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now I did it the other way around, I sent them a copy and kept the original. On the back of mine it said attach a copy of this form. And then also right in the beginning of all this process it said make copies of things and keep originals. But it is up to you. JUST MAKE A COPY for your records too.

I got a RFE asking for medical exams.

The RFE comes with an envelope from USCIS (RFE printed envelope) saying I should place all the evidence inside.

The sealed medical exam is way bigger than the USCIS envelope.

Can I go ahead and ignore the USCIS envelope? Can i just send the medical with the blue RFE note in a Fedex envelope?

Does anyone know if this will delay things??

thanks!

I thought the same thing, but just sent mine back in a big brown envelope, placed a copy of the RFE notice on top of that and put all of it into the delivery envelope. I just got approved today, after they received me RFE last week.

So in other words, no I don't think it should delay you. Just make sure you use that address and mark it exactly the way they did on the delivery address section, with the word RFE in big bold letters so that they see it.

Good luck

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Hi all.ok to sum it up, K1 entered us oct 1 from canada, First NOA was DEC 06, 2006. AP and EAD......AP EAD approved in jan 07. AOS touched 1/20/07. On 7/22/07 AOS touched again! called the helpless line on 7/24....The woman told me they will iopen a request to see whats going on with the case, instead of me opening a infopass appoint. I recieved a letter about my phone call, fist the filing date was wrong...anyway...Under the status of this request is: Records indicate that a request for additional evidence was sent on 7/20/2007. I checked the website but there was no indication that RFE was sent. what do believe, I checked my mail today no RFE. My application is sitting in CSC....whats should I do?

I never got an email about my RFE, and the mailed letter came about 10 days after it was post marked, I live in NY. So, if they did send you one, then you should have it by the end of next week. They don't actually update your account every time they do something with it, I find.

RFE medical sent back to CSC this morning. Lets hope they don't lose this one.

Anybody got any idea how long they have, once they receive my RFE, to make a decision on my case?

Sent my RFE back in last week, they signed for it on the Wednesday, and today I got an email stating case resumed processing. So it took a week. But I also got a reply from another VJ member when I asked that same question and there's was 3 weeks later. So you never know.

Here's hoping that it was everything they were wanting.

does anyone know how long after i have sent in my rfe will i receive an email or update on case resumed processing?

I sent my medical RFE back last week and they signed for at at 14h30 on Wednesday. Anyone got an idea of the average amount of time I will be waiting to hear back from them, "resumed working on your case?" Just getting anxious now.

Thank you

Had my interview today and got approved pending Namecheck. I will post a detailed report on the interview on Monday.

Congrats Vijay, at least one of us is getting some action, I sent in the RFE and they signed for receipt of it at 14h30 on Wednesday, so hopefully I will get the 'case resumed' email soon.

Hope your Namecheck isn't going to be a long one

Got my RFE medical back from the CS today, and had it in the overnight mail to CSC by 12h30. Hopefully things will get back on track ASAP. The CS gave me copies of EVERYTHING, "just in case"

Will keep you all posted, I included the skin test too, for the 'just in case'

Went and picked up my NEW medical results from the CS today, and had them in the mail by 12h30. Overnight delivery to CSC, and will get there by 15h00 tomorrow.

The CS gave me copies of everything, for the "just in case" something goes wrong again!!!

But hopefully they will log my RFE response into the computer as soon as possible, and I can get this show back on the road again.

Many UKers will have been immunised for TB. Surely that should mean that a skin test should not be required? Or am I missing something?!

I had been immunised for TB, but that didn't stop them for asking me to have the skin test done

They said that my AOS package did not include my medical papers and that I needed a tb skin test. I'd had the x-ray done with my K1 medical, and they took it from me at my POE, (JFK).

Just had my skin test read, and I am negative, which in itself is quite weird coz I have had the BCG vaccine, when I was younger.

Anyways, I am not complaining. Less money that I have to fork out for their mistake.

Good luck to you all

Has anybody noticed if these reports are coming out of several District Offices, or only one?

I'm with Rebeccajo on this one. Until and unless I see a statement regarding this new TB test requirement on the USCIS website, I will assume the RFEs are localized and NOT an actual blanket requirement for all AOS applications--especially since all those who've been transferred to CSC don't seem to be getting any RFEs asking for a new TB skin test.

I will assume this does not apply to all AOS applicants until it's been definitively proven otherwise by a direct statement from USCIS.

