Medical

[Marry American 0]

I am not having any luck contacting civil surgeons. They can not transcribe his medical from Morocco onto the I-693. The civil surgeons need to complete the physical in order to complete the I-693.

Did you have a new medical done or were you able to find a civil surgeon that used the previous medical from SO's country?

[Ban Hammer 12,829]

they are full of #######. it's an i-693a vaccination supplement. stress that it is transcribing from the ds-3025 onto that form, and that no medical is required, this is for aos.

link to locate

[Marry American 0]

That is what I am telling them and I am not having any luck. I am still contacting people.

[Arazia 0]

Make sure you mention that you only need your vaccination sheet transferred to the I-693A. The 'A' is kind of important as the I-693 is the entire medical. They certainly are not going to fill out the I-693 without a full medical, but they -should- transfer/fill out the I693A.

We had no problems with this at all. My husband called up and got his transferred at the first place he called for $25.

[YuAndDan 153]

What I did was to take the I-485 instructions with me to the the Civil Surgeon's office and pointed at the pointed to the paragraph clearly stating that K-Visa holder does not require a medical, only the supplement. They quickly changed from insisting on medical and just did the supplement for $35.

[Marry American 0]

Make sure you mention that you only need your vaccination sheet transferred to the I-693A. The 'A' is kind of important as the I-693 is the entire medical. They certainly are not going to fill out the I-693 without a full medical, but they -should- transfer/fill out the I693A.

We had no problems with this at all. My husband called up and got his transferred at the first place he called for $25.

I just spoke to uscis, a woman there told me that we can send in the DS-3025. Should it be transferred to the 1-693A supplement?

I see you live near or in the Chicago land area, could you send me the information to the civil surgeon that you guys used? PM if you like!

[Marry American 0]

What I did was to take the I-485 instructions with me to the the Civil Surgeon's office and pointed at the pointed to the paragraph clearly stating that K-Visa holder does not require a medical, only the supplement. They quickly changed from insisting on medical and just did the supplement for $35.

That is good advice. I will have to tell them that. I was under the impression that the 1-693 form would need to be completed. I am understanding now that just the supplement needs to be completed (1-693A). The physical is not needed because they should have that in his files-Correct?

[Arazia 0]

Make sure you mention that you only need your vaccination sheet transferred to the I-693A. The 'A' is kind of important as the I-693 is the entire medical. They certainly are not going to fill out the I-693 without a full medical, but they -should- transfer/fill out the I693A.

We had no problems with this at all. My husband called up and got his transferred at the first place he called for $25.

I just spoke to uscis, a woman there told me that we can send in the DS-3025. Should it be transferred to the 1-693A supplement?

I see you live near or in the Chicago land area, could you send me the information to the civil surgeon that you guys used? PM if you like!

We live in the Chicago area. We used:

# Dr. Roman O. Kozyckyj

9830 South Ridgeland Avenue, Chicago Ridge, IL 60415

(708) 229-2240

Although he's not in Chicago Ridge anymore at that address. He's in Oak Lawn around 95th street.

[Krikit 1,163]

Try posting your local CIS office or location. You may get responses from people in your area with helpful info.

Here is the link to the civil surgeon who does it by fax for $10. Link

Just another thought, though. If you are wording this to the civil surgeon's office in the same manner as you did in this post, it may be why you're receiving these responses from them. You are not requesting they transcribe his medical information (I-693). You are requesting they transcribe his vaccination report to the supplemental immunization form (I-693A) for a K-1 Visa.

I'm not sure how the immunization process goes for Morocco. I submitted my AOS with the immunization worksheet DS-3025 because my vaccinations were complete so I didn't go the civil surgeon route. If your husband's vaccinations weren't completed before he came here he may need to visit the civil surgeon to take care of that before they will fill in the form. This may also be why they are insisting on the medical.

Good luck.

K

Edited to add:

Sorry..... it took me so long in my response that others have been able to respond to your questions with their own helpful info.

