a letter explaining why we didn't have the I-693a (because all his medical records are on file at the service center where customs sends them and we don't have access to them). I've read of one other case on VJ where they did this and didn't get an RFE. Sounds too good to be true, but we're going to try it. I guess the other option is going to a civil surgeon and getting a titer test to prove immunities.

Edited August 9, 2009 by supermoth

[JeremyR 8]

Please don't tell me it was in the selaed brown envelope I took over with me. Immigration screwed up (long story) so I pray it wasn't in there and I was supposed to get it back.

It was in there (several copies of it, I believe) but that wasn't where you were supposed to get it from. Knightsbridge should have given you a copy (it says on it somewhere to give a copy to the applicant, I think).

The copies that were in the envelope should have made their way to USCIS in the end, following your drama, so they should get their copy. If you can satisfy the civil surgeon doing your I-693 vaccination documents that you've had the relevant jabs using your British vaccination records (the same ones you showed Knightsbridge) then you may not even need a copy of it yourself...

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Look through your files and see if you have the immunization form that the nurse at Knightsbridge hands everybody before they leave.

Here's my version of the immunization story for you.

The AOS instructions say to download a copy of the I-693 medical form. (The I-693A is an old document that's not used anymore.) Fill out Part 1, which is your name, etc. Go to a US approved Civil Surgeon. Show him you your proof of immunizations. It can be the DS3025 from Knightsbridge or something from you NHS doctor in the UK or proof of shots in the US if you got any here. The Civil Surgeon will look at whatever you bring in and put everything together (transcribe) in Part 3 of the I-693. If you are missing any needed shots required for AOS, then you can get them done by the Civil Surgeon and he will add those to I-693. Then he signs off on Part 5 of the I-693, seals it up, and gives to you to mail in with AOS.

BUT if you had all shots needed for AOS in the UK and the Knightsbridge doctor signed off on them, then everything would be recorded nicely on your DS3025 and signed off by a US approved Panel Physician. You could mail a photocopy of that with your AOS instead of paying a Civil Surgeon to copy it all.

The key is signed off by a Civil Surgeon in the US or a Panel Physician (Knightsbridge) in the UK. Both are approved by the US government. At this point, you can't just mail shot records from your family doctor. If you don't find the DS3025, then a Civil Surgeon will have to look at your NHS doctor's records or even your UK immunization book and record them on a US approved form and sign off. If you got shots at Knightsbridge, then you don't have those to show. There is a copy of your DS3025 in the brown envelope with your other medical records. That should be good enough for them to pass you, if you're sure you had everything needed...a shot or proof of having the disease.

Unless you find your copy of the DS3025, I would just file without any immunization form. If you get an RFE, then go sort out the shots and maybe get the MMR again if that's not on your NHS records. (Couldn't tell from your post if you meant you got it at Knightsbrige or NHS) If all goes well, they will find your record of shots in the brown envelope along with the other medical pages and see that you've had everything needed. If things go badly, they won't find your brown envelope at all and will tell you to have the whole medical done over. In that case, it would be wasting money to pay a Civil Surgeon to do your immunization form, only to find out USCIS has lost all of your records and you have to go pay a CS again to do a medical exam and shot record.

Page 2 of this document shows a chart of what you need based on your age. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5753-Immunization.pdf

If you think you've done all those required, then hope the DS3025 in the brown envelope is enough. Most UK men get MMR, Tdap or Td, and show a history of having the disease Varicella (chickenpox.) If you didn't have chickenpox, then you will need Varicella shot to adjust status. (You mentioned having mumps, but not chickenpox.) If there's anything you still need, then the DS3025 in your envelope won't be enough so you might as well sort it out with a Civil Surgeon now.