Minnesota Refugee Health Provider Guide
Refugee Health Program

On this page:
Provider guide: chapter one
Appendices
Resources

Provider guide: chapter one

• Refugee Health Program: Minnesota Refugee Health Provider Guide (PDF)
  The history of the Minnesota Refugee Health program, terminology, and descriptions of the refugee health medical exams.

Appendices:

• Reception and Placement Program Assurance Form Example (PDF)
  Example form showing the American Council of Voluntary Agencies (ACVA) form.
  
  
• Immigration: Refugee Adjustment of Status USCIS (PDF)
  Presentation by Jenny Skwira, district adjudications officer at US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
  
  
• Minnesota Civil Surgeons
  Updated quarterly, this is a brief overview of the role of the civil surgeon and a list of USCIS-designated medical providers in Minnesota who can sign off on the I-693 medical exam.
  
  
• Local Health Departments Considered Civil Surgeons (PDF)
  In November 1998, Minnesota local health departments were allowed a "blanket" designation to participate as Civil Surgeons to certify the documentation of immunization for refugees.
  
  
• Minnesota Voluntary Resettlement Agencies (VOLAGS)

Resources:

Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record

Go to > Chapter Two: The Minnesota Initial Refugee Health Assessment

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