I-693 and Civil Surgeon Experience for K-1 90 Day AOS NOT DONE

[momoaz 1]

Here is my interesting story today about my Civil Surgeon experience with my Filipino wife today. We have all the paperwork done and ready to file AOS with about 30 days left on her K-1 Entry. I read and re-read the I-693 Instructions and the FAQ as well as the Section 6.0....AFTER MARRIAGE - ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FAQ here on VJ. I called a Civil Surgeon (found off USCIS web site) to make an appointment and they saw me same day that was nice. However here in Phoenix I knew I would be in for problems since they typically do AOS for the southern border and other types of immigration where no physical has been done yet. I told the scheduling at the time I just needed the CS to inspect my wife's medical record and inform them they were complete from the St Lukes Medical she had in Manilla in Sept and fill out his form for us. No Physical was needed since it was done within the same year. They got us right in and proceeded to run us through the whole process for complete I-693 physical and after I tried to explain the form to them a few times I just gave up and we went with the flow. We paid, waited and then did the preliminary physical stuff and then when we got to the needles for blood and TB I showed the assistant the ST Lukes Vaccination Record again and told them they were all done. She was puzzled. We stopped there an went into "waiting for doctor mode". One Hour later when the doctor arrived into the exam room he admitted they have never seen this K-1 adjustment before and did not know how to proceed. Not trying to tell the doctor what the process was, (they don't like that) I told him all we needed was a vaccination record review, the filling out of the forms again and his witness to her signing it and seal it up in his package. I told him the instruction were to fill out part 2 and he was done but the I-693 instructions didn't specifically spell this out so he wasnt going for it.

They refunded our money and told us they would call us back after they did some research. I left a Page 1 filled out of the I-693, the instructions, the St Lukes Vac Report and will wait a few days for them to call.

Anyone else have this problem?

Anyone in Phoenix go through this and want to recommend a Civil Surgeon that they used?

[bubb4 0]

Here is my interesting story today about my Civil Surgeon experience with my Filipino wife today. We have all the paperwork done and ready to file AOS with about 30 days left on her K-1 Entry. I read and re-read the I-693 Instructions and the FAQ as well as the Section 6.0....AFTER MARRIAGE - ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FAQ here on VJ. I called a Civil Surgeon (found off USCIS web site) to make an appointment and they saw me same day that was nice. However here in Phoenix I knew I would be in for problems since they typically do AOS for the southern border and other types of immigration where no physical has been done yet. I told the scheduling at the time I just needed the CS to inspect my wife's medical record and inform them they were complete from the St Lukes Medical she had in Manilla in Sept and fill out his form for us. No Physical was needed since it was done within the same year. They got us right in and proceeded to run us through the whole process for complete I-693 physical and after I tried to explain the form to them a few times I just gave up and we went with the flow. We paid, waited and then did the preliminary physical stuff and then when we got to the needles for blood and TB I showed the assistant the ST Lukes Vaccination Record again and told them they were all done. She was puzzled. We stopped there an went into "waiting for doctor mode". One Hour later when the doctor arrived into the exam room he admitted they have never seen this K-1 adjustment before and did not know how to proceed. Not trying to tell the doctor what the process was, (they don't like that) I told him all we needed was a vaccination record review, the filling out of the forms again and his witness to her signing it and seal it up in his package. I told him the instruction were to fill out part 2 and he was done but the I-693 instructions didn't specifically spell this out so he wasnt going for it.

They refunded our money and told us they would call us back after they did some research. I left a Page 1 filled out of the I-693, the instructions, the St Lukes Vac Report and will wait a few days for them to call.

Anyone else have this problem?

Anyone in Phoenix go through this and want to recommend a Civil Surgeon that they used?

We got hassled a little bit. The I-693 form is actually a new version (october). They are used to the signature page being on the back. We also got the medical exam at St. Lukes, so we're in the same situation.

The Civil Surgeon only needs to do the FIRST page and LAST page (vaccination page) of the I-693. There is actually a paragraph in the instruction PDF about that. We basically told them that its our money for the AOS and we'll risk not doing the right forms. Just have them make sure the vaccinations are complete and seal that in the envelope.

=)

[Tahoma 2,298]

From our reading here on VJ, we anticipated problems finding a civil surgeon who was familiar with the K-1 transcription process. So, we called around and found one who knew the drill. We were in and out of her office in 15-20 minutes. No problem. Thanks VJ.

There are lots of civil surgeons out there who will insist that you must have a complete physical and a bunch of shots. Ignore them and move on to the next one.