Question: I have applied for my green card and I will be required to take the Immigration Medical Examination. How long will it take?
Congratulations – if you have applied for the green card, one of the processes that are mandatory is the Green Card Medical. The exam usually takes 1 to 3 visits to complete.
Question: I have already appeared for the Immigration Medical. But I have a doubt that the Civil Surgeon will share my results. Is that possible?
The results and corresponding reports of your examination are strictly confidential and will be used for the purposes of immigration only. However, if the Civil Surgeon is asked to share the report with the Public Health officials he will be bound to do so.
Question: I just appeared for the Immigration Medical – what is the next step now?
There is still a long way to go! The Green Card or Immigration Medical is only one among the many steps involved, leading up to the Green Card. If you need more information you can visit the USCIS website for details on the steps necessary.
Question: How much time are the results of the Immigration Medical examination valid for?
The results are generally valid for 12 months, so try and schedule the exam as close to the time you file for adjustment of status as possible.
The purpose of conducting the US Immigration Medical Examination or what is called the Green Card Medical Examination is to do away with the possibilities of any major health condition or diseases, which can pose a threat to public health or make the applicant inadmissible on public health grounds.
Are you an applicant who has applied for a Green Card and is in the process of immigration? In that case, easyIME is happy to be at your service! What easyIME does is to coordinate with a preferred USCIS approved Civil Surgeon of your choice and in the area designated by you, and help you go through the process of the US Immigration Medical Exam or the Green Card Medical Examination. There are no fixed rates specified by USCIS authorities, and each USCIS-approved Civil Surgeon charges individually, based on the type of exam and vaccination required. The Immigration Medical Exam Cost is listed on the easyIME portal for your helpful understanding. The Immigration medical exam generally consists of a slew of tests apart from vaccinations. Tuberculin tests and other physical examinations also include blood and urine tests and these are taken up by the Surgeon, along with relevant x-ray exams.
Once the appointment is fixed up after confirmations from both the applicant and the doctor concerned, easyIME ensures that the Medical Examination goes by without a hitch. Once the medical examination and the stipulated routine tests are conducted, the Civil Surgeon fills up the reports on the I-693 format as required by USCIS. The reports are then handed over in a sealed envelope to the applicant for forward submission to the USCIS immigration department.
During the Immigration Medical examination that is conducted for all applicants who are either applying for the Green Card in the United States or adjusting status in the country, the specially appointed USCIS Civil Surgeons will test the applicant for various conditions. These conditions, as prescribed by the body looking after immigration in the United States, the USCIS or United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, impact both physical and mental health conditions.
Clothes will have to be removed by the applicant before the medical examination starts. If it is determined by the doctor that more tests will be required by the applicant then the applicant will have to go in for more tests, as specified by the medical doctor.
For taking more tests, the applicant could be instructed to go through the local public health department – this could be for more tests or for treatment.
It is advisable for the applicant to be completely truthful and answer all the questions posed by the medical team honestly. However, care should be taken not to give out more information than necessary.
The applicant will be tested for TB, or tuberculosis. All those applicants who are two years or older will be required to go in for a tuberculin skin test or a chest x-ray.
easyIME is a portal that helps those who have applied for a green card or are following the procedures for adjusting status in the United States to take the Immigration Medical exam, a series of tests that are mandatory and are monitored under the scrutiny of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
What does easyIME do to help you?
easyIME offers a free listing of USCIS-approved doctors on our website; with the help of the search engine provided you can search for the best suited Civil Surgeon in the area of your choice. The prices that are charged by each Surgeon too are displayed alongside to help you make your choice suitably. That’s competitive pricing for you!
easyIME helps applicants by coordinating between the applicant and the Surgeon for appointment scheduling. This way a lot of your time and effort is saved in searching for the right doctor and then having to spend a lot of time getting the appointment fixed up.
Once your examination is conducted the Surgeon will place all your reports and a form that will be signed by him – the form is called the I-693 – in a sealed cover. This will have to be handed over to the USCIS officials for further processing. These envelopes too are provided by easyIME to the appointed Civil Surgeons.
easyIME really makes taking the Immigration Medical Exam oh, so easy!
