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I get my optical care from Costco and I haven't been able to get in contact with my optician to sign my form. Is anybody else having this problem? Any words of wisdom for my situation? I'm getting concerned because the May 15 deadline for that form is coming up.
 
My DS was very persistent and called the optical store (Americas Best) several times. Eventually he sat on the phone with them (a clerk I believe - no doctors are there), and went over the entire form with them and took the measurements down himself. The store did finally snail-mail him his actual prescription with a signature that contained some of that information as well. He sent both of them in and it was fine.

So you might try calling and just talking to SOMEONE in optical and explaining things, filling out the form, and then sending that in with a note of explanation about why you had to fill it out rather than having it actually signed? If not the local store, maybe you prescription is centralized somewhere at a national number? It beats the alternative of not being able to send anything in at all, and I suspect USAFA optical is just concerned with you having a bona fide current prescription and being able to fit you with the right sized frames.
 
I contacted my admission counselor regarding my question and he told me I can't fill out the form myself. He gave me somebody else to contact. So if anybody is in the same situation that I am, the answer is you can't fill it out yourself.
 
Got my packet on Tuesday and determined to get it sorted asap.

Yesterday afternoon I called to see if Costco Optical was open, where I have been going for the past few years.
Took the form in and they filled it in and signed it.
In out in minutes.
 
If you still have a copy of current prescription ( event from last year exam) email to SSgt Jane Ashley C Purnell, USAF (USA) <janeashley.c.purnell.mil@mail.mil> and ensure that you include a PD and annotate the glasses size in your optical declaration form before upload onto portal. Explained to her in email and she accepted ours
 
lotodasi said:
Is anybody else having this problem? Any words of wisdom for my situation? I'm getting concerned because the May 15 deadline for that form is coming up.
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I looked through the thread to see where you described your situation, but couldn’t find it.

Are you in a state where all optical shops are closed for all business?
Are you unable to get an appointment for an exam?
Or unable to get your form filled out and signed?
If your usual optical shop is closed, and others are open (Sam’s Club and CostCo Optical are open to all), are you able to just pony up the money for a new exam and get it done?
Did you see a contract provider for your DODMERB exam?
Have you tried calling them and working with them to fill out and sign a scanned copy of the form?
Did any of the other advice given in posts above not work in your case?
Did the form show up really late in your package or portal, and you haven’t had sufficient time to work the problem?
What has your Admissions counselor advised? Can you submit at a slightly later date?

I don’t need answers to the above, I’m just trying to spark some brain-storming, problem-solving momentum on May 13 for a form due on May 15.

Let us know if you’re able to solve this. You had the attributes to get into USAFA and survive the admissions process. You can do this.
 
In DS' case for USNA, calling the doctor didnt work. they flat out refuse to give out the measurement data as a policy and was fairly rude about him even asking for it. (With it, you can buy glasses on line for a fraction of the price, so they protect it like gold.)

That said, when he went to have the doc fill out the rx part, they changed their tune once seeing 'military' on paper and were more than willing to provide everything.
 
brewmeister said:
How?
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I went and called every number I could find associated with my eye doctor's clinic and they all had an automated message with no means of getting in contact with them. Costco's optical staff that I talked to told me that I could only expect to talk to my optician in late June. Since the form said it had to be filled out by my optician and I couldn't get in contact with him, I informed my admission counselor of my situation and asked if I could fill it out myself. He told me that I wasn't supposed to fill out the form by myself but the person he told me to talk to, mentioned by @Bulldogs, told me I could fill it out myself since I have a copy of my current prescription. That was what I did.
Thank you to everybody for their advice.
 
BTW, eye doctors should give you a copy of your prescription. A gentle reminder might be in order.

"The Federal Trade Commission enforces the Eyeglass Rule. It requires eye doctors — ophthalmologists and optometrists — to give patients a copy of their prescription – whether they ask for it or not. It’s the law.

Here are questions and answers to help you comply with the Eyeglass Rule."

www.ftc.gov

Complying with the Eyeglass Rule

The Federal Trade Commission enforces the Eyeglass Rule. It requires eye doctors ― ophthalmologists and optometrists ― to give patients a copy of their prescription ― whether they ask for it or not. It’s the law.
www.ftc.gov www.ftc.gov
 
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