AOS Vaccination's

[Randy W]

 

 

 

Wow! That sounds cheap. Having read other posts, I was bracing for $200-300 as reasonable and the upper limit around $600. I'd be perfectly happy with $150 to get the shots and the I693 filled out.

 

Does this $150 range work in the San Francisco bay area as well? Or only in Texas?

 

 

It works for Californinians, too, but only if they come visit the civil surgeon here.

 

I think the higher prices are if they require you to redo the physical exam. You don't need to, but you may have to be ready to go somewhere else. SHOW them the Vaccination Supplement (NOT the I693) and the I-485 instructions, and TELL them this is what you need.

 

But I think you can do better than $150 for just the shots - shop around.

 

Jim_julian keeps suggesting the community clinics for free.

[SirLancelot]

Go to your personal doctor and get the shots done there, the fee to transfer the shot record to a supplement should be no more than 30-50.

 

Our case was $35 to transfer the shot record from the yellow book to I-693A supplement.

 

Interesting. So you're suggesting that we can have any doctor/place inject the shots and then go to a CS to fill out the I693A form?

 

Why was I under the impression that it must be a designated CS only who can do the physical and inject the immunization shots if in the USA?

 

We have a family friend who is a doctor who would probably inject the shots at cost. My wife would be able to have this family friend doctor inject the shots and then go to a CS to fill out the form?

[Randy W]

Go to your personal doctor and get the shots done there, the fee to transfer the shot record to a supplement should be no more than 30-50.

 

Our case was $35 to transfer the shot record from the yellow book to I-693A supplement.

 

Interesting. So you're suggesting that we can have any doctor/place inject the shots and then go to a CS to fill out the I693A form?

 

Why was I under the impression that it must be a designated CS only who can do the physical and inject the immunization shots if in the USA?

 

We have a family friend who is a doctor who would probably inject the shots at cost. My wife would be able to have this family friend doctor inject the shots and then go to a CS to fill out the form?

 

 

Yes - let someone else verify what I'm saying, but I think he needs to fill in the Yellow Book.

 

I know others have gotten the shots from other doctors, but I'm not sure of the mechanics of getting it on the I693A

Edited May 20, 2007 by Randy W (see edit history)

[SirLancelot]

Christ! Just now, my wife is chatting with another gal she knows who came a month before her. That girl says she found a CS whom she gave $130USD to simply fill out the form without her having to take one shot. I guess she doesn't like shots. This does not inspire me to believe in this CS system.

 

Hahah.. I just found out from USCIS' website (https://egov.immigration.gov/crisgwi/go?action=offices.summary) that my dad's personal doctor is a designated CS. Hahaha.. This is great. I think this is going to work out pretty well.

 

I'll have our family friend doctor inject the shots and then have my dad's personal physician (a designated CS) fill out the required supplemental form. I don't think he will inflate the price of filling out the form.

 

What do you guys think? Workable plan?

Edited May 20, 2007 by SirLancelot (see edit history)

[jim_julian]

We did the shots for my stepdaughter on Friday at the local public health clinic ... cost $0, including the very expensive HPV. Went to the same civil surgeon as we did with my wife and again she filled out the supplement, based on the shot record from the public health clinic, for $55. That was the least expensive we could find within reasonable driving distance.

[hankster]

I took Lily to the Knox Co. Public Health Clinic today and they charged $140 for the 3 shots (Td, MMR, Varicella).

I also negotiated with a Civil Surgeon today for signing off on the I-693 Supplement. She was not aware that K visas don't need a complete physical if one was performed in the last 12 months for the IV interview.

As Dan and others have suggested, I emailed her a copy of the I-485 instructions. She was open-minded enough to read this and have her receptionist call to say they would do the I-693 supplement for $50.(a figure I had suggested as the Max she should charge for this ) The receptionist thanked me for bringing this to their attention.

[david_dawei]

The only requirement for the CS is that this is the person who verifies vaccinations and fills out the Vaccination supplement; there is no requirement beyond that.

 

You can bring proof of shoots (or blood test) from various corners of the globe, or in some cases a CS has accepted verbal or physical proof (scar on arm was good enough for some, but not others).

 

The best scenario is always to get the shoots beforehand and have the CS just fill out the form.

 

I would roughly put the average prices to expect as follows:

 

CS - form: $25-100

CS - shots: $50-75/shot

CS - physical: $100-200

 

Family doctor - shots: $15-50

 

clinic - shots: Free - 50

[SirLancelot]

We ended up paying $150 for the service.

 

The CS gave my wife a Td shot on our initial visit. He then drew some blood from her to give her a tither test for MMR. We came back two days later and was told her blood work showed that she already had antibodies for MMR. So no MMR shot was needed. He said the government wasn't very critical of Chicken Pox vaccinations and that it really wasn't needed. So she didn't get a shot for Varicella.

 

He gave us a sealed envelope and another copy of the I-693a paperwork for our records. Our CS was very good. He was very competent and explained everything to my wife very carefully and slowly. He was very knowledgeable about the rules, regulations and requirements. He even told her that because she came on a K-1 that a medical exam was not necessary, that only vaccination shots were required. He did not try to extort more money out of us for needless extras. He was the least expensive of many places I called. I would highly recommend my CS. His practice is doing great, with many immigrants coming to his office to get immunization shots for AoS. I saw so many on both days we were at his office.

 

So we have the I-693a part of our needed paperwork done.

 

That wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. $150 isn't bad at all.

[esun41]

I was talking to our IO last week about this very subject. The point was made that there is a waiting list to be a CS because the money is so good and not much is required. The IO's opinion of the CS program was pretty negative. "All they have to do is sign off on a shot record 693 form" "They're are some pretty greedy people in the system"

 

This is coming from an IO with 20 plus years experience... seen it all, so to speak!

 

I asked how I could become an Immigration officer and the reply was... "Why, do you like to suffer?"

 

side note...

 

Lucy was $150 and this included her shots. Jack and Lulu were $125 each, not including shots but had to have a full physical because a year had expired. We had the shots done at the health clinics in California and Texas. About $5 per shot. They needed them for school anyway!

Edited June 3, 2007 by esun41 (see edit history)