Another warning K1s. Get your shots!

[Darnell 8,478]

Yay Shots !

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

I am going to add this from another thread to the immunization discussion.

JamesRenee, on 12 Apr 2015 - 2:45 PM, said:

Quick question- on my finances medical records it does not have on there that he had the chicken pox when he was 2. Do they need to be on his medical record or dies he just need to tell the nurse at Knightsbridhe and have her check the box?

Chickenpox is the only thing both panel physicians and civil surgeons are allowed to take a verbal account on. All others require written proof. --

"My mum said I had chickenpox when I was two" ACCEPTABLE

"My mum said I had all my childhood shots," NOT ACCEPTABLE

If you want to make sure your form is acceptable for AOS, then know what the requirements are and make sure it's on your sheet before you leave. The Knightsbridge people know visas. They have not studied AOS. otherwise they wouldn't tell people the things they do.

A spouse visa gets a waiver on varicella because it is not routinely available. TRUE. They must be complete by their visa interview or no visa. They will not go through AOS so must meet the greencard requirements in London.

A fiancé does not have to meet the requirements until their AOS. They will be in the US where Varicella shots are available. They could go get a shot before AOS. Having Varicella History ticked is a guaranteed waiver that you are immune. If you have had chickenpox, then get the waiver that is good for anywhere/anytime. Tell them when they start talking about immunization. Don't wait for them to ask.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Yay Shots !

Best part of the process, IMO

[ChasUno 101]

Just went and got my updated shots today (MMR, TDap). Obviously everyone's doctors practice will be different, however, the nurse um'ed and ah'ed as to whether I would have to pay for them or not. I told her that I am a Registered Nurse and would be continue to work in healthcare when I move to the USA. She said in that case I could have them for free, as healthcare workers are a priority for having vaccinations.

If you work as a healthcare professional (especially front line, and also including Nursing Auxillaries/ Healthcare Assistants/ Carers), make sure you mention this to your doctor/ nurse and tell them that you will be continuing to work in healthcare once over in the USA. That should get you the shots for free. Otherwise, if I recall correctly, they are £45 per shot, of which I would have needed three (TDap, MMR, and MMR booster).

Edited April 28, 2015 by ChasUno

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

Just went and got my updated shots today (MMR, TDap). Obviously everyone's doctors practice will be different, however, the nurse um'ed and ah'ed as to whether I would have to pay for them or not. I told her that I am a Registered Nurse and would be continue to work in healthcare when I move to the USA. She said in that case I could have them for free, as healthcare workers are a priority for having vaccinations.

If you work as a healthcare professional (especially front line, and also including Nursing Auxillaries/ Healthcare Assistants/ Carers), make sure you mention this to your doctor/ nurse and tell them that you will be continuing to work in healthcare once over in the USA. That should get you the shots for free. Otherwise, if I recall correctly, they are £45 per shot, of which I would have needed three (TDap, MMR, and MMR booster).

Is there no MMR in your childhood records? If so that counts as MMR 1. The shot today would be MMR 2. Done.

[ChasUno 101]

Is there no MMR in your childhood records? If so that counts as MMR 1. The shot today would be MMR 2. Done.

According to my Doctor (and Wiki), MMR wasn't routinely given in the UK until 1988 onwards. I was born in 1969, had the Measles vaccine in 1970 but never had the Mumps nor Rubella vaccines as they either didn't exist and/ or weren't deemed a necessity (many kids got Mumps and Rubella when I was a small child, much like Varicella - back then they weren't classed as serious illnesses unless you were pregnant or very ill). The Mumps and Rubella vaccines aren't available separately, hence I had to have the MMR vaccine today with a follow up booster in once months time.

[yuna628 9,527]

According to my Doctor (and Wiki), MMR wasn't routinely given in the UK until 1988 onwards. I was born in 1969, had the Measles vaccine in 1970 but never had the Mumps nor Rubella vaccines as they either didn't exist and/ or weren't deemed a necessity (many kids got Mumps and Rubella when I was a small child, much like Varicella - back then they weren't classed as serious illnesses unless you were pregnant or very ill). The Mumps and Rubella vaccines aren't available separately, hence I had to have the MMR vaccine today with a follow up booster in once months time.

Same issue my guy had. Absolutely no record of MMR in his shot history. And as he had mumps, it's clear he either never had a shot, or the shot somehow failed. He just got the second MMR booster a few days ago. He's now all up to date.

They only charged him to get a print out of the information. What he is having trouble getting though is a simple letter from the doctor's officer explaining his hand injury. I've never seen something so simple be such a fuss to sort out.

[wbeem 567]

I've never seen something so simple be such a fuss to sort out.

Welcome to public healthcare Not all doctors' offices are equal.

ChasUno, like you, I didn't get the MMR as a 3 in 1 as a child. I had one round of each of the three separately and subsequently got rubella and then mumps. However, I did an immunity test at a travel clinic and came up immune to all three. If you're happy to get the booster, just do it. Someone had trouble with it not being available at Knighsbridge recently and that caused/will cause additional running around and/or expense. Personally, I would call them and check first. Or better still, send an email so that if they tell you that you don't need the booster, you have it in writing to take with you to your appointment. By the time I got there I didn't care about anything much other than being signed off as complete.

