What's the difference between a civil surgeon filling out I-693 completely vs. doing a "transcript"

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sekharan

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I have all the vaccinations and reports that the I-693 requires (and more).

Just to be thorough with what I mean, I have original reports of all the following from certified medical centers in California:

Mumps
Measles
Rubella
Polio
Tetanus and Diphtheria Toxoids
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Influenza
Meningococcal
Pneumococcal
Pertussis
Varicella
HIV + RPR/Syphilis test
TB Skin test

The only things I do not have (becuase I cannot get any medical center to give me) are:

Haemophilus influenzae type B
Rotavirus

The civil surgeons near me charge a minimum of $150 to complete the I-693.

All of them say that that they will have to rerun certain tests because they cannot trust the results even if they are from a medical center in the U.S.!

However, some of them are ready to provide me with, what they call a "transcript" for $50 but the receptionists are unable to explain how that would be different from the civil surgeon filling out I-693 completely.

Is a $50 "transcript" sufficient for the I-693 or do I have to fork out a minimum of $150 to complete the I-693 with information I already have the results of (but cannot get the civil surgeon to accept)?

(As an aside: none of these civil surgeons accept insurance, where my deductible is $0 for these tests, and I have to pay them by cash or check!)
 
Forget about those transcripts and pay the $150 to the civil surgeon and get it over with.

They'll accept vaccination records from elsewhere, but the required tests like the TB skin test and certain blood tests have to be done by the civil surgeon.
 
Jackolantern said:
Forget about those transcripts and pay the $150 to the civil surgeon and get it over with.

They'll accept vaccination records from elsewhere, but the required tests like the TB skin test and certain blood tests have to be done by the civil surgeon.
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The $150 is not really an issue (although I would rather spend it on me and my wife on a lovely steak dinner than give it to a civil surgeon), but I am really curious about how this works out.

I can see various forum posts where people did not pay anything to get the form filled out, some paid $30, some $500 and some even twice that!

Although I don't have the drive to follow up on those posts to see what their outcome was, what perturbs me is that the civil surgeons uniformly refuse to bill my insurance for these services where my health insurance company has assured me that they will bear the full expense.
 
You might be able to get at least a partial reimbursement (after the fact) from the insurance company if you deal with the insurance company yourself.

It is possible that USCIS prohibits the civil surgeons from billing the insurance companies for immigration medicals, in order to reduce the chances of the insurers influencing the process (like they already influence medical treatment in various ways).
 
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