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with the i-485 application, if the medical exam is within a year when you apply for AOS then you don't need to have medical exam. you just need to supply a photocopy of the vaccination record coz that's the only paper document from the medical exam you get from your home country. but if it's more than 1 year already, and it looks like it is more than 1 year since the last medical, then you have to have the medical exam again and use for i-693 and find a civil surgeon in your area who is designated by uscis to conduct the medical exam. 

pls. don't make the medical exam process complicated. listen to the advices here given by different people who's been through the process. let me reiterate, medical exam is usually 7-10 days before embassy interview. it normally takes about 2 days to complete. first day is urine test for women, chest X-ray even if you are pregnant (they just use proper shielding), blood test, and physical exam. second day is vaccination and releasing of result. vaccines needed are determined by the physician based on the interview done prior to vaccination. it's good to have records of previous vaccination but if you don't have one that's ok. if they find irregularities with your chest X-ray then that will definitely delay your medical exam. SLEC will advise you what to do next regarding treatment and embassy interview. but if everything is in place, then 2 days you're done. they will give you a sealed brown envelope that only the embassy can open. as for you, they will hand you the CD chest X-ray result. And vaccination record DS-3025 which you will enclose in the AOS package once you adjust status in the US. If you adjust status more than one year since your medical, that's when you have to have another medical exam here in the US. otherwise just enclose the DS-3025. hope this will answer your question.

i don't think not filing AOS right after marriage makes the person's stay here illegally. there is no provision in the law that states that one has to file AOS right after marriage. as long as the marriage takes place within 90 days of arrival. i have read a blog here in this website that she waited for 2 years before filing for AOS and that she got interviewed and got approved and was given ten years GC because the marriage has been more than years on the day of the interview. it's not the usual process but it is still legal. i may be wrong but one's marriage within 90 days to the USC petitioner protects the person from being an illegal alien. as i've mentioned above the only down side i can see in this scenario is regarding work situation. and oh by the way let me mention that the person is also risking the possibility of getting out of the US without any re-entry documents.

hello there! for you to be able to apply for continuous residency to count towards naturalization, you should not be out of the US for more than 6 months at a time. if you live outside the US for more than 6 months but less than one year, you can come back with just your green card to present at the port of entry but your time for continuous residency towards naturalization will have to restart. you cant use your original entry into the US to count towards naturalization. as an example, if you enter the US on january 1, 2014 and take vacations every now and then to australia no more than 6 months every time then you would be eligible to apply for naturalization 3 months before january 1, 2017. but if at one of your vacations you stayed more than 6 months like what you said you've been in australia for almost 6 months now and you decide to come back say august 1, 2015 then your january 1, 2014 will become null and void and your time will reset to august 1, 2015, so your new date of eligibility for naturalization will 3 months before august 1, 2018 and no longer 3 months before january 1, 2017. so it is very important not to stay outside the US for more than 6 months if you have plans of naturalizing.

i agree with everybody's input. i kind of want to point out the previous response about the fees and everything. that might be what your boyfriend is worried about coz part of the process is kind of expensive, if not really expensive. to file the petition is $340. k1 visa fee is now increased to $265. medical exam fee has also been increased to $245. then the plane ticket will be roughly around $800-$1000 probably coz now way ticket to the US is always expensive compared to roundtrip ticket from the US. then you have the wedding ceremony which depends on what kind of ceremony you will have. then the last part, before removing conditions of permanent residency and naturalization, is the adjustment of status which is very hefty at $1090. so if i have to sum up all the fees from filing the petition to filing of adjustment of status minus removing conditions and naturalization would total to roughly $3000. now if that's an issue for your boyfriend then that might be one of the reasons he wants to pay off his debt first before filing for your visa. i'm hoping he has savings in the bank but if not then that's definitely a big problem to hurdle.

non-US resident. when u enter the US with K1 visa, you are still a non-resident alien. when you marry your fiancé that's when you adjust status, get approve, receive your green card....that's when you become a permanent resident.