Edited June 25, 2007 by Krikit

[featherB 1]

The people on the 1-800 line are notorious for giving out incorrect information... but a few people round here have reported that they were ok just sending in the DS-3025. Could result in an RFE for the I-693a, though. When you've called the civil surgeons, have you definitely explained to them that you only need the I-693a vaccination supplement? Because if you're asking them about the I-693, like in your original post, they are right to say they'll need to do a whole medical... and y'know how unhelpful people can be, they're unlikely to say 'oh, do you mean the I-693a?' even if they know exactly what it is you need! If you can't find a local CS that will do it for you... well, I've seen a couple of people post the details of someone you can mail/fax the DS-3025 to, and they'll do an I-693a... the prices were really reasonable, too. I'm trying to find the details, but am having no luck right now - so if anyone else has the info to hand, please post it... meanwhile, I'll keep looking!

*edit* - I see Krikit just posted a link to the info I was looking for!

Edited June 25, 2007 by featherB

[YuAndDan 153]

What I did was to take the I-485 instructions with me to the the Civil Surgeon's office and pointed at the pointed to the paragraph clearly stating that K-Visa holder does not require a medical, only the supplement. They quickly changed from insisting on medical and just did the supplement for $35.

That is good advice. I will have to tell them that. I was under the impression that the 1-693 form would need to be completed. I am understanding now that just the supplement needs to be completed (1-693A). The physical is not needed because they should have that in his files-Correct?

Correct, the full medical was in that brown envelope left with the officer at POE, and is now at USCIS waiting for the AOS to be filed, that is why only the supplement is needed, K-visa holders can hold on vaccinations until after they arrive in the USA, and that is why the supplement is needed to be done.

[Krikit 1,163]

Correct, the full medical was in that brown envelope left with the officer at POE, and is now at USCIS waiting for the AOS to be filed, that is why only the supplement is needed, K-visa holders can hold on vaccinations until after they arrive in the USA, and that is why the supplement is needed to be done.

Just to expand on the above...

SOME countries allow K non-immigrant visa holders to defer the vaccinations until after they arrive in the US, which is why they request the I-693A with the AOS submission. If the beneficiary's vaccinations were completed as part of the visa process, they are not required to submit the supplemental vaccination form because all that information is enclosed in the brown envelope. This is not to say that someone processing the I-485 will not request the information in an RFE. As we all know, not everyone employed by USCIS has the same understanding of the rules and regulations applicable to K-1 visa holders.

[Yodrak 7]

Krikit,

Thank you. Finally we get a correct explanation.

Vaccinations are not required of non-immigrants, so when they apply to immigrate K-visa people are asked to document their vaccination status. DS-3025 should suffice for applicants who did have their vaccinations completed with their visa application, but not all not all K-visa people do have the vaccinations completed for their visa application and USCIS (and VJ) people do not all have the same understanding as to satisfying the requirements for immigration.

Yodrak

Correct, the full medical was in that brown envelope left with the officer at POE, and is now at USCIS waiting for the AOS to be filed, that is why only the supplement is needed, K-visa holders can hold on vaccinations until after they arrive in the USA, and that is why the supplement is needed to be done.

Just to expand on the above...

SOME countries allow K non-immigrant visa holders to defer the vaccinations until after they arrive in the US, which is why they request the I-693A with the AOS submission. If the beneficiary's vaccinations were completed as part of the visa process, they are not required to submit the supplemental vaccination form because all that information is enclosed in the brown envelope. This is not to say that someone processing the I-485 will not request the information in an RFE. As we all know, not everyone employed by USCIS has the same understanding of the rules and regulations applicable to K-1 visa holders.

[sj5 4]

Make sure you mention that you only need your vaccination sheet transferred to the I-693A. The 'A' is kind of important as the I-693 is the entire medical. They certainly are not going to fill out the I-693 without a full medical, but they -should- transfer/fill out the I693A.

We had no problems with this at all. My husband called up and got his transferred at the first place he called for $25.

I just spoke to uscis, a woman there told me that we can send in the DS-3025. Should it be transferred to the 1-693A supplement?

I see you live near or in the Chicago land area, could you send me the information to the civil surgeon that you guys used? PM if you like!

DS-3025 transfer to the I-693A before you submit.. Hmm $25 but how come mine was $65 just to transfer in a new form? you guys think its reasonable price?

[Marry American 0]

Thank you very much. I finally have it figured out. Thanks VJers.