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EAD/AP combo cards received today Still no movement on I485s since filing them.

We received our e-mails and texts late this afternoon!

Here's my post about that, based on a lot of study on the subject:
Do I need a medical exam?
What if I am a K nonimmigrant visa holder and already had a medical exam overseas?

If you were admitted as a:
A. K-1 fiancé(e) or a K-2 child of a K-1 fiancé(e); or as a
B. K-3 spouse of a U.S. citizen or a K-4 child of a K-3 spouse of a U.S. citizen; and
C. You received a medical examination prior to admission, then:
1. You are not required to have another medical examination as long as your Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, is filed within one year of your overseas medical examination, and the medical examination did not reveal a Class A medical condition, or if you did have a Class A medical condition, you received a waiver of inadmissibility and have complied with the terms and conditions on the waiver.
2. Even if a new medical examination is not required, you must still show proof that you complied with the vaccination requirements. If the vaccination record (DS 3025) was not properly completed and included as part of the original overseas medical examination report, you will have to have the vaccination report completed by a designated civil surgeon. In this case, you are required to submit the vaccination record and page 1 of Form I-693.
(From the I-693 instructions page 5.)Do you need an I-693 immunization sheet? Is my DS-3025 filled out properly?
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 (two are required but if you have the column "insufficient time interval" checked, then you get a waiver. Having one shot is often okay but the waiver beng marked is the surest thing.
Td or Tdap or DT or DTP or DtaP (One dated no longer than 10 years ago, or have a booster)
Varicella or VH written by it if you had chickenpox
Influenza (during flu season)** see note below because you are most likely okay without it.
2. Everything else marked not age appropriate, insufficient time interval, not flu season...things that allow a waiver.
3. RESULTS section filled in with "incomplete" and "may be eligible for blanket waiver" ticked or "complete" (but complete is rare).
4. Signed and dated by the doctor
If it's not completed EXACTLY like that then see a civil surgeon for the I-693. If it is complete, send a photocopy of your DS-3025. Almost isn't good enough. It needs to be filled out properly.
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 visa 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.
What if I only had one dose of MMR and it's marked "insufficient time interval"? Do I need to another dose and must I see a civil surgeon before AOS?
NO you do not need to see a civil surgeon unless USCIS loses the whole medical file you turned in at POE. If you were up to date the day that DS-3025 was signed, then you're okay without getting 2nd or 3rd doses. You can get them for your health, or you can not get them ever. It was not medically appropriate for you to get dose 2 on top of dose 1. There's a time interval for doses. So you get a waiver for "insufficient time interval" if that is marked on your DS-3025.
If you are one of the unlucky ones with a lost medical, then you will have to get a full medical again. By then, enough time would have passed for dose 2 so expect the CS to say you need it. Hopefully it won't come to that.
If you just chose not to get a second dose that was due (because it was more than 4 weeks since dose 1) then you wouldn't have that "insufficient time interval" waiver marked on your DS-3025. It was medically fine to have the second dose and you didn't. You aren't complete and have no waiver excuse. You may be approved and may not. Depends on the adjudicator
What if I don't have a DS-3025?
If you are positive that you got the needed shots, then actually mailing in a DS-3025 photocopy is not necessary. The original form is with your other medical results and was turned over to USCIS at POE. That's actually the one that counts because it remained in the "chain of custody" so you didn't have an opportunity to alter it. The photocopy isn't really an official copy and is more for a reminder that you got complete at your visa exam. Of course without having a copy, you don't have the opportunity to see if the rest of the form was completed correctly.

They'll put a card through your door so you can arrange a redelivery, either to the same address or a work address. Or yes, you can go an pick it up from the DX location. I think they'll try to deliver a couple of times but, after that, it'll be returned to the Embassy.

EAD = Employment Authorization Document

Why would you not adjust your son and get him a green card?It is cheaper for him to adjust with you then to file separately from you.
Do the smart thing and adjust him when you file for yourself.
Parenting is about protecting your child.
By not adjusting your child, you put him in danger.
I would beg and borrow or sell my stuff to get the $500 (approximate) to adjust my child.

Ooh, just checked our CEAC and our visas have been ISSUED!!!

Hmmm, ok. I've already sent you the link to packet 3 for India a few posts back, just work from that. Did you try the India portal as well?

Ooh, just checked our CEAC and our visas have been ISSUED!!!

Ooh, just checked our CEAC and our visas have been ISSUED!!!

Ooh, just checked our CEAC and our visas have been ISSUED!!!

