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Immigration Physicals services offered in Mission, San Francisco, CA
If you wish to move and become a permanent resident in the United States, you’ll need to have an immigration physical exam. At Prosalud Family Medicine in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, board-certified family medicine physician Juan Posado, MD, provides comprehensive physicals, including immigration (INS) physicals, for all ages. Prosalud Family Medicine is proud to offer Spanish-speaking services for patients and their families at their immigration physical visits. To learn more about immigration physicals, call the office or schedule an appointment online today.
What are immigration physicals?
Immigration physicals, or INS, is a medical examination required by the United States’ Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). If you’re planning to become a permanent citizen in the United States, you must pass your immigration physical.
Your immigration physical is different from your routine annual physical — it involves very specific assessments and rules. After you pass your physical, the team at Prosalud Family Medicine can help you with the necessary paperwork to complete your immigration process.
What can I expect from immigration physical visits?
At Prosalud Family Medicine, an immigration physical involves a few steps, which include:
A comprehensive physical exam
When you come into Prosalud Family Medicine for an immigration physical, the team first conducts a comprehensive physical exam, where they check your overall physical and mental health.
Review of your medical records
Next, the team at Prosalud Family Medicine reviews your personal and family medical history. They might also check for any previous illnesses or chronic diseases, hospitalization records, or drug use.
Review of your immunization records
The team at Prosalud Family Medicine also determines whether you have certain vaccines that are required by USCIS. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also have specific rules for immunizations.
Some of the necessary vaccines include measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), polio, meningitis, pneumonia, influenza, tetanus, and the COVID-19 vaccine. Depending on your immunization records, you might need other vaccines.
Health screenings
As a part of your immigration physical, you may also need health screenings for conditions like tuberculosis, gonorrhea, or syphilis. If your screening results come back as positive, the team at Prosalud Family Medicine can develop a treatment plan so you pass your immigration physical.
Completion of I-693 paperwork
After completing a comprehensive physical exam, review of medical and immunization records, and performing all the necessary screenings, the team can move forward with helping you complete the I-693 paperwork for the immigration physical portion of your application.
You’ll submit the paperwork to USCIS for processing your permanent citizen application.
How should I prepare for my immigration physical?
The team at Prosalud Family Medicine recommends that you prepare the following items prior to your immigration physical:
- Identification, such as photo ID or passport
- An interpreter (if you don’t speak English or Spanish)
- A copy of your updated immunization and medical records
- The I-693 form
To learn more about immigration physicals, call Prosalud Family Medicine today or schedule an appointment online.