Mrpink

I'm pleased to say that the elusive vaccination supplement required for
AOS has now been obtained, and struck off our list of things to be
worried about. In the end the whole experience was fairly quick, but
very odd and slightly surreal to be honest. It started the moment we
got into the reception area of the hospital.

Us - "Hello, we've come
in for the Vaccination Supplement needed for Adjustment of Status."

Receptionist - "We don't do that here."
Us - "Yes you do."

Receptionist - "Alright, but there will be a fee that you'll need to
pay, it can't be billed to insurance."
Us - "When we called we were
told it could be billed to insurance..."
Receptionist - "oh ok, we'll
do that then."

The Doctor met us at the door to his office (and
remarked on the huge file of documentation we brought with us).

Us -
"Hello, we've come in for the Vaccination Supplement needed for
Adjustment of Status."
Doc - "I'll have to give you the entire medical
again..."
Us - "No, we don't need that."
Doc - "Ok, I won't do that,
I'll just fill out the supplenent shall I?"
Us - "That would be
wonderful, thank you. We'd also like a photocopy for our own records,
is that possible?"
Doc - "I suppose so. You obviously know what you
want so I'm sure that will be alright."

We waited in reception for a
few minutes and then the Doctor came back to us with a completed form
(in a sealed envelope marked "INS") and a photocopy of the form inside
the envelope. This differs from the Vaccination Documentation
Worksheet received at the medical in London in several ways. For a
start, the Supplement is portrait format (tall and narrow) as opposed
to the landscape format (short and wide) of the worksheet. At the top
of the sheet it gives this title -

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM TO I-693

Adjustment of Status Applicant's Documentation of Immunisation
To be
completed by Civil Surgeon only

Beneath this heading is a small
section for the applicant's details, and an array of boxes detailing
the vaccine, date received etc. At the bottom of the sheet is a box
(ticked by the Doctor) which states "Vaccine history comlete for each
vaccine, all requirements met." Finally at the bottom is the Doctor's
signature and the date.

The whole process took about ten minutes, five
of which were spent at reception talking about how to bill the work to
insurance!

So, one more thing taken care of, and so it goes on...

Mr
Pink
~and SecretGarden
~~I'm not a Doctor, nor do I play one on TV

HunterGreen

Originally posted by mrpink
    > Us - "Hello, we've come in
for the Vaccination Supplement needed for Adjustment of Status."
Receptionist - "We don't do that here."
    > Us - "Yes you do."
Receptionist - "Alright, but there will be a fee that you'll need to
pay, it can't be billed to insurance."
    > Us - "When we called we were
told it could be billed to insurance..."
    > Receptionist - "oh ok, we'll
do that then."
    >

LMAO!! I'm sure you're both glad that's over
and done with. :)

Elaine

Noorah101

Congratulations on another step accomplished, and thanks for the very
informative post! Interesting about the insurance! I was under the
impression the civil surgeons didn't work with insurance companies for
this, but evidently they do! :-)

Best Wishes!
Rene

Hypertweeky

Originally posted by mrpink
    > I'm pleased to say that the
elusive vaccination supplement required for AOS has now been obtained,
and struck off our list of things to be worried about. In the end the
whole experience was fairly quick, but very odd and slightly surreal to
be honest. It started the moment we got into the reception area of the
hospital.
    >
    > Us - "Hello, we've come in for the Vaccination Supplement
needed for Adjustment of Status."
    > Receptionist - "We don't do that
here."
    > Us - "Yes you do."
    > Receptionist - "Alright, but there will be
a fee that you'll need to pay, it can't be billed to insurance."
    > Us -
"When we called we were told it could be billed to insurance..."
Receptionist - "oh ok, we'll do that then."
    >
    > The Doctor met us at
the door to his office (and remarked on the huge file of documentation
we brought with us).
    >
    > Us - "Hello, we've come in for the
Vaccination Supplement needed for Adjustment of Status."
    > Doc - "I'll
have to give you the entire medical again..."
    > Us - "No, we don't need
that."
    > Doc - "Ok, I won't do that, I'll just fill out the supplenent
shall I?"
    > Us - "That would be wonderful, thank you. We'd also like a
photocopy for our own records, is that possible?"
    > Doc - "I suppose so.
You obviously know what you want so I'm sure that will be alright."
    >
We waited in reception for a few minutes and then the Doctor came back
to us with a completed form (in a sealed envelope marked "INS") and a
photocopy of the form inside the envelope. This differs from the
Vaccination Documentation Worksheet received at the medical in London in
several ways. For a start, the Supplement is portrait format (tall and
narrow) as opposed to the landscape format (short and wide) of the
worksheet. At the top of the sheet it gives this title -
    >
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM TO I-693
    > Adjustment of Status Applicant's
Documentation of Immunisation
    > To be completed by Civil Surgeon only

    > Beneath this heading is a small section for the applicant's details,
and an array of boxes detailing the vaccine, date received etc. At the
bottom of the sheet is a box (ticked by the Doctor) which states
"Vaccine history comlete for each vaccine, all requirements met."
Finally at the bottom is the Doctor's signature and the date.
    >
    > The
whole process took about ten minutes, five of which were spent at
reception talking about how to bill the work to insurance!
    >
    > So, one
more thing taken care of, and so it goes on...
    >
    > Mr Pink
    > ~and
SecretGarden
    > ~~I'm not a Doctor, nor do I play one on TV

It
is "funny" how all these "USCIS certified Dr's" try to trick people to
get the entire medical again, bastards!!:D:D
I am glad to know you got
the vaccination supplement!!:)
Good Job!!

