Malashaan

I used:

Dr. Vivian Esparza, Immigration Medical Exams of the Northeast
20 Ferguson Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401
(802) 238-7059

she wasn't as cheap as some that others ave mentioned, but the chepest i could find around here. She runs her practice from her family home which I liked and was really helpful and pleasant. She even told me that if I needed the varicella vaccine that it would be free through the state so I shouldn't pay her for it. As it turns out she tested my antibodies and I didn't need it, guess i must be a natural immune because I never had chicken pox as a kid.

helwardman

It seems that experiences vary on this one. From my research done at the time (admittedly 3 years ago) I read accounts of people successfully adjusting status from a K1 without including their vaccination records in the AOS package, some that did exactly what I did, and some that went along to a civil surgeon in person and were told that they needed a full medical doing.

All I know is what worked for me at the time.

I'm sorry this has created such a big hassle for you.

randomgirl

Thanks for your reply

I'm just going to include all of the stuff from my new medical (in the sealed brown envelope from the civil surgeon, of course!) because even though it wasn't necessary, it's done now, and it'd be a waste of $245 to not bother including it. Also I figure if I now just sent my vaccination worksheet from my London medical, and USCIS did ask for more stuff, it'd look strange if I then sent them the brown envelope with the forms dated this week (they'd probably wonder why I didn't include it initially). So, it was a bad experience, but hey, it's over with now.

Hopefully the brown envelope and its contents will be ready for collection today, and then we can send my AOS stuff off this weekend! It'll be a weight off my mind once it's gone, I can't wait!

RG

randomgirl

Hi everyone,

Just a quick update - we went to collect my medical packet from the civil surgeon's office this afternoon and they gave me a copy of all the paperwork and the x-rays, as I requested. They also (for some reason) waived the fee for the x-rays, which should've been $65. So that makes me feel a bit better about everything. I don't know if they were kind of acknowledging their mistake or what, but it was nice to not have to pay it.

RG

fatbrit

You'll probably find them as collections on your credit report a couple of years down the road!

randomgirl

I hope not!

I did tell them we needed to pay for the x-rays and they just said not to worry about it...

RG

fatbrit

In that case the bill will be coming from the radiologist.....or the collection agency.

BTW, don't worry about a medical collection on your credit report. You're can't become a real American without a few of them on there!

andrewdean

It is probably Immigration in Phoenix, when I was getting my green 7 years ago the phoenix office made me redo my medical as they claim they never got the records from the POE. I also had to do the Chest X-Ray and then had to explain to the civil surgeon what the different vaccinations were on my shots record. All in all seemed like a nice racket for the civil surgeon I think the whole cost was about $300-400 as insurance did not cover it.

randomgirl

I don't think so, it was definitely the civil surgeon's office we were supposed to pay for the x-rays. I asked them on Wednesday how much it was and it was meant to be $65, I also asked if we would get charged for a report and they said no. I'd arranged to pay it today as my hubby had to leave before the end of my visit on Wednesday (and he has the money, lol).

RG

randomgirl

That's not good!

I'm glad they didn't charge that much, that's a lot. The office we went to accepts insurance from only one specific insurance company, which wasn't ours (and probably isn't most peoples' insurance company either!).

RG