Unfortunately, I am an exception to the rule. Was transferred to California and got a RFE for medical and TB skin test. Get my skin test checked in a few hours time. And my medical papers given back to me by the CS on Tuesday. Can't wait to get this sent back to CSC, so that they can get my show on the road

Just went and had my skin test done at my doctors, my summer camp doctor will read it on Saturday or Sunday. He will sign a copy of my passport to say that he checked my ID, and when I go pick up my new medical forms from the CS on Tues he can just add it to my files. ( I was a K1 visa applicant who had their medical "misplaced" ) Hopefully this will be ok, and I can send it back with my RFE form to the CSC.

Does the skin test have to be done by the CS or can any doctor do it. I am currently working at a summer camp, the dr there said he could get one in for me and do it and read it as well, and would forward the results on to the CS. Would that be OK? I just don't want to waste any more time, but then I', gonna come back positive coz I had the vaccine as a child, so would I have to go for another set of x-rays?

Thanx

I contacted my CS in South AFrica who did my original medical and they were NOT allowed to send me the results. The only that they could do was send my results to the US Embassy in South Africa and they in turn would forward them onto the US Embassy in the USA, which one I don't know, and they would then forward it on to CSC, but you would still need to get the I693 A form filled out again and attach it to those forms. So I don't know how that would of gone down.

I just decided that it was way too complicated and did the medical again. A quicker option I thought.

I got my RFE a couple of weeks back for the same thing - missing medical forms ( couldn't of got into the USA on my K1 visa if I never had them ) Anyways.

I did the info-pass app - NO HELP. I did the congressman thing - NO HELP

So I made an appointment with the Civil Surgeon for a NEW MEDICAL. Paid the $236-00, he took most of my copies of the forms that I had brought from South Africa, but did the HIV and syphillis tests again as I didn't have copies of those results.

He used my x-ray as I had a BBG ( or whatever the vaccine is for TB when I was younger and would of been positive anyways )

I go back to him on the 17th to pick up my paperwork and pay $76-00 to recieve them from him.

I wish you luck with trying other avenues, before having to pay all over again for the medical. But mine didn't work out, and I just got fed up, and did the medical. I just wanted it to be over with and had to suck it up, so I just paid for their mistake.

Good luck to you, hope your results are better than mine were.

Keep us posted

I have just come back from going for my new medical, due to the one that the USCIS lost, and I got an RFE for.

They never gave me a TB skin test. I showed them my x-rays from home and the results page from that x-ray. They made copies of it and all my other papers, and only drew blood for my HV test.

I gotta go back in 2 weeks time to pick up all of my paper work.

Is this all ok?

Heading out to my medical exam in 2 hours, the one that THEY LOST and I HAVE TO PAY FOR. But I just wanna get this RFE sent back to them as soon as possible.

They sent me a small envelope to reply with, with all their info on the front, but the medical I'm sure will come in a big one. Do I just not use their pretyped envelope?

Thanks

The medical in total cost about R600-00 in cash, for the vaccinations, medical and stuff. Discovery health didn't cover cover all of it, that was the portion that i had to pay. +-

hi there, from a fellow south african now living in New York as of Jan '07.

I came over here on a K1 visa and went for my medical in Joburg. Here is everything that I went through and have come know once here in the USA:

The medical isn't too bad, although I don't fear needles or that kinda thing. Before I went to the doctors I was kinda worried about how invasive it was gonna be ( as I'm female ) But it didn't turn out to be too bad.

RIght, at the medical they do the normal things that a doctor would do if you are a new patient. Asks you questions about your medical history ie. Cancer in the family, any illnesses you have had, hospitalizations etc...

They take your blood pressure, check your eye sight, height and weight, check your joint movements and body reflexes ( knees, shoulders, that kinda thing )

Then they do take your blood, if I remember correctly, they took 2 vials of blood, one for HIV testing and the other for sphillis ( however you spell it ) He checks your vaccination card, if you have one. Any vaccinations that you are needing he will give you. You need to have had a recent Tetnus shot, if you haven't he will give you that too.

Now the tetnus shot is not the greatest, I will admit that. I had to have mine done here in the US, at first it's not bad, but a few hours later and for the following couple of days you feel like you have a dead arm, it's sore to move it. My husband had to help me get dressed and undressed, coz I couldn't lift my arm up, not that I was complaining about that part

They also send you to get a chest x-ray done to check for TB. And that is pretty much it, you will have to return a few days later to pick up your results, watch them put it all together and put it into your envelope with the x-ray, it also needs to be sealed with the dotcors stamp on it once closed. This envelope will be taken from you once arriving into the USA by the immigration guys at the airport. they will leave you with your x-rays to keep.

If you can, ask him for copies of ALL your documents, I'm thinking that they won't wanna give you all those copies but try coz you will need them if the same thing happens to you as it did me. Which I will get too shortly. BUT if anything get the copy of your vaccination form, they are DEFINITELY allowed to give you that and you WILL need it once adjusting status here in the US.

