Bob

Unless you know your OH can get them done for free or cheap, don't count on it...Tetanus alone can run a couple hundred bucks.

wildinvirginia

I came out under the Visa Waiver Program then got married here so didn't know I had to have vaccinations in advance. The records my GP had were insufficent for the US Immigration Service and a letter from my school saying Id had them dine there eons ago was not sufficient. I was actually very glad too because my US health insurance covered it all under the preventative medicine clause so if I'd had them done or topped up in UK I may have ended up having had some done again - something to check. A word of warning tho, if you have the TB vacination in England (remember they used to give it to us all at school?) you will probably test positive here even though you wont be and will have to have a chest ex-ray to rule out TB. It's an anomaly with the type of vaccine used in the UK and in the armed forces around the world - it just triggers a positive response in anyone who's had that particular vaccine. I mention this because if any insurance you have doesn't cover a chest ex-ray, the dollars will certainly start mounting up. I got lucky due to hubbies insurance but be careful. I you do decide to have them done at home, check out Travel Clinics. Often usual GP's practices boost their incomes that way and have more competitive prices. You don't have to belong to that surgery to get that service. Some of the walk in clinics also provide these services - my ex had his done at one on Victoria Station London. Just be very sure you carry very detailed paperwork showing the dates you had vaccines - the rules here on who gave them and when are quite strict - they'd really rather you use one of the US Civil Surgeons so just look into how the documentation should read if you have them done at home.

ljaw2002uk

The Knightsbridge medical includes said x-ray.

Apfelkuchen

Yes, at my school it was considered a great game to go around punching people on their BCG site after the injection .

AMBERLYRA

My fiancee works in his local Health office and gets all his vaccinations free. I am hoping, as his wife, I would too. I will try the drop in centres for travellers here first though. I had Tetanus shot with polio and something else earlier in the year as I cut myself on a rusty tin. I will get a free flu shot in the winter here too. To be honest I wish I had another doctor but it is pointless changing at this stage.
Rosemary

Bob

If you know you had the jabs, a titre test would be generally a quicker, cheaper, less effort way of sorting yourself out and something insurance would often cover too

Moxie

FYI to the K1s. Your shots required by Adjustment of Status application time are

Age 19 up--Td or Tdap (if DT, DTP or DTaP shown: okay to accept); MMR; Varicella; Influenza between Oct1 and March 31 only.

The rest are not age appropriate for you and you are given a blanket waiver because they are not medically appropriate. Varicella is not routinely available in the UK, but if you had chickenpox you are excused from the shot.

To the person above who listed Pertussis separately, it's the P part of DTP. If you had a pertussis version as a child, then Td or DT serves as the booster for diptheria and tetanus part. You need the whole shot or the booster version within the last 10 years.