I-693 experience at Doctor - simple

[care_candidate]

Just finished Medical checkup for I-693 for I-485 EB-2 application. My priority date is expected to become current very soon so I had a head start and want to keep everything ready in terms of documents.

 

Nurse did general checkup (Height, Weight, Pulse, and BP) and took my almost completed vaccination record. I think vaccination record was the major part of form inquiry. Because I already had most of vaccinations done, it was easy. I was given a single shot of tetanus and sent to lab for drawing blood for syphilis and TB test. TB test can be done cheaper (about $20) by skin test way but results are not always accurate. Also candidate need to come back to doctor in 2-3 days to see if any reaction appear. So I decided to do it by blood work which is expensive (about $150) and results are quicker.

 

Doctor did test some general area and I was asked some questions about drug addiction and whether or not I thought of killing myself or other person in my life. He said they are only interested in knowing if I have addiction of anything and not if I have tried anything (I didn’t J anyway).  Also, I was asked if I had ever visited a psychiatrist or mental hospital.

 

He then asked me to fill first half page of I-693 and sign and then he was going to take care of everything. He said he will get results of lab in 1-2 days and once that happens he will call me to collect my sealed envelope to be submitted with other documents. He is also going to give me copy of everything that is there in that envelop.

 

So total visit to doctor was very easy and I was out of his office in about 45 minutes. The doctor said if for any reason my priority date do not become current in one year (No way please!) he will just copy all information into new form and not charge me anything.