The immigration medical exam — the USCIS immigration physical exam for Form I-693 — in Davie and Plantation, performed by a USCIS-designated civil surgeon. The required TB blood test and laboratory tests are drawn on site and the vaccinations the clinic stocks are given at the same visit, so the sealed I-693 is ready for your green card application without visits to three different offices.
Who needs the green card medical exam
Most people applying for lawful permanent residence (a green card) from inside the United States with Form I-485 must submit Form I-693, the Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record. Only a civil surgeon designated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may complete it; a regular doctor cannot. Some applicants for other benefits, and refugees and asylees adjusting status, need the exam or the vaccination portion as well; your attorney or the USCIS instructions will say which.
What the USCIS medical exam includes
The exam screens for the specific conditions U.S. immigration law is concerned with. It is narrower than a full check-up (for that, see physical exams) and follows the CDC Technical Instructions for civil surgeons:
- Medical history and examination — eyes, ears, nose and throat, heart and lungs, abdomen, lymph nodes, skin and extremities, plus a mental-health and substance-use history.
- Tuberculosis screening — a TB blood test (IGRA) for applicants two years and older, drawn on site; a chest X-ray, also on site, if the result is positive or the CDC rules call for one.
- Blood and urine tests for the infections USCIS screens for, by age group, sent to the laboratory from the clinic.
- Vaccination record review — against the CDC’s age-based list for immigrants. Doses the clinic stocks — tetanus, hepatitis B, MMR, varicella and polio, and flu in season — can be given during the visit and recorded on the I-693, and titers are drawn on site where the CDC accepts one as proof of immunity; the civil surgeon tells you if a dose on your list has to come from elsewhere.
- Form I-693 completed and sealed in the envelope USCIS requires. Do not open it — an opened envelope is rejected.
Step by step — the screening at each age, how records count and what can delay the form: the immigration medical exam guide.
The I-693 medical exam — filing and validity in 2026
- Bring the current I-693 with your identifying information filled in but unsigned — you sign it in front of the civil surgeon.
- The exam and blood draw happen at the first visit. Vaccines that are due and stocked can be given the same day.
- Laboratory results return in a few business days; if a repeat test or a chest X-ray is needed you are called.
- The civil surgeon completes and signs the form, gives you a copy for your records, and seals the original.
- Since December 2, 2024, USCIS requires the sealed I-693 to be filed together with Form I-485 — it can no longer be sent later in response to a request for evidence for a new filing. Time the exam with your attorney so the form is ready when the application is.
- Under the USCIS policy update of June 11, 2025, an I-693 signed on or after November 1, 2023 stays valid while the I-485 it was filed with is pending; it does not carry over to a later application.
What to bring to your immigration physical
- Government-issued photo ID — passport, driver’s license or state ID.
- Form I-693, current edition (uscis.gov/i-693), unsigned.
- Your vaccination records from any country — records in another language need a reliable English translation — and any prior TB test or chest X-ray reports.
- A list of medications and records for any chronic condition, prior hospitalization or mental-health treatment.
- Your attorney’s or preparer’s contact information if they want a copy of the completed form.
A civil surgeon and the I-693 tests, in one building
Applicants often lose weeks traveling between a civil surgeon, a laboratory, a vaccine clinic and an X-ray center. At UrgentMed the blood draw, the TB test, the chest X-ray and the vaccines the clinic stocks are all in the building. Both clinics also offer the flu shot during flu season, confidential STD testing, and a pregnancy test where it changes which vaccines can be given.
Immigration medical exam near me — walk in at Davie or Plantation
UrgentMed does the immigration medical exam for USCIS Form I-693 at both Broward clinics as a walk-in visit, seven days a week — Davie at 5149 S University Drive, off I-595, and Plantation at 10199 Cleary Boulevard, Suite 10. No appointment is needed. Both clinics have USCIS-designated civil surgeons, and the TB blood test, lab draw and chest X-ray are in the building, so the exam, the blood draw and your signature on the form happen in one visit. Spanish-speaking staff work at both clinics. The sealed I-693 is ready in a few business days, once lab results return.
Both clinics serve Davie, Plantation, Cooper City, Weston, Sunrise, Southwest Ranches, Pembroke Pines, Miramar, Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding Broward County communities. Hours, maps and parking.
Immigration medical exam cost — insurance and self-pay
What an immigration medical exam costs: At UrgentMed, USCIS exams are not billed to health insurance, so this is a self-pay visit. The exam, the laboratory tests and any vaccines you still need are priced separately and quoted at the front desk before you are seen. Ask for the full quote up front: what you owe depends on which vaccines and labs your record shows you are missing. Bring a photo ID and your vaccination records; a complete record is the single thing that most often keeps the total down.
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Sources: USCIS — Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record