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I told my employer today that I was having surgery and she told me I had to get the FMLA paperwork completed by me and my doctor. Has anyone ever had any issues with taking FMLA for having surgery in Mexico?

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I told my employer today that I was having surgery and she told me I had to get the FMLA paperwork completed by me and my doctor. Has anyone ever had any issues with taking FMLA for having surgery in Mexico?

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I'm very interested to hear how it goes, as I need to do the same. Please let us know what you find out.

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I faxed my FLMA papers down and they were faxed back the same day. No problems.

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I emailed my FMLA paperwork to my surgeon's office (Obesity Control Center) and they filled them out, scanned them in, and emailed them back to me, which I forwarded on to my HR department. Didn't have any issues at all.

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I took my FMLA paperwork to my PCP here at home and he filled them out for me even though I had my surgery in Mexico.

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Unfortunately i don't think my PCP would do that for me.

Did you contact your surgeon's office about filling it out for you? I had no issues with my surgeon completing mine.

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My surgeon completed the form with no problem. I was just responding to bulldog 1973 that took her form to her PCP instead of her surgeon.

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I guess I am lucky with my PCP. He has been very supportive of my decision to have this surgery since the beginning. To be honest, it never even crossed my mind to send it to Dr. Garcia's office because I knew my PCP would handle all of it.

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