Civil Surgeons definition

Civil Surgeons means medically trained, licensed and experienced doctors practicing in the U.S. who are certified by United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS). These medical professionals receive U.S. immigration-focused training in order to provide examinations as required by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and USCIS.
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Examples of Civil Surgeons in a sentence

  • The program is collaborating with Civil Surgeons and Deputy Directors of the Family Planning Department under MOHFW and health facilities at district and local level to ensure essential supplies and technical support to municipalities.

  • Domestic screening is done by Civil Surgeons, who provide medical screening for immigrants and refugees applying for permanent legal status and persons of foreign birth who entered the country on nonimmigrant visas and want to adjust their immigration status to legal permanent resident (32).

  • If this information was incomplete or outdated (travel occurred more than 6 months from the dated of the overseas examination), the immigrant was granted provisional U.S. entry, was informed that a completed U.S.-based examination by a Civil Surgeon within 30 days was required for permanent entrance and was provided with the location of Civil Surgeons near their U.S. place of residence.