spikes746

Are you planning on filing on religious grounds? From my experience and others' reports on the i-601 process, it would be very unlikely that she would be approved for a waiver on religious grounds due to her getting that shot in 2021. Only if she can clearly articulate a change in religious beliefs/convictions after that date would they be likely to approve it.

I cannot remember but I am pretty sure I filed it with everything else to the same address.

Sure, will do!

Will do

I cannot speak to your situation. I filed my I-601 at the same time I filed my I-130, I-485 and I-693.

I will send you the answer to your question in a private message.

I entered the US in August 2020, the vaccine wasn't available till Jan 2021 and the travel restriction till after that. I am unsure if the vaccine requirement for entry to the US may or may not still affect those entering on K1. The good news is that the state of emergency has ended and HR185 is in the US congress to remove the restriction.

I just wanted to write up a quick report of my experience applying for a vaccine exemption on religious grounds as when I was filing it in early 2021 there was little to no information on personal experiences with this particular waiver. I filed I-601 simply by completing the provided lines for explanation with a summary of my religious beliefs and why, in no uncertain terms, getting a vaccination would be a contradiction of my religious convictions. I also had as many friends and family as I could, write signed and dated letters attesting to the fact that they know me to hold this conviction/belief and sent those along with my I-601 filing. I was filing for AOS and not K1 and so did not go through the waiver in a embassy interview process. I heard nothing on my I-601, other than a notice of receipt, until my AOS interview. At the very end of my interview, my interviewer brought up the subject matter of the I-601. He said that I had been in the Army and so as he was prior military knows that I must have got lots of vaccines (I did before I came to faith in God) and so it seemed like a tough sell to him. I told him that on my medical records from the Army that I provided with my AOS medical paperwork, there is record of me declining a vaccine after the date I came to faith in God. He said that was good enough for him and approved my I-601. I know that is not a lot of information and so if anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.