K1 AoS - Form 3025 Available, no need for i-693?

[snowcat 58]

My medical examination/vaccination record from my K1 requirements in the Philippines (St. Luke's Medical) form DS 3025 is still valid until November 2017 and I will be sending my AoS packet before May 2017 ends. Does that mean I only have to submit the form DS 3025 and not fill out i-693? Or do I still need to fill out some parts of the i-693 and attach my DS 3025 to it?

 

Thanks!

[A'n'L 735]

Only the ds3025 is necessary if you file AOS within 1 year of the K1 medical, and the vaccinations are marked complete.

[Grzesiek 0]

16 hours ago, A'n'L said:

Only the ds3025 is necessary if you file AOS within 1 year of the K1 medical, and the vaccinations are marked complete.

Am I going to receive this document from my sealed envelope at the airport? btw does the officer take something from my pernamently? Or is he going to give me back everything from my envelope?  

[Scandi 4,168]

3 hours ago, Grzesiek said:

Am I going to receive this document from my sealed envelope at the airport? btw does the officer take something from my pernamently? Or is he going to give me back everything from my envelope?  

You get the DS-3025 from the doctor who did your medical, if they don't give you a copy on their own accord it's important that you ask for one yourself.

 

I wouldn't count on getting anything back when you hand over the envelope.

[snowcat 58]

3 hours ago, Grzesiek said:

Am I going to receive this document from my sealed envelope at the airport? btw does the officer take something from my pernamently? Or is he going to give me back everything from my envelope?  

You are supposed to receive it from the doctor/medical center from which you did your medical exam for K1. The DS-3025 is not included in your sealed envelope. The officer takes the entire contents of your sealed envelope. He won't take your DS-3025.

[Grzesiek 0]

Ohh I didn't get it during medical examination. I will go back to them and ask for a copy.

If I can't get it, I will politely ask officer in US if I can take a photo of this page while crossing the border (I found some posts saying that DS-3025 can be found in sealed envelope).

If none of this work, I will try to explain in AOS package that my DS-3025 should be included in the sealed envelope and that I didn't get a copy.

What do you think about this plan?

 

If I get RFE because of that, is it going to hold off both EAD and Green Card?

[Scandi 4,168]

Yes the DS-3025 is in the K-1 envelope as it's part of your medical documents, I doubt they'll let you take a pic of it but I guess you could try. 

 

Technically the DS-3025 shouldn't even be needed to send with your AOS as USCIS already have your full medical report that you handed in at POE, but unfortunately they often don't manage to figure out how to connect the K-1 envelope with your AOS application, that's why you send an extra copy of the DS-3025 with the AOS package. The DS-3025 should be marked "complete" btw.

 

And yes, an early RFE will usually result in a pause on both the EAD and greencard process. If it's an RFIE it can even reset the wait time, meaning you start over from scratch time-wise. But often the wait isn't that much longer than without RFE, just send in what they ask for asap after you receive the RFE hardcopy.

[Grzesiek 0]

Today I went to medical center. They were a little bit confused but I was told that I will get my signed copy tomorrow! Thank you all for your responds.

[Grzesiek 0]

On 10.05.2017 at 11:26 AM, Scandi said:

Yes the DS-3025 is in the K-1 envelope as it's part of your medical documents, I doubt they'll let you take a pic of it but I guess you could try. 

 

Technically the DS-3025 shouldn't even be needed to send with your AOS as USCIS already have your full medical report that you handed in at POE, but unfortunately they often don't manage to figure out how to connect the K-1 envelope with your AOS application, that's why you send an extra copy of the DS-3025 with the AOS package. The DS-3025 should be marked "complete" btw.

 

And yes, an early RFE will usually result in a pause on both the EAD and greencard process. If it's an RFIE it can even reset the wait time, meaning you start over from scratch time-wise. But often the wait isn't that much longer than without RFE, just send in what they ask for asap after you receive the RFE hardcopy.

