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A visit to the civil surgeon

Last Friday, March 19th, we went to visit the civil surgeon for the I-693 document. I'm thankful for my friend who lives in Winter Garden right now, 'coz I never had to go through the whole list of civil surgeons in our area just to get my remaining vaccines. She already went through the process, so I just got the name of the civil surgeon from her and called the doctor's office up.

We went to Dr. Jose A. Cornejo's Office at the Metro-West Professional Plaza. I had to call a week before, because I have learned that you have to set an appointment before going there. They only accept immigration processing every Friday from 9am until 2pm. I thought I only needed the tdap vaccine, so I was quoted $130 for everything ($55 for the vaccine and $75 for the form and Doctor's professional fee).

We got there at 9:30am because the address on the USCIS site says 507 instead of 1507, so we had to call his office and ask for directions. Mapquest gave us directions for 507 South Hiawassee road 'coz that's what I got from the site. Good thing they were nice enough to still accommodate us even if I was 30 minutes late for my appointment. Dr. Cornejo had a very nice assistant, Michelle. She's filipina and she's very warm and friendly. She assisted me with the forms and told me that I might get additional vaccines aside from tdap if the doctor says so. I was ready for that to happen - I don't exactly know why. All they needed was my passport with my K1 visa and I-94 attachment and my vaccination supplement form from St. Luke's.

After filling out the form, I had the chance to meet Dr. Cornejo and he told me that I need to get the second dose of MMR. I don't exactly know why, since my vaccination record from St. Luke's indicates that I have already completed it. But he's the civil surgeon and I trust his judgement, so I got it anyway. That's another $70, so I had to pay $200 in total. Wow, what a mess. hehe! It only took a couple of seconds to get the shot and I just waited for about 5 minutes before I got the form which was sealed in an envelope. I got the sealed envelope and a photocopy of what was inside it for reference.

I was done with the requirement around 10:30am. I went out with two quasi swollen arms from the shots and $200 off our savings account. This was just the beginning of everything. :)
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