Yes, all petitions have to be sent to the Dallas lockbox - this is NOT the same as the Texas Service Centre. It depends on where the USC lives as to which service centre you get routed to, you don't get to choose!

Yes, all petitions have to be sent to the Dallas lockbox - this is NOT the same as the Texas Service Centre. It depends on where the USC lives as to which service centre you get routed to, you don't get to choose!

Yes, all petitions have to be sent to the Dallas lockbox - this is NOT the same as the Texas Service Centre. It depends on where the USC lives as to which service centre you get routed to, you don't get to choose!

Yes, all petitions have to be sent to the Dallas lockbox - this is NOT the same as the Texas Service Centre. It depends on where the USC lives as to which service centre you get routed to, you don't get to choose!

Yes, all petitions have to be sent to the Dallas lockbox - this is NOT the same as the Texas Service Centre. It depends on where the USC lives as to which service centre you get routed to, you don't get to choose!

Yes, all petitions have to be sent to the Dallas lockbox - this is NOT the same as the Texas Service Centre. It depends on where the USC lives as to which service centre you get routed to, you don't get to choose!

Yes, all petitions have to be sent to the Dallas lockbox - this is NOT the same as the Texas Service Centre. It depends on where the USC lives as to which service centre you get routed to, you don't get to choose!

Yes, all petitions have to be sent to the Dallas lockbox - this is NOT the same as the Texas Service Centre. It depends on where the USC lives as to which service centre you get routed to, you don't get to choose!

Yes, all petitions have to be sent to the Dallas lockbox - this is NOT the same as the Texas Service Centre. It depends on where the USC lives as to which service centre you get routed to, you don't get to choose!

Update as promised - I received my interview letter today - for next Thursday (14th) - eek! For anyone interested, my CEAC hasn't changed from receipt of our medicals on 29th July.

and another, you're not expected to have anything when you file, just start saving it for later, interview or ROC in a couple of years. Do it soon so when you file for ROC you have stuff 2 years old and newer.

Nope Amy, I'm with you. I think if the couple goes through with their "non-legal wedding" before he gets his K-1 VISA, they're in for a world of hurt. Why in the world would you even take the risk that the CO could deny, or say "nope, sorry, you gotta file a CR1" or anything else?
They say don't schedule anything until a VISA is in hand for a reason.

My fiance and I are only a month into this waiting period between NOA1 and NOA2 and it puts the last 5 years of long distance to SHAME. I'm pretty sure this is the hardest thing we will ever have to do.
The only thing we can do is just wait it out. Getting angry some days is just required because it's all so frustrating - we have no timeline, he doesn't know when to leave his job, when do I get my new apartment? It isn't like these things are small adjustments - they are basically our entire lives being uprooted and changed.. all at the whim of when USCIS decides they want to adjudicate our petition.
I definitely feel the struggle of those who have had others apply after them and were approved before them. It's baffling. This entire process lands you knee-deep in government bureaucracy, whether you want it or not. The decisions of our Senate, House and the President can all reflect on normal citizens trying to live their lives (hence the recent DACA and immigration issues). Really, all we want is simple, to be with our loved ones and start to actually live the lives we are supposed to be living. I almost want to say 'that isn't too much to ask, is it?'.. but it is.
It's funny when my friends ask me how it is to be engaged and plan a wedding and I look at them like "what is a wedding?". One friend remarked to me today how she is going to remember me when she gets stressed over what color lights to hang near the head table and remember some people have it worse. This process is NOT for the faint of heart. The one thing that I think is important is finding ways to make this time special. I keep trying to remind myself of that when I get annoyed, impatient and frustrated with this.
You will probably never experience something like this in your life.. ever. This process turns love and family into a series of steps, applications and fees. It breaks down the very idea of being "in love" to something so mechanical and monotone. It's up to each of us in our relationships to make the time still special. You're engaged! For normal couples they will spend the next 8 months fighting over the color of the napkins at the table and if the centerpieces should have real or fake flowers. Couples like us break down every bit of our relationship into answers to questions that will determine if we can be together.
Sure, I would gladly take the former.. but think 20 years from now when you have kids (if you want them). Imagine the kind of story you will have - it's not the norm and it will be something that sticks with your children or those you tell. Our story was amazing and unique from the get-go and this process just adds another insane, amazing layer.

What Harpa said. London is odd in that sometimes it doesn't ask for the I134, that's the exception rather than the rule. OP, you will need to show 100% of the poverty level on the I134 and 125% on the I864 in order to be approved.