> I tell my clients to call around and check with the Doctor to find out
> their prices and whether or not they are still authorized by the USCIS
> to do this work. I also tell them to ask the Doctor (during the call)
> if they have the required forms. If the Doctor doesn't, my
> recommendation is to try to find a different Doctor.
This is certainly good advice if you happen to live in a large
metropolitan area. We had a choice of exactly *two* doctors, one of
which died about two weeks before we made the phone calls. :(
Our guy tried to talk us into a new medical, but we went armed with the
page from the USCIS site which explains that K-1s don't need one if
they're filing for AOS within the year after the initial medical.
We also asked the doc to make a copy of the supplement before he sealed
it in the envelope, and after looking at us quizzically and then at the
large binder of information we had brought, he ran off to the copy
machine. :D
The whole process took about a half hour and I believe we were charged
about $45. Their office did submit our charge to my insurance
company, and it was denied. Reason given? Nothing for immigration is
covered. Ah.
Our other choice would have been to drive two and a half hours into
Chicago, and I shudder to think what we would have been charged
there! :)
~SecretGarden