QUESTION: MY USCIS CIVIL SURGEON STATES THAT A VACCINE IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

Try inquiring from your USCIS Civil Surgeon whether another medical care provider may have the vaccination. If some other pharmacy or a medical department or physician holds the vaccine and can give the vaccine, try getting it from there. Also, it is important to ask for documentation – that you have taken the vaccine. Once you get the vaccination administered bring the records back to your USCIS Civil Surgeon so that the Form I-693 can be filled up. The CDC is the body which monitors the kind of vaccinations which are not available in the United States, or which are the vaccines which may be facing a shortage. If CDC feels that there is a shortage of a vaccination across the globe USCIS could be asked to broadcast the message on its site – www.uscis.gov so that applicants and USCIS Civil Surgeons can be cautioned whether the vaccination is needed and what is to be done. This information is there on the USCIS Form I-69e page, the Immigration Medical page or the Civil Surgeon page.

QUESTION: WILL THE FORM I-693 BE ACCEPTED IF THE CHART PERTAINING TO VACCINATION IS INCOMPLETE?

No. There should be at least a single entry in each row against each vaccine. Please be aware that USCIS could return the form I-693 back to you.