This review is for all GREEN CARD (i-485) APPLICANTS
My husband and I first visited Dr. Gandhi for our Green card medicals late August 2015. My husband was born in India and had his old vaccination records. I was born in the UK, but the hospital I was born in had since shut down and I lost my vaccination records during shifting a long time ago.
Looking for a physician: When I was looking for a physician in the Santa Clara area, Dr. Gandhi was the only physician who picked up the phone almost immediately and mentioned that she could give us all the records in a day. When we went to visit her, she mentioned that we would ONLY require 2 vaccinations for the Green card application - Tdap and MMR. We were charged $300 (for my husband for the Tdap vaccine) and $360 for me (for the Tdap and MMR) (the company paid for this cost)
In December, we received an RFE (request for further evidence) with 1 word in our RFE: Varicella. This is a very important note to all of you. If you are above 18, there are 3 vaccines required (and NOT 2): Tdap, MMR and Varicella. 2 of my husband's colleagues also mentioned that they went to Dr. Gandhi and both of them received an RFE for the Varicella vaccine. If you happened to have had chickenpox in the past, if the Doctor annotates the form with "VH" (meaning you have had chickenpox in the past) it should be fine. We did not want to take the chance however and took the Variella vaccine. Also, pl note that if you received an RFE, you would also need to take the 2nd MMR vaccine (a month after the first shot). We were charged $320 for the both of us this time (the company did not reimburse this amount since it was the doctor's error).
I strongly recommend however that you check your vaccination sheet very carefully and ensure all 3 of the vaccines are given to you - MMR (2nd dose if you get an RFE), Tdap AND VARICELLA. Also, if it is Flu Season, pl pl ensure the date of the Flu Shot is also specified. For the other vaccines, the physician, can mark "Not Age Appropriate". The charges were higher than we'd initially have expected. Dr. Gandhi seemed to have done the RFE's correctly, although she is very quick and we were a little worried about whether the forms were signed and dated. We eventually got our Green cards 2 weeks after we sent across the revised medicals (just before New Years Day). It did delay things by a month however.
I do hope this review helps all of you with your Green card applications. Best of luck. read more