K-1 - Have no record of medical history. What do I do for the exam?

[sapha12 2]

Hello!

I haven't been to a family doctor since I was 11 (maybe?), possibly one or two other times in my life before that. Aside from when I had tonsilitis this past winter to which I went to urgent care to get a penicillin prescription for, I have only been to a hospital two other times in my life for me, once when I was 7 and my mom wanted to make sure I didn't break my arm, and literally when I was born.

Obviously, it would be very difficult-to-actually-impossible to acquire my medical record as I do not have a family doctor. I am a resident of Ontario and have been my entire life.

I am worried that I will have no way of getting a physical medical history file to bring with me to my medical exam for my K-1 and that will in some way harm my application as there would be no proof of the above. What do I do? Should I call Telehealth? Do they just ask you questions at the interview?

The only relevant thread for that particular issue was here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/100975-no-medical-records/but that thread is from Dec. 2007 and as it is much later, I want to know if anything has changed as far as a verbal medical history being totally okay goes.

Has anyone else had this issue?

Thanks!,

- Chris

[Darnell 8,478]

Chris - a complete medical exam plus vaccinations will be done by the civil surgeon - lack of your medical history not matter, that doc and staff will suss it all out via a conversation with you.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

You don't HAVE to have a medical history file with you - not everyone does, but you do need to try to obtain your immunization history. I was able to obtain mine from our local regional health unit (Regional Municipality of Waterloo in my case) - they were able to send a copy of my immunizations over the years from when I was young to those done at school etc....

You're probably due fo ran immunization (or booster) such as Tetanus if you haven't had one in 10 yrs.

[sapha12 2]

Wicked! Thanks.

Yeah, I've got the record on the way from home (Englehart) and I (apparently) don't need to worry about the record of the Hep A vaccine I got at a travel clinic in Kitchener (so that you said Waterloo was pretty funny to me. ) as I was living there and am in London now, so it'll probably just be a Tetanus booster. Are those free? Could I just grab one of those at a walk-in?

It's also good to know the physical medical file isn't absolutely necessary. Appreciated.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Good question - I'm sure they could be obtained at an Urgent Care or walk-in. I would suppose you could just ask for a booster since you haven't had one in a while.

Wicked! Thanks.

Yeah, I've got the record on the way from home (Englehart) and I (apparently) don't need to worry about the record of the Hep A vaccine I got at a travel clinic in Kitchener (so that you said Waterloo was pretty funny to me. ) as I was living there and am in London now, so it'll probably just be a Tetanus booster. Are those free? Could I just grab one of those at a walk-in?

It's also good to know the physical medical file isn't absolutely necessary. Appreciated.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Another thing - look at the vaccinations required on the site of whoever will do your immigration medical, just to be prepared in case you're missing anything.

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/canada/303578/pdfs/usa_immigration_medical_canada.pdf

Here's an example from one of the doctor's sites

http://www.visadoctor.ca/usa

[sapha12 2]

Wicked. Just checked out the site and this is exactly what I need. Thank you.