Cheaper vaccinations for I-693 Link to all State Public Health Departments

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/international/relres.html

Then select your state. Then look for "find your local agency" / "find my local health department"

Remember that the least expensive way to put the I-693 together is to provide your own medical record. It does not have to be the original record of when the vaccine was administered to you as a child. It can be a copy of your adult medical record that includes a summary of all your immunizations. Or a copy of your school records. You get the idea. As an adult, you've likely had MOST immunizations by now.
If you do not have your records, then your local health department will run blood titers. Services are usually on a sliding fee scale. It will not be free of cost. (I don't think you want it to be free of cost either). If you served in the military in your country of origin, just voice that. Americans have a lot of respect for those who serve regardless of nationality. You never know who may extend a military discount to you.

Do not forget that by sending in the I-693 right away, you're using up that 1 year window USCIS allows for submission. From the date it is received, it remains valid for 1 year for adjudication purposes. There is some discretion that the ISO can exercise if you do not have certain types of diseases, etc, but do not rely upon that. My best non-legal advice is for you to wait until you have your interview appointment date, then get the I-693 done.

All the best.

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Thanks for helping us!😇We appreciate it. God bless you richly!
My aunt asked her friend who's a nurse at the hospital where I was born to see if she can get the vaccination records & fax it but my husband is anxious because our interview is a little over 2 weeks away, so he told me to just go ahead & book the appointment have it done. I'm going Monday.

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

Thanks for helping us!😇We appreciate it. God bless you richly!
My aunt asked her friend who's a nurse at the hospital where I was born to see if she can get the vaccination records & fax it but my husband is anxious because our interview is a little over 2 weeks away, so he told me to just go ahead & book the appointment have it done. I'm going Monday.

You are welcome! Blessings and system glitches affecting my case are humbly accepted these days. I am glad to be of assistance. I am so sorry it did not occur to me to clarify that the record did not have to be the original record, but that a record of THAT record would also do. Your husband is a wise man. Two weeks will go by fast.

[MissTz1982]

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/international/relres.html

Then select your state. Then look for "find your local agency" / "find my local health department"

Remember that the least expensive way to put the I-693 together is to provide your own medical record. It does not have to be the original record of when the vaccine was administered to you as a child. It can be a copy of your adult medical record that includes a summary of all your immunizations. Or a copy of your school records. You get the idea. As an adult, you've likely had MOST immunizations by now.
If you do not have your records, then your local health department will run blood titers. Services are usually on a sliding fee scale. It will not be free of cost. (I don't think you want it to be free of cost either). If you served in the military in your country of origin, just voice that. Americans have a lot of respect for those who serve regardless of nationality. You never know who may extend a military discount to you.

Do not forget that by sending in the I-693 right away, you're using up that 1 year window USCIS allows for submission. From the date it is received, it remains valid for 1 year for adjudication purposes. There is some discretion that the ISO can exercise if you do not have certain types of diseases, etc, but do not rely upon that. My best non-legal advice is for you to wait until you have your interview appointment date, then get the I-693 done.

All the best.

The paralegal I used to help me with my application made me send I-693 with the AOS package.. 😡😡

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

The paralegal I used to help me with my application made me send I-693 with the AOS package.. 😡😡

It's a widespread misconception. I did not learn about it until azblk explained it me -TWICE- I think. The wording of the USCIS manual is not straightforward. This announcement on the website explains it better. See the screenshot below.
And instead of making the validity of it 2 years. No, they give YOU a year to submit it and then, from the day they receive it, YOUR CASE has ONE YEAR to be adjudicated. If you submit it right away, you use up that 1 year window. Then you have the second 1 year window for adjudication.

[MissTz1982]

It's a widespread misconception. I did not learn about it until azblk explained it me -TWICE- I think. The wording of the USCIS manual is not straightforward. This announcement on the website explains it better. See the screenshot below.
And instead of making the validity of it 2 years. No, they give YOU a year to submit it and then, from the day they receive it, YOUR CASE has ONE YEAR to be adjudicated. If you submit it right away, you use up that 1 year window. Then you have the second 1 year window for adjudication.

Thank you for that explanation.
So if I get an interview before it expires they won?t ask me to redo the exam, right?

[UScitizenFilingforspouse]

Thank you for that explanation.
So if I get an interview before it expires they won?t ask me to redo the exam, right?

Yes! Technically, if your case is adjudicated before it expires. That's why it's so important to prepare for that interview and leave nothing to chance. You want to walk out of there with an approval on the spot - even if it's just verbal. Sometimes ISO will exercise discretion and ask a supervisor if it's OK to accept a I-693 that's over by a few days; especially, someone has a vanilla medical record - no surgeries, no chronic conditions, etc. But you don't want to depend on that.
Your field office is Atlanta, GA. It seems like the 2018 filers have been progressing at a steady pace. You'll be fine.