How to keep my husband in US

[Paul Wang 0]

Hi everyone,

Just before my husband (F-1 student on OPT, living with me in USA) and I (citizen) are going to submit I-130 and I485 to change his status, my husband got stuck at medical exam. Doctor insisted in asking him to take three shots of Hepatitis B in order to meet the requirement. But totally three shots require 7 months and by then, my husband legal status (F-1 on OPT) will expire and we could not submit our application.

What should I do in order to keep him in US? Any type of visa we should apply.

Many thanks.

[Inky 1,110]

Find a different doctor to do the medical? typically for AOS you only need the first shot of the series to be ok with AOS, but then have to finish the rest of the shots on your own.

[YuAndDan 153]

I am with Inky on this go to d different US Civil surgeon.

Hep B is not a requirement.

Age 18 - 64 are required to have:

• MMR
• Td
• Variccella (AKA Chicken Pox)
• The FLU if in season

Table of required vaccinations: http://www.cdc.gov/i...tions.html#tbl1

Moving to AOS from Work/STUDENT/Tourist visa forum...

Edited February 23, 2011 by YuAndDan

[vett 6]

Hi everyone,

Just before my husband (F-1 student on OPT, living with me in USA) and I (citizen) are going to submit I-130 and I485 to change his status, my husband got stuck at medical exam. Doctor insisted in asking him to take three shots of Hepatitis B in order to meet the requirement. But totally three shots require 7 months and by then, my husband legal status (F-1 on OPT) will expire and we could not submit our application.

What should I do in order to keep him in US? Any type of visa we should apply.

Many thanks.

i think youANDdon is correst, bcuz i just did my medical, and i only got the MMR, since i had the chicken pocks as a teenager

i was exempt from getting that shot. so i would also suggest seeing another doctor.

best wishes

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I am with Inky on this go to d different US Civil surgeon.

Hep B is not a requirement.

Hep B is a requirement if you have conditions that cause it to be required so you're not entirely correct. Here is the complete document that has the standard table on page 2, table 1 and the requirements which mean Hep B would be required are on table 2 : http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5901-Immunization.pdf

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Get a new doc, or try to kindly point out that there is a box to check "insufficient interval between doses" which allows a medical to be complete without the immunizations to be complete (have to start the series as stated above).

[ceadsearc 515]

I would follow Harpa's advice. My husband had to get all of his vaccines as he had no shot record, and he got a series of shots, then came back after a month for one more, and then they checked the box for the last in the series of 3, IIRC.

[Pegworth 2]

When I went for my medical they told me I could have a blood test done to see which shots I needed. They could tell if I had certain shots or antibodies already for eg..Chicken pox etc. I didn't want to have extra shots or antibodies if they weren't required as I knew I had most of my shots. In the end for me the test was cheaper than the shots I required and much more efficient.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

+1 to Harpa Timsah's response.

[SophWeb 25]

Get a new doc, or try to kindly point out that there is a box to check "insufficient interval between doses" which allows a medical to be complete without the immunizations to be complete (have to start the series as stated above).

Agreed.

I wasn't due for my third round of HPV vaccine when I took my medical and the doctor ticked that box and I had the shot a couple of months after the medical and there were no problems.

[cookieandcream 10]

my advise is to call a bunch of doctors on the list until you find a relaxed one who doesn't really care but yes there is a box about the interval but says you started the process