Get your COVID Shots.

[Eugene2019 1]

As always, choices should be considered on a case by case basis. We had do go the K1 route because my fiancé couldn’t not get a B1/B2 to the US due to the Muslim ban and same sex marriage is illegal in his home country. We waited two years with me traveling back and forth every two or three months for two weeks to visit. I am able to work remotely. So we went K1. We still had to file Writ of Mandamus to get the answer. We were approved. Two weeks later he and our son were here and we married two weeks after that in January 2021. The AOS was filed and our appointment is scheduled for the end of May 2022.  
 

Two things to note. The medical exam for the K1 is not valid past it’s expiry date. It had to be redone. We had both already had the two COVID shots so we’re were fine there. The exam cost $550 each for him and our son. We did not have the luxury of shopping around because the approved civil surgeons were either booked or would not do the exam for a child in the time frame between notice and interview. . 
 

in October 2021 the rule changed and children over the age of five must now be fully vaccinated against COVID. We have a lawyer handling our application and they have been very thorough but the dropped the ball here in not telling us. There is less than 21 days between the exam/first shot and the interview so we will get an RFE for the medical for our son’s vaccinations. . 
 

In short, K1 was the only way for us to go, the short warning about the interview made getting the medical difficult and the COVID vaccine requirement was a surprise. Fortunately we have been carefully compiling all the required evidence over the past year and are well prepared  in that regard. 
 

so get your COVID shots and avoid a time crunch which may result in an unnecessary RFE. 

[K1visaHopeful 2,661]

58 minutes ago, Eugene2019 said:

 

Two things to note. The medical exam for the K1 is not valid past it’s expiry date. It had to be redone. 
 

Where are you getting this info from?

A K1 medical exam is valid to use to AOS as long as you completed the vaccination requirements that were valid at the time the exam took place AND you filed AOS within 1 year of the overseas medical exam. 

 

You arrived AND filed AOS prior to Oct 2021 so the new vaccination requirements do not apply to you. 

[Eugene2019 1]

19 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

Where are you getting this info from?

A K1 medical exam is valid to use to AOS as long as you completed the vaccination requirements that were valid at the time the exam took place AND you filed AOS within 1 year of the overseas medical exam. 

 

You arrived AND filed AOS prior to Oct 2021 so the new vaccination requirements do not apply to you. 

The medical exam for the K1/K1 was more than two years prior to I-485 application due to the delay in the embassy adjudicating the case.  The civil surgeon is the one that said he can not mark the form complete since the vaccination requirement is currently in effect. 
 

in fact the case took

so long that the embassy required two medical exams in Lebanon. 

Edited May 16, 2022 by Eugene2019

[K1visaHopeful 2,661]

4 minutes ago, Eugene2019 said:

The medical exam for the K1/K1 was more than two years prior to I-485 application due to the delay in the embassy adjudicating the case.  The civil surgeon is the one that said he can not mark the form complete since the vaccination requirement is currently in effect. 
 

in fact the case took

so long that the embassy required two medical exams in Lebanon. 

It would be extremely helpful if you filled out your timeline as required by VJ members.

 

You said you arrived in January 2021 and filed I485 shortly after.

That means in order to arrive in the US on a K1 you MUST have had your K1 medical exam NO MORE than 6 months prior to January 2021 in order for your K1 Visa to be valid to even use to enter the US with. Even if you had to redo your K1 medical because it expired, you could not have done even your second medical PRIOR TO August 2020 or your K1 would not be valid to use due to your medical expiring when you entered in Jan 2021.

 

So that means you'd have until August 2021 to file AOS and still be able to use your complete overseas medical exam to fulfill the requirements to file AOS.

That's before October 2021 when the new requirements came into affect.

 

Clear up your dates and fill out your timeline so not only can we provide correct advise, but also so others reading this post are not misinformed.