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My fiance comes home tomorrow!

I used this place for two months worth:

Immigrant Health Insurance

Thanks so much for this!

My case was closed at NVC on March 14th. I am still waiting on my interview date at ciudad Juarez. How long does it take???!!!!

Hello,

Have you called NVC and gotten your:

-Case Number

-Invoice Number

-Beneficiary ID Number?

I did the exact same thing, brought my vaccination records from when I was a child and I got the rest of the vaccines I was missing in Mexico. I got them transcribed by the CS with no problems at all and without paying a fortune for it.

He can go to the 'IMSS' or 'ISSSTE' in Mexico and ask for the vaccines, and they usually give you a vaccination record for you to keep. Good luck!

Thanks was another question in my mind. Thanks!

You could not have gotten them at the medical, so don't beat yourself up about that one. Juarez will not do transcriptions to the DS-3025 or give any vaccinations for a K-1, even if you ask them and offer to pay extra as my husband did. He ended up with a useless, blank DS-3025.

You can get them in Mexico, and if he has vaccination records from his childhood, have him bring those too. He needs the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) and the Tdap(tetanus diphtheria and pertussis), or the TD(tetanus and diphtheria) booster, which also works for the AOS requirement. He will also need the varicella, but if your fiance already had chickenpox, he does not need that one. It is not flu season any longer, so there is nothing you need right now because of the time of year it is. Look up the names of the vaccines in Spanish, and ask the hospital for them in their Spanish names. They will know what they are that way. Get the record of getting them. Have that record translated to English, and take it with you when you see a civil surgeon in the US to transcribe his vaccines to the I-693. The civil surgeon can let you know if he missing any others, but if gets the MMR, and Tdap/TD plus varicella or history of chickenpox, then he probably will not need anything else. You do not have to get them through the civil surgeon and pay more. You can go get them at your own doctor through insurance, if he is added to yours already, or the local health department for cheaper. You can then take those records back to the civil surgeon to have them transcribed onto the I-693 as well and have the civil surgeon finish the form and sign off on it.

My husband got the MMR and TD booster in Mexico, and brought the vaccine record for those plus the records from his childhood (the hospital there might be able to give your fiance a record of his childhood vaccines too, if he had any) with him to the US. He did not need the varicella because he had the chickenpox as a child. He only ended up getting the flu shot at the civil surgeon because it was flu season at the time.

You will most likely have to call around a bit to find a civil surgeon that will not insist on a new medical or paying for one anyway. It is quite frustrating, as the rules for a K-1 seem to confuse too many civil surgeons, or they know the rules and still want to charge you because they can. Good luck!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! That was so informative and helpful.

Wading through opaque medical requirements that are dependent on age, history, and time of year, will likely result in errors in interpretation.

Wow! I didn't know this. Thanks. I thought this was commonplace. I guess we definitely should have got them done at the same time as the medical. He has not yet entered the US. I thought it was something we could take care of Mexico. Thanks for your suggestion.

(sigh) My fiance would like to get his vaccinations done in Mexico, since it will probably be cheaper for us. I don't know how it got pass me that he would eventually have to get vaccinations in the US. I would have got them done at medical, but oh well, water under the bridge.

If he were to get his vaccinations done in Mexico, is there a certain clinic he should go to(he lives in Monterrey)? Will he need to bring the I-693 at that time? Or should he should ask for some sort of proof that he received them and have a civil surgeon sign the I-693 here. We just don't want to get into a situation where the vaccinations would have been for naught, because of lack of documentation. What is the best way of going about this?

Thanks!

As I know all vaccines required are not free for adult. If you have insurance, you can use it. They will give you a record then come back to see the CV for I-693.

Didn't know that! Thanks. I do have insurance, so we may have to go that route.

Yes, you can. But how will you determine what shots he needs? It is better to have the CS tell you exactly what is needed instead of trying to guess.

Thanks for that reccomendation.

Thanks everyone for your help. I'm just trying to get mentally ahead of the game. Could my fiance get vaccinations at a free health clinic and then have it documented by a civil surgeon?

Like most K-1 Visa holders, my fiance did not get vaccinated at the medical examination. I understand he will have to receive vaccinations and have the form I-693 signed by a civil surgeon. I guess I having difficulty understanding what this process involves.

This is how I understand it:

1. Find local civil surgeon.

2. Go to his office.

3. Get vaccinations.

4. Have him fill out the form with signature.

Or do I have a totally wrong concept of this process.

Thanks!

Congratulations!

I wanted to save my review and come back to it later. But it has been published and its incomplete. How do I revise it? Thanks!

Thanks everyone! You're all correct. We got an email telling us how to officially track his visa after about two or three days, so no fee is necessary.

So, my fiance was approved yesterday! He said at the conclusion of the interview, the IO congratulated him and gave him information for tracking his visa via DHL. He even was given a tracking number. But she did not instruct him to go and pay for the DHL service. So he didn't. Was this a mistake? I see no tracking information on the CSC Visa Information website under applicant summary. I'm just a little worried. Can anyone advise me as to whether something went wrong.

Thank you!

Thanks everyone! And congratulations to you Dan & Jenni for your approval!

Thank you!

My fiance just Skyped me to let me know that we were...APPROVED!!!!!!!! I cannot thank the awesome community here at Visa Journey enough! He said that EVERY step of the way he ALWAYS had everything he needed and that it was painless. We are overjoyed! I will give a detailed review tonight or tomorrow.

And once again I can't say it enough--THANK YOU!

Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.

CONGRATULATIONS! So happy for you!

Hi EminTX,

My husband and I both have iphones. I have AT&T and have an added long distance feature that lets me call and text internationally at a reduced rate. I rarely call him this way. We have apps that we use to call and text each other for free - they usually work pretty well as long as we both are near a decent internet connection. We both live in cities so this usually is not a problem. I use viber, kakao talk, fring, oovoo, and skype. I'm sure there are many others too. With kakao talk we can even send picture and video(short 1 or 2 min clips) texts... Hope that helps

Skype has a feature called "Skype to Go." When you buy a subscription service with Skype, you can assign three international numbers as local US numbers and call them at the low Skype rate, without them being counted as international long distance on your cellphone.

http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/features/allfeatures/skype-to-go-number/

I hope this answers your question. Maybe you were just asking about general cellphone rates.

Thank goodness I read this just in time I made the same error but I already sent off the DHL packet but the good news is my cousin is leaving tomorrow for haiti and can hand it to my fiance

Wow! Another nice save. So glad this could help you.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!

My fiancee and I like the majority of VJers I believe, intend to marry and live in the United States. But in the future if we should decide to move back to Mexico, does anyone know if it is required that we register our marriage in some way with civil registry there? Thanks for your help!

For future reference, since you asked... CDJ does not list the I-134 as a requirement, however, people have been asked for it in the past. I would think they might not demand it if there is a letter from employer, tax returns and pay stubs showing they are clearly over the poverty line. Most people just have it there to be safe.

Glad you were able to get your signatures on there after all! Good luck!

Thank you very much for your answer!

Key West might give you the Caribbean atmosphere you're looking for.