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Time for you to stop. I haver made it clear. No one but you have spent so much time being so critical. What I posted is factual and not intended to hurt anyone. Stop now please.

Germany could not help because he did not die there.

The frustrating thing is his Death Certificate was approved for every aspects of our K1 visa and was never challenged any where except Houston. Given the fact that Houston Consulate had a difficult time explaining what was needed. They wanted a raised stamp. We called then Ethiopian Hospital and was told the copy we had was the copy available. Just as a side point there are no Ethiopian Consulate's open due to a war in their country and the Embassy was not helpful.

Thank you so very much.

No, and that is the problem. The worst of circumstances, he was German and had returned home to Germany for heart treatment. He attempted to travel back to the Philippines before he had fully recovered and died in flight. The plane landed in Ethiopia and the hospital declared him deceased and issued a death certificate, that death certificate was good enough to get a CEN0MAR and a K1 visa, get married and all that, but it isn't good enough for the Houston Consulate who have refused to process our ROM. We have complained all the way to the Philippines Embassy in Washington and no help. Our case is under review by PSA.

It has been over one year since we filed in Houston and we are still waiting. For some unexplained reason Houston would not accept the Death Certificate of previous husband and paperwork was sent to Manila for approval. ROM has become a nightmare of paperwork and waiting on Manila to reply.

Does the same rule apply for those traveling on a conditional green card during the AOS period?

When you do the visa medical exam pay close attention to the documentation of vaccinations. Ensure your vaccination record is completed and signed. SLEC can be sloppy with their documentation and you will pay the price later on.

I posted so much information about the RFE I thought it was understandable and that is based on the responses I received from others. For someone to argue that it was not an RFE and on top of that say that I made a mistake in understanding the processing requirement is not accurate. Once again I will go over the RFE. It initially stated that a vaccination was missing and then in the fourth paragraph I am told that I must submit a new I-693. I called USCIS and read them the RFE and their response was to only get the missing vaccination. The only provision for submitting the missing vaccination was to submit a new I693 signed and sealed by a CS. The CS would not submit the I-693 with only the missing vaccination. The results were the completion of a battery of vaccinations and a chest x-ray was done in order to submit the I-693. If someone is confused about the RFE then join the club because so was I. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but does not work for someone having to comply with USCIS suspense dates.

I have fully, and correctly, explained the RFE, for privacy reasons I will not post the RFE. Have no axe to drive in this matter. If you have read all my posting on this matter you will see that I fully explained the RFE. As far as remedy I think we need to be aware of the importance of medical records. You are starting to sound like I am lying and trying to create despair amongst the readers. That is not my intention and if you knew of the problems caused by trying to comply with the RFE you would understand . Yield to the expert.

We have little doubt that we were played by the CS, but the reality of the situation is you are so thankful to get the past behind you and move on with your life you don't take the time, and you should, to correct the situation.

RFE no doubt. Clearly stated as such.

Still USCIS.

We had an unplanned RFI to deal with. Seems our medical records from Philippine's SLEC were incomplete so we had to do another I-693. All was resolved in a little over a month and we now have the conditional Green Card.

Sounds normal, we too did our interview in Houston. The interview is just a step in the process, there is always the administrative review following the interview.

You are correct. We submit another I-693 with our AOS. So you could say there was 3 separate actions.

She had the worksheet and it was difficult to interpret, appeared to be complete. That was part of the cause for confusion. Once USCIS sent RFE they made no attempt to clarify just what was needed. The CS had no choice except to repeat immunizations and chest x-ray. If you were allowed to talk to the regional officer who created the problem this could have been resolved.

At this stage of the game more is better. You have the documents anyway.

Not Covid, what we think is SLEC in Manila did not record all the vaccines. Since the medical report is sealed you would not know and consequently the CS did not have access thus a repeat of the entire physical was the option.

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Like most other USCIS interaction there is an administrative review after the interview. If you had your documents and there is no I-693 issues you should be i good shape. No stamp in passport for us last month.

If for any reason there is an issue with the I-693 then of course you will need to update. That can cause a problem because the CS needs evidence to validate health status. Things like outdated x-ray may be an issue. If no problem with 693 they just make sure you have all required evidence to support relationship and the rest is a piece of cake. Or at least it was for us.

Back in the day (2017) when our journey started K-1 was the promoted visa. Little did I know that we would so deeply regret that choice. 15 months to approve AOS and at the cost of over $2500,00 for fees and repeat of fees. That does not take into consideration all the frustration and unnecessary B.S. that USCIS causes by not being able to answer correctly the most fundamental questions. CR1 may have problems unique to its self but still the best way to go.

Driving in Manila is like swimming with sharks.

It is a long tedious journey.