> Today I went for my medical exam for the green card application. I
> have been advised by my top attorney that it's best to do my medical
> examination and submit it with my application (all paperwork is ready
> to go at the moment).
>
> So I went to the place listed on my "handout". The physical was just
> fine and I passed. When I showed the doctor the list of my
> vaccinations as a child (which was really only 30 years ago compared
> to some people that can say 60-something years ago . .. we're listed
> in the same catergory), I was told that I would need to undergo
> bloodwork to "prove" the immunity was still in my system.
>
> Everything I've read says that if you can show you've had your
> vaccinations (measles, mumps, rubella) then it should be OK.
>
> Has anyone else faced this sitation? If I can show I've had the shots,
> why do I need to undergo the bloodwork again, which I won't know the
> results for another 2-3 weeks, hence delaying submitting my
> application?
>
> All responses welcomed!
>
> Thank you for helping out a very stressed "professional" foreigner!
Thay test the bloods for other more modern disease...
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