Every Green Card applicant in the immigration journey, desirous of immigrating to the United States has to go through an Immigration Medical Examination. In the United States of America the Immigration Medical Examination has to be necessarily conducted by an authorized physician, or by one who is called a USCIS-approved Civil Surgeon. The Civil Surgeon is approved by USCIS or the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and is specially appointed for the purpose. It has to be noted that the Immigration Medical Examination cannot be done by the family physician, unless he or she has been specially approved by USCIS for the purpose.

To help the USCIS-approved Civil Surgeon as much as possible the Green Card applicant should discuss the medical history as accurately as possible without leaving any traces of doubt. Along with the medical history the current conditions too should be detailed out, such as pregnancy, diabetes, hypertension or any other condition, along with the medicines taken, with the Civil Surgeon.

Depending upon the physical examination taken by the Civil Surgeon and the Green Card applicant’s age, medical history and relevant medical conditions applicable the cost of the Immigration Medical Examination is arrived at.

NOT A THOROUGH EXAMINATION

It is to be noted here that the Immigration Medical Examination is not a full or comprehensive examination; only certain medical conditions are examined by the USCIS-approved Civil Surgeon.