anoter question to do with AOS - specifically the I-693

[ealachan 0]

Hi all - hope everyone had lovely holidays!

We're getting ready to file Mark's AOS, and I'm a little confused about the I-693. He had his medical a few weeks before he entered the US on the K-1, which was less than 90 days ago, so he's exempt from needing another exam according to the USCIS website. If that's the case, do we still need to go to a civil surgeon and have them sign off on form I-693?

Also, Mark says that the only thing he got back from the border control folks (besides his visa and I-94) was his chest x-ray. They never gave him back any of the stuff that was in the sealed envelope from the embassy...so he has nothing telling what vaccines he's had. Is that how it's supposed to be?

Thanks all for your help! It's much appreciated.

Best,

Shelby

[Lisa and Ian 7]

Hi all - hope everyone had lovely holidays!

We're getting ready to file Mark's AOS, and I'm a little confused about the I-693. He had his medical a few weeks before he entered the US on the K-1, which was less than 90 days ago, so he's exempt from needing another exam according to the USCIS website. If that's the case, do we still need to go to a civil surgeon and have them sign off on form I-693?

Also, Mark says that the only thing he got back from the border control folks (besides his visa and I-94) was his chest x-ray. They never gave him back any of the stuff that was in the sealed envelope from the embassy...so he has nothing telling what vaccines he's had. Is that how it's supposed to be?

Thanks all for your help! It's much appreciated.

Best,

Shelby

Call Knightsbridge and ask for a copy of the vaccination record.

We sent the 3025 with our AOS filing and we have an RFE pending, but we are not sure if they need medical evidence or something else.

I would suggest doing the i-693, since quite a few Nov filers got an RFE for not having it, but it's up to you. Some people don't file it and they're fine.

[English Muffin 59]

Moving from UK forum to AOS forum.

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

Also, Mark says that the only thing he got back from the border control folks (besides his visa and I-94) was his chest x-ray. They never gave him back any of the stuff that was in the sealed envelope from the embassy...so he has nothing telling what vaccines he's had. Is that how it's supposed to be?

CBP doesn't normally give back anything from the brown envelope. My husband even asked if they could make a copy of his medical files to give him (since so many medicals were being "lost") and they said no. Knightsbridge gives everybody a copy of their immunization record (Form DS-3025). It looks like THIS.

You might not have much luck getting another copy because Knightsbridge does not keep files on their immigrant visa patients, mainly because it's not an office you will likely be returning to for medical care. You will need something to show a Civil Surgeon if he has had shots. Did he take something from his NHS doctor to the visa medical or did he get any shots at the medical? Typically he would have had to have a recent MMR and Tdap or Td and a history of having chickenpox noted by Knightsbridge. Otherwise there is the requirement for a varicella shot if he hasn't had chickenpox.

[ealachan 0]

CBP doesn't normally give back anything from the brown envelope. My husband even asked if they could make a copy of his medical files to give him (since so many medicals were being "lost") and they said no. Knightsbridge gives everybody a copy of their immunization record (Form DS-3025). It looks like THIS.

You might not have much luck getting another copy because Knightsbridge does not keep files on their immigrant visa patients, mainly because it's not an office you will likely be returning to for medical care. You will need something to show a Civil Surgeon if he has had shots. Did he take something from his NHS doctor to the visa medical or did he get any shots at the medical? Typically he would have had to have a recent MMR and Tdap or Td and a history of having chickenpox noted by Knightsbridge. Otherwise there is the requirement for a varicella shot if he hasn't had chickenpox.

Ok...turns out he had asked the NHS for his vaccination records and they told him that it could takes months to get and that they may not be able to get them at all anyway, because the records are so old (he's 35). I find it hard to believe that NHS doesn't have the records SOMEWHERE...but that's apparently what he was told. So currently, he has no proof of vaccinations. We don't mind him having a bunch of vaccinations if necessary...I'm just trying to determine what I need to send off in the AOS package to begin with. If I submit the AOS package without the I-693, the worst that can happen is that we'll get an RFE that we then have a certain amount of time to resolve, correct? Basically, now that he's here and we're married, the prospect of an RFE doesn't scare me nearly as much as it did during the I-129F process. I just want to make sure we're not doing something that's going to get him sent away...lol

edited to add: I just checked the NHS website and it seems that they really DON'T keep vaccination records from childhood for anyone over 25...eep!

Edited January 7, 2010 by ealachan