Today I got my copy. Only after I returned home I realized that this document should have 2 pages. I got only first one. However from what I can see (http://photos.state.gov/libraries/thailand/591452/iv/ds3025.pdf) on page 2 there are only some additional informations (contraindiction to vaccination, remarks). Do you think I should go there one more time and request additional copy with both pages? When you guys applied for AOS did you send both pages or only first one?

I am uploading my DS-3025, it is marked completed and it is signed. 

[Scandi 4,168]

I wouldn't worry about page 2 tbh, page 1 shows the vaccinations and it's marked complete.

 

I sent in a copy of my whole medical, not just the vaccination work sheet, but I'm guessing that most people only send in that one page of the DS-3025.

Edited May 11, 2017 by Scandi

[A'n'L 735]

1 hour ago, Grzesiek said:

Today I got my copy. Only after I returned home I realized that this document should have 2 pages. I got only first one. However from what I can see (http://photos.state.gov/libraries/thailand/591452/iv/ds3025.pdf) on page 2 there are only some additional informations (contraindiction to vaccination, remarks). Do you think I should go there one more time and request additional copy with both pages? When you guys applied for AOS did you send both pages or only first one?

I am uploading my DS-3025, it is marked completed and it is signed. 

I was also only given page 1, had no issues during my AOS process.

[TB44 7]

I entered the US on a K1 visa in January 2018.  After getting married and then submitting my application for AOS in February 2018,  receiving no RFEs, my AOS interview was scheduled for 17 September 2018.  You can imagine my horror when 3 days before my interview I received a letter from USCIS saying that I needed to bring a completed I-693 and I-130A to my interview!  I immediately made an infopass appointment, luckily for the next day, and received some clarity.  Two things:

1. According to the instructions on the I-693, if you file for AOS within one year of the date of your K1 visa medical exam (AND your K1 visa medical is satisfactory i.e. shows no signs of TB, syphillis or gonorrhea, and you have completed the necessary vaccinations as evidenced by your D-3025), you DO NOT need to undergo a new medical for AOS, and you DO NOT need to submit an I-693 for AOS.  You should simply submit the D-3025 with your AOS application, and that is all you need to do.  When I asked at my infopass appointment why I had been asked for the I-693 (3 days before my interview - FYI it's very difficult to get a visa medical done in 3 days!!), she said that it was probably an administrative error.  It likely that someone in the USCIS back office, when flicking through my file in advance of my interview, failed to see my K1 medical, or did not realise that I was exempt, and just absentmindedly ticked a box saying that I needed to bring this to my AOS interview.  In my AOS interview itself, I explained (very nicely!) to the USCIS officer that, as per the I-693 instructions, I should not need a new medical because my K1 visa medical was satisfactory, and I filed for AOS within one year of that medical.  I was also able to show him the D-3025 and the blood test results from my K1 medical, which I think helped.  In summary, he was very nice about it, and agreed that no new I-693 was required, and my AOS was granted  All that panic for nothing!
2. The I-130A form does not remotely apply to my case!  The form I-130 is for US Citizens seeking to bring their citizen spouses to the US, and the I-130A is for the spouse beneficiary to provide supplemental information.  So essentially it is the start of a completely different visa process to the I-129F/K1 visa process which we had completed!  The helpful USCIS lady at my infopass appointment was completely baffled as to why I had been asked for it (and she even muttered under her breath "I need to talk to the person who issued this letter to you, because that is NOT correct..."!).  And when I turned up to my AOS interview and asked why I had been asked to provide the I-130A, the USCIS officer just brushed it off and said "no, we definitely don't need that from you".  So, essentially, this was another mistake by an idiot in the USCIS back office, who has no idea how much stress they caused!

In short, if you get requests for forms shortly before your interview - don't panic!  You may need to provide them (in which case they will go ahead with the interview, but issue you an RFE, and your case will be held pending USCIS receipt of that further evidence requested), but in my case it was just a USCIS error!