Now I will start to tell you my story of the issues I am having to deal with here now.

First off, I'm not sure they will do this for you as it is not asked for for the K1 visa process but it can't hurt to ask, coz you will have to have it done once here, and rather pay RANDS than $$$$. Ask them to give you a TB Skin Test, coz that is one of the things that they are sending out RFE's for.

Another issue that I am having, and this one is a huge and costly thing. Somewhere between the airport that I arrived at (JFK) and my case being transferred to California, they have LOST my medical forms. That is where your copies, if you can get them, will come in handy.

I am now having to go for a full medical here again, due to their stupidity, at my own expense, therefor delaying my case. I tried getting the doctor in SA to fax me copies of all my forms, and they won't do it. They say they can only send it to the US Embassy in Joburg and they will in turn forward it on. But I don't have time to waste, as I just wanna get this all over and done with, or at least until I can file for permanent residency without conditions, so that my husband and I can really live in peace and not have to worry about all this stuff.

Once you are here and are adjusting status you will need to get your vaccinations transferred onto the I-693A form, whatever area you will be in, phone around to get the best price, some places will wanna charge you for a full medical, but you won't need it if you have your vaccination copy from the SA medical.

Ok, now that I have gona on and on. I will end my reply. Please fell free to ask me any more questions if you are needing help or anything.

Good luck.

I'm in the exact same situation as you were. I went for my infopass on Wednesday and after phoning around, they couldn't help me. My medical is lost. I have my mom in South Africa phoning the doctor that did my original medical to get all my results faxed through to me. He was closed early today, so she is gonna phone on Monday.

What I just want to go over with you, to get things cleared up in my head, is get my results from SA, take them to the civil surgeon here, have him fill out all the proper medical forms for the I-693 and because I only had the x-ray done in SA, get him to give me a TB skin test?

Have I got it all right?

I have to phone my congressman on Monday, and will have him see if they can find my lost medical by thursday morning. If they can't and it is truely lost somewhere, have the medical done.

I just love the fact that this needs to be at our own expense when they are the ones that have duffed up.

Anyways, congrats on getting your greencard. Hopefully once I get this all sorted out, mine will be issued quickly.

quote name='lisaf' date='Jun 29 2007, 07:44 PM' post='1019057']

Still reading lots about medicals and skin tests so thought i'd share what Ive figured out after having the "lost medical, RFE" and " lack of skin test for TB " RFE. ( My civil surgeon completed an I-693 based on my results from OZ, and ticked the chest x-ray box only)

A skin test for TB is a requirement for Medical examinations in the USA. This would normally be a part of the medical on those adjusting staus from within the USA. The confusion starts when people have had the medical in their home country.

If your medical handed over at the point of entry is lost (as mine was) and you supply a new medical based on results faxed from home (still within the one year limit) make sure you have the civil surgeon do a skin test.

without it, the second RFE arrives as the USCIS is not concerned with what happened to your first medical which would have been on DHS forms and based on a chest X-ray. What they see is an I-693 completed in the USA with a box left unchecked. Therefore, incomplete, therefore ANOTHER Rfe!!!

If you can get an infopass appointment that finds your original medical, great. If not, make sure you get that skin test. My card production was ordered one week after the notice of receiving this second RFE.

goodluck!

Well, I went to my info pass app, and the lady was really helpful in trying to locate my medical forms. She gave me some phone numbers for JFK, the officers that checked me in when I arrived and what not. So we left there, and I called them but that is where it ends.

They don't have anything, they say they forwarded it on and well.... It's lost.

I have now made an appointment for another medical for next thursday. To my own cost, even though they are the ones that lost them.

In the mean time, I am getting my medical results faxed over from SA where I had the first one done and hopefully I can take them on Thursday and at least show that I've had it all done, and won't have to do all the tests again.

Can only try I guess.

But right now, my blood is still boiling. I couldn't get into the USA on my K-1 visa without having had my medical done. So it's kinda obvious that it isn't my fault!!!!!

I'm gonna try and get ahold of my congressman before Thursday and hopefully see what he can do, if anything.

Will keep you all posted.

On a good note, I received my EAD work card in the mail today, which made me very happy.

On a bad note, I got an RFE yesterday for my medical papers on my AOS. Not happy at all, coz they are supposed to have it all.

So I made an info pass app for tomorrow, to go and see what they can tell me, and If I can just resend them my medical that I got with my K1 and the I-693 Supplemental form. I'm hoping so. If I have to go for another medical the closest CS is 2 hours away.

This info pass is 2,5 hours away in downtown NYC. But I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.

I'm hoping that the person I see for my app tom is alot more helpful than the guy I spoke to on the 1-800 hotline, coz he sucked!!!!

Anyways, hold thumbs for me will ya?