[ChasUno 101]

Welcome to public healthcare Not all doctors' offices are equal.

ChasUno, like you, I didn't get the MMR as a 3 in 1 as a child. I had one round of each of the three separately and subsequently got rubella and then mumps. However, I did an immunity test at a travel clinic and came up immune to all three. If you're happy to get the booster, just do it. Someone had trouble with it not being available at Knighsbridge recently and that caused/will cause additional running around and/or expense. Personally, I would call them and check first. Or better still, send an email so that if they tell you that you don't need the booster, you have it in writing to take with you to your appointment. By the time I got there I didn't care about anything much other than being signed off as complete.

As I'm still waiting for the NOA2, and I had round 1 of the MMR today, by the time I'm due the booster in one months time I suspect that my medical will still be a good few weeks away, if not a month or more. I'll just get it done at my local doctors and request a print out of all my vaccinations to take with me to the medical

Also, anyone who has had the medical - I know that both me and my sister got Varicella (Chickepox) in the late 70's. All I need to do is tell them that at the medical? I can't remember if we had a doctor visit us to confirm the diagnosis at the time, so there might not be any record of it.

Edited April 28, 2015 by ChasUno

[wbeem 567]

You just tell them you had chickenpox and they give you the waiver.

Very important though: Make sure that they put a check mark in the box where it states "History". I actually took a photo of that particular section of my DS3025 to post on here, but for the life of me, I have not been able to get it to upload to my post. I will give it another go though.

[bonzaigirl 13]

Hi everybody, when I had my medical I was told by the nurse that except for the tetanus shot (which I took as well) I've got all the shots complete, but at the bottom of the form, you know the one they hand back to you for presentation when you go to the US, the tickbox there stating whether you've got complete shots or not is not ticked. I called Knightsbridge about this, and they told me, its becAuse I am K1 visa applicant. Is this the same for everybody? It's just I don't want to leave and all of a sudden, just because of an unticked box I need to pay lots of money for it. If anyone can please just check the paper that was given to you during your medical. Thank you.

[ChasUno 101]

Hi everybody, when I had my medical I was told by the nurse that except for the tetanus shot (which I took as well) I've got all the shots complete, but at the bottom of the form, you know the one they hand back to you for presentation when you go to the US, the tickbox there stating whether you've got complete shots or not is not ticked. I called Knightsbridge about this, and they told me, its becAuse I am K1 visa applicant. Is this the same for everybody? It's just I don't want to leave and all of a sudden, just because of an unticked box I need to pay lots of money for it. If anyone can please just check the paper that was given to you during your medical. Thank you.

From what I understand, for a K1 visa you do not need all (or any) shots. The nurse is correct about that, BUT...

...you DO need all the shots for the AOS process.

I don't know the form or the box that hasn't been ticked, so you need to wait for someone who has been through the process to confirm. My suspicion is that without that box being ticked, you won't be able to do the AOS process without going to a civil surgeon in the USA and paying $$$'s for shots you've already had.

[bonzaigirl 13]

You just tell them you had chickenpox and they give you the waiver.

Very important though: Make sure that they put a check mark in the box where it states "History". I actually took a photo of that particular section of my DS3025 to post on here, but for the life of me, I have not been able to get it to upload to my post. I will give it another go though.

I have a question, on the bottom page wherein it says SUMMARY for VISA IMMIGRANT APPLICANT, are your tickboxes left unmarked both for complete and US VAccination not complete? Thanks.

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

The form is newish and they are wrong about not ticking it if you have all the requirements for AOS just because you are a K1. But you aren't going to convince them. Others have had the same thing....blank. It may or may not be a problem depending on who does your AOS. Many adjudicators in many places. Nobody who has had this new version of the form has made it through AOS yet to know how it will go. It does say in the handbook for USCIS adjudicators that even if the results are not filled out properly, but they can see that the shots are all there, they should not RFE. I hope all of you AOS officers have studied their handbook.

[GCE 1]

I have a question, on the bottom page wherein it says SUMMARY for VISA IMMIGRANT APPLICANT, are your tickboxes left unmarked both for complete and US VAccination not complete? Thanks.

Hi bonzaigirl

I had the same query a while back. On my form none of the boxes in section two are checked. I called Knightsbridge and the receptionist gave the same response - that section is only for immigrant visas and K1 is a non-immigrant visa.

It sounds like we just have to hope that the AOS officers know the K1 situation well enough to know that it's correct and that they check the vaccination list instead. At least the box 'US vaccination requirements NOT complete' also isn't checked.

Nich-Nick advised sending in a photocopy of the vaccination form when you submit your AOS, as a reminder to the officer opening the package.

When I get to the US and start the AOS process I'll post an update to let you know what happened. Although you might get there before me - in which case please do the same!