muddy1112

Can you print the vaccination supplemental? This is what needs to go with the application for the AOS/EAD- correct? I guess Im a bit confused on where to find the form if we do not need the full exam, just the supplemental- where do we find it at?

I BELIEVE the USCIS-designated civil surgeon should have that, though he may not initially be aware of it and you might have to be insistent. I don't think you can download that supplemental form from the internet.

You go to that link, and schedule one. Usually you don't have to wait for more than 2 weeks, sometimes ypu can schedule one right for the next day, it all depends on where you live and how busy they are in that area. Going for an infopass would be more productive, because they can issue the temporal EAD card right there and give it to your wife.

Thanks Anastasia. We've made an appointment for next Thursday. The schedule seemed pretty wide open, which I found surprising since we're in New York. I hope they can issue that temporary EAD right on the spot.

Thanks for all the tips everyone.

Just to be clear, my wife DID NOT have any vaccinations or vaccination form DS-3025 done prior to her visa interview in China. All that was needed at that time was a medical exam, which was sealed and presented to the embassy. She did not need vaccinations in order to get the K-1 visa.

To apply for AOS, however, she DID need the vaccinations, which could be documented in "Supplemental Form to I-693." She got the vaccinations and supplemental form filled out by a USCIS-designated civil surgeon upon returning with me to the US. It was clear at the time that she didn't need to have the entire I-693 done because the medical exam she had in China covered that.

Anyway, I feel fairly confident that because she had the medical exam in China less than a year before her initial AOS interview date, she will not need an additional medical exam. I was worried because the interview notice seemed to ask specifically for the I-693 and I'm not sure if the exam she had in China amounted to the same thing as an I-693. I just got off the phone with a "customer service representative" at USCIS and she seemed to think we were ok.

Go here and file an infopass http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm

Thanks for the link.

I just got off the phone with a case officer, and she acknowledged that the processing was way outside their time window. Unfortunately, because my wife wasn't with me at the moment, she could not be of any more help with specifics. Do you imagine that going in for an Infopass appointment would be more productive than calling USCIS again when my wife is with me? Or would it amount to the same thing? How long does it normally take to schedule an Infopass appointment?

My wife came from China to the US with me in July on a K-1 visa. We quickly got married and sent in all the paperwork.

For her visa interview in China she was required to undergo a medical exam. She passed the exam, got the visa and we came to the US.

Knowing that she only needed the I-693 vaccination supplement and not the entire I-693 for filing I-485, she appropriately got only the vaccination supplement done by the USCIS-designated civil surgeon.

But now, we've received an initial Permanent Residence/AOS interview date for about one month from now and the interview notice asks that she bring the following:

A completed medical examination (Form I-693) and vaccination supplement in a sealed envelope (unless already submitted).

So she has definitely submitted the vaccination supplement in a sealed envelope, but I was under the impression that an additional medical exam was not necessary.

Does anyone have any thoughts or advice on this? I suppose it would be safer to just get another one, though it would be nice to save the money for something else.

you can schedule an infopass appointment and ask for interim EAD. It's a temporal EAD you would be able to use.

How could we do this?

My wife got a receipt notice from USCIS indicating they'd received her EAD I-765 application on September 12, 2005. They sent the receipt notice to us three days later. Soon after, she received biometrics appointment letter and the appointment was scheduled for December 13th. She got her biometrics taken, and they marked up the appointment notification letter that day. It's now mid-February 2006, and we have our initial green card interview scheduled for one month from now.

IS THIS NORMAL?????? Still no EAD!!!