Medical in the US

[Samantha78 117]

Ok, so......my genius husband (sarcastic of course) had his medical done today in DR. No thanks to the people there, they informed him he could have his vaccines here instead of there, thus leaving him with the money ($360) he would have had to spend. I would have preferred he had it there and it be done with but.................................my question is..............................IF he gets his visa and comes here, since we're married I plan to add him to my health insurance plan. Can those vaccines be done at our primary care doctors office, or will we have to self pay at a government mandated money robbing facility?

Thanks in advance.

Edited November 14, 2011 by sam&jensi

[Inky 1,111]

You can have them done at your personal doctor but you still have to go to a civil surgeon to have the shots transcribed to the 693. Sorry but you will still get boned =(

[KayDeeCee 4,900]

Ok, so......my genius husband (sarcastic of course) had his medical done today in DR. No thanks to the people there, they informed him he could have his vaccines here instead of there, thus leaving him with the money ($360) he would have had to spend. I would have preferred he had it there and it be done with but.................................my question is..............................IF he gets his visa and comes here, since we're married I plan to add him to my health insurance plan. Can those vaccines be done at our primary care doctors office, or will we have to self pay at a government mandated money robbing facility?

Thanks in advance.

When filing for AOS, you can get the vaccinations he needs through your insurance at your own doctor, at the public health clinic, etc. You just need to find a civil surgeon to transcribe the vaccinations onto the I-693 for you. You will need Part 1, Part 2-vaccinations section only, and Part 5. You will need to call around until you find a civil surgeon that will do just the transcription for you. See Section III FAQ, #2 of the I-693 instructions. http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-693instr.pdf

Do a search here for a thread called 'Civil Surgeons that don't rip you off' to see if there are any from your area listed there.

[Samantha78 117]

You can have them done at your personal doctor but you still have to go to a civil surgeon to have the shots transcribed to the 693. Sorry but you will still get boned =(

I knew it!!! Urrrrggggggg.....friggin ridiculous! I feel like I'm getting screwed by the government more than my husband!!!! (pun intended)

[Samantha78 117]

When filing for AOS, you can get the vaccinations he needs through your insurance at your own doctor, at the public health clinic, etc. You just need to find a civil surgeon to transcribe the vaccinations onto the I-693 for you. You will need Part 1, Part 2-vaccinations section only, and Part 5. You will need to call around until you find a civil surgeon that will do just the transcription for you. See Section III FAQ, #2 of the I-693 instructions. http://www.uscis.gov.../i-693instr.pdf

Do a search here for a thread called 'Civil Surgeons that don't rip you off' to see if there are any from your area listed there.

Thanks for the link and the info....I'll check that out now.

As if the trillion I pay for health insurance wasn't bad enough....now I get to pay more out to the government

[Carol & Lenin 16]

We ended up going to the health department here in chicago after the civil surgeons tried scamming us.they had the civil surgeon there sign everything gave the vaccines all for 40 or 60 having trouble remembering right now. so try the local health dept 1st.

[az110965 252]

I knew it!!! Urrrrggggggg.....friggin ridiculous! I feel like I'm getting screwed by the government more than my husband!!!! (pun intended)

Not that I'm making fun of your situation, but that last part is the funniest thing I've read in a long time!

[Samantha78 117]

We ended up going to the health department here in chicago after the civil surgeons tried scamming us.they had the civil surgeon there sign everything gave the vaccines all for 40 or 60 having trouble remembering right now. so try the local health dept 1st.

Thanks Carol....I'll definitely try that. Not trying to pay 300 for someone to fill out a paper.

Not that I'm making fun of your situation, but that last part is the funniest thing I've read in a long time!

hahahahahaahhahaha!!!! Well unfortunately its the truth!

[OneLove <3 6]

We went to a Civil Surgeon to fill out the certification portion and vaccinations supplement and paid $50 then for the actual vaccines (which were 5) we got for FREE at the NY Department of Health