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My husband had his physical done in England in March of 2018.  He was missing one MMR which he received in England but after his immigration physical was completed.  While all of the literature seems to indicate that we only needed vaccine transcription on the I-693, we could not find any civil surgeons in the Indianapolis area who were willing to do this.  

I called several offices listed on the registry.  Some civil surgeons had retired, others had resigned.  I had two calls that quoted me in the $450-500 range.  Both said labs would be extra.

I finally had luck with Community Hospital's MedCheck in Castleton.  Dr. Sajiv Alex was the civil surgeon we used.  The cost of the exam was $220 which included the baseline labs needed for the physical.  My husband had received the BCG vaccine in England as a child and reacted to the TB skin test that was placed at the new physical, so we also had to pay for a chest x-ray 48 hours later at a cost of $84.  We had previously provided the clinic the CD of his x-ray from England, but they said they could not read it.

My understanding from reading through other VJ stories from Indianapolis is that there is a MedCheck in the Speedway area that also does immigration physicals (west side of Indy), so I would anticipate the pricing would be the same there.

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My now husband had his physical done in England in March of 2018.  He was missing one MMR which he received in England but after his immigration physical was completed.  While all of the literature seems to indicate that we only needed vaccine transcription on the I-693, we could not find any civil surgeons in the Indianapolis area who were willing to do this.  

I called several offices listed on the registry.  Some civil surgeons had retired, others had resigned.  I had two calls that quoted me in the $450-500 range.  Both said labs would be extra.

I finally had luck with Community Hospital's MedCheck in Castleton.  Dr. Sajiv Alex was the civil surgeon we used.  The cost of the exam was $220 which included the baseline labs needed for the physical.  My husband had received the BCG vaccine in England as a child and reacted to the TB skin test that was placed at the new physical, so we also had to pay for a chest x-ray 48 hours later at a cost of $84.  We had previously provided the clinic the CD of his x-ray from England, but they said they could not read it.

My understanding from reading through other VJ stories from Indianapolis is that there is a MedCheck in the Speedway area that also does immigration physicals (west side of Indy), so I would anticipate the pricing would be the same there.

My fiance said he didn't need to present a copy to the Embassy.  He said the agent told him it was somehow in the system already.  Good luck!

My Fiance is inbound from London today, and we're in the Indy area as well.  May I ask what civil surgeon in the Indy/Speedway area you used?  I have called a few places asking if they will fill out the I-693 pages for vaccine only verifying he received his 2nd MMR in the appropriate time frame AFTER his medical at Knightsbridge, but haven't been able to get an answer.  

2 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

I'll refer you over to these few threads. They may be of some help.

 

 

Thank you!

So this raises the question that if you had something show up in on your ACRO/police certificate, do you need to get an extra certified copy to submit with the I-485?  In the I-485 instructions, it says under #11 "You must submit certified police and court records for any criminal charges, arrests, or convictions you may have."   Does anyone have any thoughts on this?  My fiance has his court records, but the ACRO/certified police record was kept by the Embassy and sounds like it will be kept by the border patrol.  He does have a copy of it, but it is not an original.

17 minutes ago, sgwales said:

Thanks for the update, I have similar concerns of my own.  What paperwork did Mark take to the embassy - was it just the ACRO Police Certificate?  What did they ask about the charges?

 

He took the court documents, ACRO and other police certificate thing (name I can't recall . . . it's what you request if they ACRO says "Further results stepped down").  They only asked him yes/no questions.  And basically it was just verifying what he was charged with and what the outcome was.  For him it was easy and it surprised us both as we had fretted for a long time about it!

Knightsbridge wants a medial summary from your medical provider.  So bring that and also your vaccination history.  If you have had any chronic conditions or bouts of depression/stress, you may want to have your provider write a specific note addressing those issues and that you are well controlled and/or those issues are resolved.  My fiance brought a medical summary and vaccination history but had to make arrangements for a letter regarding a specific issue to be sent from his provider's office to Knightsbridge.

Just now, jarsenault2011 said:

I noticed that you were able to get your interview and medical set up within 3 weeks of receiving your packet? How long ago did you request the ACRO report?  I believe it takes about 40 days to get back to you?

We were trying to prepare ahead, so he filed for his ACRO a few months into our I-129F NOA1 to NOA2 waiting period.  We had essentially everything we needed ready to go by the time the NOA2 was granted.  I checked with my fiance and he thinks his ACRO came within about 10 days but apparently there is a faster version you can pay for as well.  Good luck!

I just wanted to put a follow-up comment here for any future VJ-ers in a similar boat.  My fiance had an animal neglect charge that resulted in a fine only, and a common assault charge that had no fine/jail/etc.  He had his interview this morning and was asked briefly about both charges but was approved!!  Thanks to all for your help!

Hello!  I have found this site extremely helpful and I'm hoping someone can provide some insight into a question about the police record.

My English fiance has a minor animal neglect charge on his record.  He paid a fine but had no community service or jail time.  I see that he needs to bring detailed court information in addition to the police record itself to the interview, but I am curious to know if there have been any other similar issues with folks on Visa Journey.  It doesn't appear to be one of the major crimes that tend to keep people out (domestic abuse, violent crime, etc.), but we are still nervous about it!

Any help or even redirection to a previous post would be greatly aprpeciated.