Let's do something about these lost medicals for AOS

[Nigel&Meggie 40]

This has been a pain in @$% for some years now, but to be perfectly honest, some people are bringing it on themselves.

I-485 instructions (Initial Evidence, paragraph 8 "Fiance(e)s" states implicitly:

"If you are a K-1 fiance(e) or K-2 dependent who had a medical examination within the past year as required for the nonimmigrant fiance(e) visa, you only need to submit a vaccination supplement, not the entire medical report. You may include the vaccination supplement with your Form I-485"

The vaccination supplement is I-693 Part 2.5 "Vaccinations". You also need to fill Part 1 "Information About You" of course and get this thing signed by the CS.

Have any of you complaining here included I-693 with your vaccinations transcribed from DS-3025 by CS in the US with your AOS application? Just asking...

So when all of these people hand over their sealed packet at POE and then USCIS says "we have everything that was in your sealed packet except the medical record, which we lost" you are saying that they brought it upon themselves?

[Ban Hammer 12,837]

duplicate topics have been merged. please cease making duplicate topics.

[Tygrys 143]

So when all of these people hand over their sealed packet at POE and then USCIS says "we have everything that was in your sealed packet except the medical record, which we lost" you are saying that they brought it upon themselves?

No, I was talking about many people who don't include their vaccinations supplement with their AOS and get RFE'd for it.

At the time of my post I was unaware that entire medical record was missing in this case. It has been straightened out since, but thank you for asking.

[Calicolom 265]

This is the Government, if this was private industry they would be out of business. I told my Fiancé to see if she can get 2 sealed medical envelopes, one for the Embassy and one for AOS in the states, even if she has to pay a little more for this. I hope she can get another sealed medical report, for this reason

[Cathi 5,610]

This is the Government, if this was private industry they would be out of business. I told my Fiancé to see if she can get 2 sealed medical envelopes, one for the Embassy and one for AOS in the states, even if she has to pay a little more for this. I hope she can get another sealed medical report, for this reason

The USCIS is part of the government, the NVC is not. The NVC is a private contractor hired by the DOS to push papers for visa applications.

[KayDeeCee 4,891]

These people went through all kinds of hassles trying to get the USCIS to find their 'lost' records. They ended up finally 'discovering' them when they went for an Infopass appointment: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/321561-lost-medical-records-scam/page__view__findpost__p__5006951

[Penny Lane 8,159]

This happened to me, and it's ridiculous. I called USCIS, who were about as unhelpful as humanly possible. I couldn't go make an Infopass appointment, as there's no location very close to me and I couldn't take off of work AGAIN. I basically had to suck it up and pay for someone else's mistake. Good times.

[Messybrownhair 251]

This happened to me, and it's ridiculous. I called USCIS, who were about as unhelpful as humanly possible. I couldn't go make an Infopass appointment, as there's no location very close to me and I couldn't take off of work AGAIN. I basically had to suck it up and pay for someone else's mistake. Good times.

Same here. A costly $125 mistake and three week delay of my GC issuance. Oh well. Could have been worse, I suppose!

[Tygrys 143]

The USCIS is part of the government, the NVC is not. The NVC is a private contractor hired by the DOS to push papers for visa applications.

Another incorrect statement from this poster. Please don't post if you don't know.

NVC may hire private contractors to do work, like many government agencies do, but IT IS a government agency reporting directly to Department of State.

[EminTX 131]

I don't understand why we don't have the option to have (or purchase) a duplicate copy of the medical file due to this recurring theme.

My husband tried everything to get copies of his shots, his exam, his anything but he only has the carbon copies of the receipts for the stuff he paid for.

GGGGGRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrr.............

[Penny Lane 8,159]

I don't understand why we don't have the option to have (or purchase) a duplicate copy of the medical file due to this recurring theme.

My husband tried everything to get copies of his shots, his exam, his anything but he only has the carbon copies of the receipts for the stuff he paid for.

GGGGGRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrr.............

I don't know either. It sure would have saved a lot of hassle.

[KayDeeCee 4,891]

I agree. I think they should make all K-1 applicants get the vaccinations that are required for AOS at the time of their medical and give them a separate sealed envelope to send in when they file for AOS. Then there would be no need for the rip off civil surgeons, and they could not claim medicals were being lost. No confusing instructions on what parts of the I-693 you need done, or if you need one done at all. Hmm, that would be simplifying and way too easy, so I think it will never happen.

[Cathi 5,610]

Another incorrect statement from this poster. Please don't post if you don't know.

NVC may hire private contractors to do work, like many government agencies do, but IT IS a government agency reporting directly to Department of State.

Please don't be condescending,nothing I hate more than rude people. This is information someone at the NVC told me on the phone. Perhaps if the person from the NVC didn't tell this to me I wouldn't think it was true.

[Cathi 5,610]

I don't believe the CBP is the problem since the only thing I am missing is the medical and not the entire contents of the envelope submitted at the port of entry. Additionally, I received my EAD so it must have been forwarded. From what I have read, many people have had this happen because USCIS doesn't look in our A-file for the medical. They just see that a medical isn't included in the I-485 application. Even though it is sitting there in their files, they are too lazy to look for it and the only way to get them to look for it is to get a congressman, senator or ombudsman involved. Unfortunately, that takes time and we have a time limit to respond to the RFE so many people just redo the medical. I think people need to start making a complaint so something can be done about this very common issue.

I didn't realize the only part that was missing was just the medical. Not sure what the solution for you is other than to re-do a medical. But I am with you, having to pay for it all over again would be maddening to say the least, especially since you are under time constraints to have it done for the AOS. Good luck!!

[james&olya 1,121]

This happened to me, and it's ridiculous. I called USCIS, who were about as unhelpful as humanly possible. I couldn't go make an Infopass appointment, as there's no location very close to me and I couldn't take off of work AGAIN. I basically had to suck it up and pay for someone else's mistake. Good times.

Count me as yet another in the long list of those who had to pay for someone else's mistake! There needs to be accountability! Whoever is responsible needs to understand that it is NOT OK, that doing this to people will cost them their good government (or private contractor) job! And it should be the agency's responsibility to pay for those repeat exams. In my case I had to take a day off work to make the 120 mile trip to the nearest CS to get my step-daughter's exam repeated. Fortunately it only cost $160.00. I agree that electronic files make a lot more sense!