USCIS Civil Surgeon & Immigration Medical Exams Serving Hackensack, NJ

Serving Hackensack

Immigration Medical Exams for Hackensack Residents

Hackensack, the county seat of Bergen County, is home to established immigrant communities from Korea, Latin America, the Philippines, and the Indian subcontinent. Many international residents and recent arrivals in Hackensack and surrounding Bergen County townships need a trusted USCIS Civil Surgeon for their Form I-693 immigration medical exam.

Dr. Emmanuel M. Weiss's practice in Clifton is just 20 minutes south on Route 17 — making it one of the closest full-service immigration medical exam offices for Hackensack residents. Unlike some Bergen County providers who charge separately for lab work, our $599 flat fee covers the entire exam: physical, bloodwork, TB screening, and sealed I-693 form.

Hackensack patients frequently come to us for Dr. Weiss's 40+ years of medical experience and his meticulous attention to I-693 accuracy. A single error on this form can trigger an RFE (Request for Evidence) from USCIS and delay your case significantly.

What to Expect During the Appointment

There is no reason to be nervous about this exam — it is a public-health screening, not a test you can fail on the basis of a treatable condition. After reviewing your identification and vaccination history, Dr. Weiss carries out the physical assessment USCIS specifies, covering general health, vision and hearing, heart and lungs, abdomen, skin and neurological function. We handle the blood draw, urine collection and tuberculosis screening in-house during the same visit, so Hackensack patients are not sent elsewhere for lab work. The in-office portion generally runs about thirty minutes.

What You'll Need to Bring

Come with an unexpired government-issued photo ID, such as your passport or driver's license, and every vaccination record you can find — records in any language are useful, and partial records still help. Documentation of past tuberculosis testing or treatment matters if it applies to you, as does a list of the medications you take. Should you already have Form I-693 printed, bring it unsigned, because the form must be signed in the presence of the civil surgeon. If it would make the visit easier, bring an interpreter or a family member along.

When to Schedule Around Your Filing Date

The rules on how long a completed I-693 remains usable changed recently, and a great deal of published advice is now out of date. For any form a civil surgeon signs on or after November 1, 2023, USCIS no longer applies a fixed calendar expiration — but under policy effective June 11, 2025, that form is valid only for the specific application it was submitted with. It cannot be carried across to a later filing, so if an application is denied or withdrawn, a fresh medical exam is required. (Forms signed before November 1, 2023 keep the older two-year window.) For Hackensack applicants the practical advice is simple: complete the exam in step with your filing rather than long in advance of it.

We are roughly 12 miles from Hackensack, about a 20 minutes drive, at 842 Clifton Ave — close enough that most Bergen County applicants can complete the visit around a work schedule. You can read more about the required tests, vaccinations and paperwork in our exam FAQ, or go straight to scheduling your exam. Next-day appointments are routinely available — you can book online in about sixty seconds, or call (855) 755-1312 if you have questions. Patients also come to us from Paramus, Fort Lee and Fair Lawn.

What a Mistake on Form I-693 Actually Costs

As the Bergen County seat, Hackensack generates a steady volume of immigration filings. In our experience, very few I-693s are sent back for medical reasons. They are rejected because a signature is missing, the dates do not line up, the tuberculosis classification is incomplete, the vaccination section is blank, a required test for the applicant's age was never run, a positive TB screen arrived without the required chest x-ray, the form was a superseded edition, or the sealed envelope had been opened. Each of those triggers a Request for Evidence, and each one adds months while you go back to the civil surgeon. Under the policy in force since June 2025 a completed form is tied to the single application it was filed with, so if that case fails you buy the exam again from scratch. For Hackensack applicants that is the number worth comparing — not the difference between one clinic's price and another's.

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.