Originally Posted by Moxie

I really and truly believe what I wrote above is true and not just an oversight where a couple of people got lucky.

Originally Posted by Moxie

I agree there were problems when the contactor company that opens the AOS files changed. USCIS awarded a new contract and brought in totally new people who wrote new software to click through their preparation process ( I don't know what else to call it. ) All of the sudden RFEs were coming left and right to K1s that applied for AOS, mostly starting in November of 2009. The RFEs were very vague too. I communicated with the USCIS, the contractor company main office, and my Congressman Ron Paul who used to be my OB/Gyn before politics. I thought being a doctor , the immigrant medical might be something he would take a more personal interest in. I believed that the new contactors didn't understand that K1s had to have their A-file ordered to find their medical records. It was like they opened the envelope and if there wasn't an I-693, they sent an RFE saying to get a medical exam. It took a number of months, but that little glitch seemed to get resolved.

I really and truly believe what I wrote above is true and not just an oversight where a couple of people got lucky. I get messages from people often telling me they got their greencard without RFE or I-693.

Example from April (last month)Nobody has to follow my advice, but I wouldn't offer it if I hadn't researched it to death and if I wasn't sure it was correct. As always, it's up to each applicant to choose their path.

Originally Posted by Braveheart87

Does anyone know of a working link for a current I-130, the uscis link isn't working and all other copies I could find are at least 5 years old - can they still be accepted?

Originally Posted by bivlover

I'm torn. Just can't decide. The cheapest medical I can get round here is $150 (none of the doctors will write on the forms without charging me for a medical, so this business about not needing a medical if you had one abroad just doesn't work in practice). That price is if I go to someone who doesn't even speak my language.
I really want to believe everything Moxie is saying, but it does kind of contradict what it says on the USCIS instructions. I hate it when things have hidden costs, especially when the "thing" itself costs loads as it is. It wouldn't be an issue if you could get the medical done for $30 or something.

*continues to read these threads with interest*

Originally Posted by bivlover

Well it worked for me just like Moxie said. I did not see any physician in the US, nor did I submit the i-693; I just sent a photocopy of my vaccine record from the Knightsbridge medical. AOS approved, no RFE. Thanks Moxie for your advice, you saved me all that cash!

Originally Posted by Moxie

The USCIS will accept a DS-3025 as complete without doing an I-693. For the nit-pickers, I'm writing about people who made the effort to get up to date before leaving the UK. We all know a K1 visa can be issued without any shots, but AOS won't be granted without them.

Look at your DS-3025. If it has the ALL of the following items, you don't need an I-693 (Adults 19-49 yrs old).

1. Shots marked with a date (at least one of a series)

• MMR
  
• Td or Tdap or DT or DTP or DtaP (One no longer than 10 years ago, ie.have a booster)
  
• Varicella or VH written by it if you had chickenpox
  
• Influenza **see note below because you are most likely okay without it.

2. Everything else marked not age appropriate

3. RESULTS section filled in with "incomplete" and "may be eligible for blanket waiver" ticked.

4. Signed and dated by the doctor

If it's not completed like that then see a civil surgeon for the I-693. If it is complete, send a photocopy of your DS-3025.


The USCIS is supposed to have your K1 medical files, but sometimes lose them or fail to match them up with your AOS. Do not get another exam unless you get an RFE that says they do not have results of your medical. It means they lost them, but you are probably stuck with paying for a new exam. Those kinds of RFE's are not about the immunizations or the form I-693; they are because USCIS failed to match up your other medical exam results with your AOS application.

**Note on flu shot: Flu shots are required for adults of all ages (changed Nov 2010) if your UK exam was between (Oct 1 and March 31). But if the AOS adjudicator picks up your case when it is not flu season, you will be excused. And the reverse is true. The adjudicator picks up your case during flu season, but sees it was NOT flu season when you had your medical exam, you are also excused because the date they go by is the date of your exam to determine if you were current on that date. Keep in mind that if you go to a civil surgeon for an I-693, then you are resetting the medical exam date for immunizations and you may have to get second doses of shots or a flu shot to become current on your new immunization date of record.