Medical Exam/Vaccination question (in San Jose area)

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dasbabu

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Hi All,
I am preparing my papers for 485. I live in San Jose area.

Unfortunately, I do not have any vaccination record from India (though I
am pretty sure, like most Indian kids, I was vaccinated at childhood).
Could you guys kindly let me know my options in this situation?

I could think of one of the folloiwng ones:
1. Get a letter (:-)) from Indian doctor saying I got so and so vaccines when
I was so many months/years old.
2. Get all the vaccines now. I guess that will cost me LOT of money.
How much, any idea?
3. Do some kind of magic tests to determine which vaccines I took and
then take the rest of the vaccines.
Is there any such magic test? If yes, is that very expensive?


Experienced people, please advice.

In addition, is there any cheap hospital etc. place (like county hospital),
where I can get these tests/vacinations done at lower cost? SOmebody
told me that Valley Medical center in San Jose (Bascom) might be a cheap
place for that.

ANy information will be highly appreciated.

Dasbabu
 
At age ~31, only 3 vaccines are needed?

One more question/info:
I called up one doctor's office and they told me that at my age (~31),
I need only MMR, Diptheria and Tetanus (and I say that I had Chicken-Pox).
Do any of you have similar knowledge? I am wondering if I could trust this
information.

Anybody, any comment?
Dasbabu
 
Here are some thoughts and answers about your problem

1. For 485 filing you need to do the complete medical "thing", which means you go to the CIS-approved doctor and he/she does everything for you, including vaccinations. I'm sure CIS has some links on their web. That's about as much as is really necessary for you to know, the doctor usually handles the things for you.

2. The point of all of this medical thing is that you file the I-693 form with your application. This form is called "medical examination form" (!) and needs to be prepared by a USCIS-approved doctor. Therefore, you need a doctor.

3. If you need to do cheap vaccinations (but you don't because you'll still pay for the doctor who'll do them for you) or if you just manage to find a doctor that just cheaply does the I-693 signature based on your own vaccines, then go to:
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
immunization clinic - Park Alameda
976 Lenzen Avenue, Room 1300
San Jose, CA 95126
408.792.5200
Mon-Tues-Wed-Fri 8:30AM – 11:30AM; 1:00PM - 4:00PM; Thurs 8:30AM - 11:30AM; closed Thursday afternoons; No TB Skin Test on Thursdays

This is by far the cheapest solution, I've called and shopped around, they are dirt cheap compared to private clinics.

4. I-693 ends up as a sealed envelope, to be opened by CIS adjudicating "officer"

5. TB skin test is a bit of a complicated matter. If you show positive, it may be because you have TB or because you were immunized as a kid. As soon as the doctor sees positive TB (your 2nd visit, 2 days after), he/she will send you to lung X-ray. Then they'll either say "no TB" on the appropriate form, or you're stuck with 6 months of medicine - or both, as in my case, it's just that I never bought the pills.
I was in this situation because I'm Croatian and in Croatia it is normal to immunize kids against TB.
 
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