USCIS Civil Surgeon & Immigration Medical Exams Serving Fort Lee, NJ

Serving Fort Lee

Immigration Medical Exams for Fort Lee Residents

Fort Lee, situated at the base of the George Washington Bridge, is home to one of the largest Korean-American communities in the United States, along with significant Chinese, Japanese, and South Asian populations. Fort Lee residents who need USCIS Civil Surgeon services for their I-693 immigration medical exam can reach our Clifton office in just 20 minutes.

Dr. Emmanuel M. Weiss has been serving Fort Lee's diverse community for years, providing thorough and accurate Form I-693 exams. At a flat $599, our exam covers the complete physical, all USCIS-required bloodwork and lab tests, TB screening, and your sealed I-693 form — all completed in a single visit.

Fort Lee patients appreciate that they don't need to cross the bridge into Manhattan for a qualified Civil Surgeon. Our Clifton office offers the same level of experience and expertise — with Dr. Weiss's 40+ years in medicine — at a significantly better value, without the hassle of city commuting and parking.

The Exam, Step by Step

Your visit follows the same sequence every time. Identification and immunization records are reviewed first. Dr. Weiss then completes the physical examination required for Form I-693 — general health, eyes and ears, heart and lungs, abdomen, skin, and a neurological check. Blood and urine samples are taken on-site for the mandatory laboratory tests, and tuberculosis screening is done during the same appointment. We close by confirming exactly which vaccinations USCIS requires for someone of your age, and which ones your existing records already satisfy. Plan on roughly thirty minutes in the office.

What to Bring With You

Bring an unexpired government-issued photo ID — a passport is ideal, though a driver's license is accepted. Bring every vaccination or immunization record you can locate, in any language; complete records frequently save patients from repeating vaccines they have already received. If you have ever had a positive tuberculosis test or been treated for TB, bring that documentation, and bring a list of any prescription medications you take. If you already have a printed Form I-693, bring it unsigned — USCIS requires that you sign it in the civil surgeon's presence. You are welcome to bring an interpreter or a family member.

How Long Your Sealed I-693 Stays Valid

This is the question we are asked most, and the answer is not what most websites still say. A Form I-693 signed on or after November 1, 2023 does not expire on a calendar date the way older forms did. Since June 11, 2025, however, USCIS treats the form as valid only for the application it accompanied — it cannot be reused for a different or future filing, and a denied or withdrawn case means starting the medical exam over. Forms signed before November 1, 2023 still follow the previous two-year rule. If you are applying from Fort Lee, time your exam to your filing rather than getting ahead of it.

The drive from Fort Lee is about 20 minutes and roughly 14 miles, which keeps the whole appointment manageable for Bergen County families — particularly when several people need exams on the same day. Our immigration medical exam FAQ answers the practical questions about tests, vaccines and validity, and online booking shows real availability. For deadline-driven filings, call (855) 755-1312 and we will tell you honestly what we can do. Nearby communities we serve include Hackensack, Paramus and North Bergen.

Accuracy Is the Whole Point

Fort Lee's Korean, Chinese and South Asian communities file continuously, often with attorney representation. The paperwork is where immigration medical exams go wrong. A physician who is not USCIS-designated invalidates the exam outright. Beyond that, the recurring failures are mundane and entirely avoidable: an edition of the form USCIS no longer accepts, an unsigned or inconsistently dated document, an incomplete TB classification, a vaccination section left blank, a missing age-required test, a positive tuberculosis screen filed without its chest x-ray, or a broken seal on the envelope. Every one of them produces a Request for Evidence and pushes a case back by months — and since June 2025, because the form is valid only for the application it accompanied, a failed filing means a completely new exam rather than a reusable one. Fort Lee applicants are not buying thirty minutes of a doctor's time; they are buying a document that clears on the first submission.

This is precisely what immigration attorneys care about. When a lawyer has spent months preparing a case, the last thing they want is a Request for Evidence caused by an avoidable gap in the paperwork. What they want is a form that comes back complete, internally consistent and on the current edition — so we check the document against USCIS requirements before the envelope is sealed. Dr. Weiss has more than 40 years in practice, and immigration exams are the core work of this office. If your attorney needs the form by a certain date or delivered in a particular way, let us know when you book.

What's Included in Your $599 Exam

Your $599 covers the complete physical examination, all USCIS-required bloodwork and laboratory tests, TB screening, the STI testing required for your age, a review of your vaccination records, and your sealed I-693 form — ready for USCIS submission. Nothing is sent to an outside lab, so there is no separate lab bill. If USCIS requires vaccinations you have not already had, or an x-ray is needed, those are billed separately — we tell you exactly what is required and what it costs before anything is done.