I-485 RFE additional vaccine (Polio) - any Civil Surgeons in San Diego that will fill out I-693 without doing full exam (checkbox Part 1, 4A).

[b-cali24 2]

Just had our Green Card interview, apparently Polio vaccine is now required (wasn't done on wife's overseas medical exam and vaccines), it's the only vaccine/item missing.

Case officer gave us an RFE, and said she does not need to redo the full medical exam, just select checkbox in Part 1, 4A on I-693 so you can skip the medical exam part of the form, and they can use her existing vaccine record info from home countries' vaccination documentation worksheet done by panel physician as proof and to fill out that section for those vaccines in the I-693.

 

I looked up civil surgeon, first one I called said they only do the full medical exam, they "wouldn't feel comfortable signing off on another physicans exam", to which I said that part of the form is clearly left blank/empty based on the checkbox we select in Part 1, 4A.  They said to try calling other places.

 

Anyone have any advice in this situation?

 

Even if we go get the polio vaccine at like a CVS or somewhere, and take it to a civil surgeon, will they use her US Dept of State vaccine documentation worksheet from her home country to fill in the vaccine section?

 

Will we be able to find anyone that will agree in skipping the entire medical exam portion that was already completed and that our case officer and the form itself has said is not needed?

[Edward and Jaycel 2,167]

We had to do this in Denver.... we finally found one that would do just the vaccine assessment part but we didn't realize they would do it until we got there to the office. We had basically given up on finding one and we were going to just do the whole exam over again because every place we called, the person on the phone told us they only do the full exam. When we got to the place we decided on, we asked again to the person checking us in and she wasn't sure so she went to the clinic manager who said, "Of course we will do that". We brought Jaycel's vaccine record for the Polio vaccine from CVS plus her DS-3025 from her overseas medical exam and they transferred it to the vaccine assessment part of the I-693, signed and sealed and we were all set. 

Edited Tuesday at 10:03 PM by Edward and Jaycel

[Boiler 48,016]

Call around is all I can suggest, might be variable as above depending on why you speak to.

 

I know there was a place near Denver that served the Spanish speaking community who would do it, now do not know.

[Edward and Jaycel 2,167]

Just now, Boiler said:

Call around is all I can suggest, might be variable as above depending on why you speak to.

 

I know there was a place near Denver that served the Spanish speaking community who would do it, now do not know.

 

For anyone around Denver, Centennial Medical Center (CMC) which is just a couple of blocks away from the USCIS Field Office will do just the vaccine assessment

[TBoneTX 47,999]

b-cali24, when you do find such a civil surgeon (and you will), be sure to add the appropriate data to this thread:

In fact, you might peruse this thread now, starting at the last page and working backward, to see what you find.  In whatever instance, let us know!

[b-cali24 2]

Called Del Mar Integrative Medicine and Roger Kasendorf, both listed on USCIS, rebuked by both saying they would only fill in the full medical.  I'm probably going to call 2-3 more, but might just go ahead and do the full medical to move past this, will get the Polio vaccine at CVS or somewhere first, and we will bring the worksheet of vaccine's already completed in overseas medical appointment.  

 

Thanks to those who responded, we appreciate it.