David9287

Originally posted by mrpink
    > I'm pleased to say that the
elusive vaccination supplement required for AOS has now been obtained,

    >
    > We waited in reception for a few minutes and then the Doctor came
back to us with a completed form (in a sealed envelope marked "INS") and
a photocopy of the form inside the envelope. This differs from the
Vaccination Documentation Worksheet received at the medical in London in
several ways. For a start, the Supplement is portrait format (tall and
narrow) as opposed to the landscape format (short and wide) of the
worksheet. At the top of the sheet it gives this title -
    >
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM TO I-693
    > Adjustment of Status Applicant's
Documentation of Immunisation
    > To be completed by Civil Surgeon only

    > Beneath this heading is a small section for the applicant's details,
and an array of boxes detailing the vaccine, date received etc. At the
bottom of the sheet is a box (ticked by the Doctor) which states
"Vaccine history comlete for each vaccine, all requirements met."
Finally at the bottom is the Doctor's signature and the date.
    >
    > The
whole process took about ten minutes
    >
    >
    > Mr Pink
    > ~and SecretGarden

    > ~~I'm not a Doctor, nor do I play one on TV

Hello,
Good
work MP and SG... :-)
We have an apt on Tuesday March 23 with a "panel"
phy to obtain the Vaac Supp. Thanks for the info...... and one less
thing to worry about.

Katesuiter1

Originally posted by Hypertweeky
    > It is "funny" how all
these "USCIS certified Dr's" try to trick people to get the entire
medical again, bastards!!:D:D
    >

TWEEKY!!!!!!!!! Where did
that foul mouth come from???? Hehehe! Jus' kiddin! ;)

Many congrats to
SG and MrP on getting another step out the way. Sounds like you had a
comical experience. Do ya think that if you had said, "Oh, and by the
way, you have to pay us $1000 for the vaccination supplement", they
would've said, "Ok, you know what you need, so that should be ok!" :p
Hehehehe!

Kate. xxxx:D:D:D

SecretGarden

Originally posted by David9287
    > Hello,
    > Good work MP
and SG... :-)
    > We have an apt on Tuesday March 23 with a "panel" phy to
obtain the Vaac Supp. Thanks for the info...... and one less thing to
worry about.

Hi David,
Yep, two things confirmed....

1. The
DS 3025 issued at the Embassy is NOT the "Vaccination Supplement" even
though it contains basically the same information.

2. Take a large and
heavy looking binder filled with all your documentation and you can get
them to do whatever you want. :D

Good luck to you both!
~SecretGarden

~and Mr. Pink (newly supplemented!)

Hypertweeky

Originally posted by katesuiter1
    > TWEEKY!!!!!!!!! Where
did that foul mouth come from???? Hehehe! Jus' kiddin! ;)
    >
    >
    > Kate.
xxxx:D:D:D


Ty:D:D

Hypertweeky

Originally posted by SecretGarden
    > Hi David,
    > Yep, two
things confirmed....
    >
    > 1. The DS 3025 issued at the Embassy is NOT
the "Vaccination Supplement" even though it contains basically the same
information.
    >
    > 2. Take a large and heavy looking binder filled with
all your documentation and you can get them to do whatever you want. :D

    >
    > Good luck to you both!
    > ~SecretGarden
    > ~and Mr. Pink (newly
supplemented!)


The Dr gave me a copy of my vaccinations..
But if you said it is not the one I need, I believe you!!:)
It is so
nice out, I am going out to lunch with my hubby!!:)

SecretGarden

Originally posted by katesuiter1
    > Many congrats to SG
and MrP on getting another step out the way. Sounds like you had a
comical experience. Do ya think that if you had said, "Oh, and by the
way, you have to pay us $1000 for the vaccination supplement", they
would've said, "Ok, you know what you need, so that should be ok!" :p
Hehehehe!
    >
    > Kate. xxxx:D:D:D

Hiya Kate,
Absolutely. By
the time we were done there we were both just looking at one another
like deer caught in headlights wondering how things would have been
different if we hadn't come in somewhat prepared and knowing what to ask
for! :eek:

The doctor initially asked Mr. P. where he had had his
original medical, to which Mr. P. answered, "London" and out popped,
"Oh, then I will have to do the whole thing over again!"

Uh.......no?


*sigh*

~SecretGarden
(growing weary now........maybe I need a
physical.....or some vitamins or something.......) :D