Jadm

I'm curious, back when my UK husband was "adjusting" after us marrying
here in the states..his medical (was 440.US dollars) and consisted of
us walking into the doctors office with the pertinent paperwork...he
was shuttled into a room where the doctor sat and asked a bunch of
questions, looked in his ears nose and throat, listened to his heart &
chest, asked about his UK vacinations (which he only remembered
one*)...gave him a Tb test and one vaccine and we were on our way. the
whole thing was 15 minutes total.*
?????? anyhow i was curious what other medical experiences were?

JubJub

$440 US dollars? This was for a medical in the USA? You got screwed. Mine was $125, for the civil surgeon test. Basically checked that I had 10 toes, ten fingers, and I was on my way. Where did your husband have his test done, so others may avoid the rip-off merchant.

I didn't have proof of immunisations, so had titres done for tetanus, MMR, Varicella, blood test for HIV and RPR (edit) and skin test for TB at my local doc, that was covered under insurance. $15 dollar co-pay.

AlisonPA

You definitely were screwed! Mine was $153 - cost of exam and tetnus job, blood test and chest x-ray for TB. You have to have the exam through a civil surgeon from the list that the USCIS have on their website for your area. Did you do that?

mrsm

My medical was over $400 too, can't remember exactly but I think it was $475, had to have a few vaccines too and TB test. It took about 30 minutes. I was told by NYC USCIS that I had to send it with my AOS application, but I was misinformed , so I'll probably have to have another done just before my interview anyway as I doubt the first one will still be valid by that time. However as my own Dr. is an approved USCIS Doc and I now have medical insurance I'm hoping the insurance will cover the next medical plus I won't be needing the shots again.

Joe

[email protected] (jadm) wrote in message news:<[email protected]. com>...
    > I'm curious, back when my UK husband was "adjusting" after us marrying
    > here in the states..his medical (was 440.US dollars) and consisted of
    > us walking into the doctors office with the pertinent paperwork...he
    > was shuttled into a room where the doctor sat and asked a bunch of
    > questions, looked in his ears nose and throat, listened to his heart &
    > chest, asked about his UK vacinations (which he only remembered
    > one*)...gave him a Tb test and one vaccine and we were on our way. the
    > whole thing was 15 minutes total.*
    > ?????? anyhow i was curious what other medical experiences were?

My wife got a very thorough exam, lasting over an hour, for $133.

Joe

Alect

[email protected] (Joe) wrote in message news:<[email protected]. com>...
    > [email protected] (jadm) wrote in message news:<[email protected]. com>...
    > > I'm curious, back when my UK husband was "adjusting" after us marrying
    > > here in the states..his medical (was 440.US dollars) and consisted of
    > > us walking into the doctors office with the pertinent paperwork...he
    > > was shuttled into a room where the doctor sat and asked a bunch of
    > > questions, looked in his ears nose and throat, listened to his heart &
    > > chest, asked about his UK vacinations (which he only remembered
    > > one*)...gave him a Tb test and one vaccine and we were on our way. the
    > > whole thing was 15 minutes total.*
    > > ?????? anyhow i was curious what other medical experiences were?
    >
    > My wife got a very thorough exam, lasting over an hour, for $133.
    >
    > Joe

So can someone let me know whether I have to have the medical exam and
lodge the forms with results together with I485 or at the time of the
interview?

I am filing in Los Angeles District Office.

Thanks

JubJub

I believe the rule of thumb is that if the waiting time for an interview is greather than 1 year, then the medical doesn't have to be filed with 485.

Easiest thing to do is ring the national callcenter and ask what the LA office requires.

Jadm

JubJub <member20536@british_expats.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > Originally posted by Jadm
    > > I'm curious, back when my
    > UK husband was "adjusting" after us marrying
    > > here in the states..his
    > medical (was 440.US dollars) and consisted of
    > > us walking into the
    > doctors office with the pertinent paperwork...he
    > > was shuttled into a
    > room where the doctor sat and asked a bunch of
    > > questions, looked in
    > his ears nose and throat, listened to his heart &
    > > chest, asked about
    > his UK vacinations (which he only remembered
    > > one*)...gave him a Tb
    > test and one vaccine and we were on our way. the
    > > whole thing was 15
    > minutes total.*
    > > ?????? anyhow i was curious what other medical
    > experiences were?
    >
    > $440 US dollars? This was for a medical
    > in the USA? You got screwed. Mine was $125, for the civil surgeon
    > test. Basically checked that I had 10 toes, ten fingers, and I was on
    > my way. Where did your husband have his test done, so others may avoid
    > the rip-off merchant.
    >
    > I didn't have proof of immunisations, so had
    > titres done for tetanus, MMR, Varicella, blood test for HIV and MMR
    > and skin test for TB at my local doc, that was covered under
    > insurance. $15 dollar co-pay.

where we were located the INS gave us a list of doctors to choose from
(only 6)..all charged the same.*
the state of Maine...we had no insurance, it was out of pocket.

AlisonPA

So can someone let me know whether I have to have the medical exam and
lodge the forms with results together with I485 or at the time of the
interview?

I am filing in Los Angeles District Office.

Thanks [/QUOTE]

You only needed to take a quick look at the USCIS website to answer your question? It took me about 2 seconds to find this under the LA District Office:

"I-485 _ Adjust to Permanent Resident Status (family-based)
I-765 - Employment Authorization Document (may be filed concurrently with family-based I-485)
PO Box 532499
Los Angeles District Office
300 N. Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA 90053"