WhyUSoMadFor

POE: LAX, have a pending K-1 and was pretty worried, but this is how it went down this morning....
 
Me: Hi
CBP officer: Hi
CBP officer: (stamps passport)
Me: Thanks

I got my green card today, despite opening my yellow "do not open" medical packet. Yes I know I am a bad boy
 
It all started back in November 2020 after I received my medical exam and passport/visa in the mail, it was a little ripped at the bottom but definitely something I would consider to still be "sealed". I was sure to take good care of it in order to ensure it did not get any further rips, due to the ominous warning printed on the front of the packet. I believe it was something like
My point of entry in November 2020 at LAX seemed normal up until I reached the desk of the CBP officer. She asked the usual questions, including strangely enough "have you entered on this K-1 visa previously", before stamping and writing over it to render it's one time use null and void. When I offered to hand her the cursed treasure she refused, saying it was not needed. I took her word and kept it with me.
 
After submitting my AOS packet and getting the NOA-1 I had some time to relax, yet glowing in the corner of the room in the filing cabinet was the packet. It's presence growing stronger as the days turned into weeks, I could not resist for much longer. Having such an important piece that should not be in the hands of a mere K-1 entrant was just un-natural in my mind, everything I read online said the CBP officer should take the packet as it was needed for AOS. What was a man supposed to do knowing the forbidden fruit was just a slice of a letter opener away?
So I opened it. I felt its power rush through me the moment the yellow seal broke apart and revealed what laid within, once again free to feel the outside air.
 
It was the usual expected stuff, my original copy of the medical report, xray CD, the original I-129F I submitted with handwritten comments of the officer who gave me my original approval. I put the Xray CD into a computer and viewed my results, they were just image files on it easily viewable with any device. I dug through and for a limited time was able to experience how the USCIS officer felt as they gave me the go ahead for an approved petition. Then I finally slept, comfortable with the illicit knowledge that I had obtained, put all my worries to rest and considered it over. But was it?
 
Eventually I got the biometrics interview, followed by my EAD/AP combo card, then finally the dreaded AOS interview. At this point it had been at least 6 months since I had last touched the opened yellow folder, I wasn't even thinking about it. My mind had decided that USCIS was now using a new paperless system for K-1 entries rendering the yellow packet incomplete. After all I had to be approved at my K-1 interview with that same medical examination.
The interview went normally, everything appeared to be fine until the very end when the USCIS interviewer uttered
In this moment I sit there shocked, you mean the $700 collection of papers that I have sitting in a filing cabinet at home? Of course I did not say such a thing. I could not argue with a USCIS employee who as far as he was concerned, did not have everything he needed to approve my green card. I told him that I think I have the yellow packet at home, he asked if it had been opened, my mind panicked and I said "I don't recall". He paused for a moment before continuing and asking me to send it in, but did specifically say if the "do not open" packet could be opened. The medical exam had to be the original and not a copy, this was asserted multiple times, but nothing about whether it has to be open. He provided me with an address and the first thing I did upon returning home (and getting an "I told you so" from the wife) was located that packet and rush to the nearest post office to get it shipped to the USCIS field office ASAP.
 
For the next month and a half I was worried about the future, would I have to get a new medical exam? Go through the whole process again this time in the United States, pay all the fees for something that should've been completely redundant. But these worries did eventually fade away on the day I got my AOS approval letter, welcoming me to the country which I have lived in for the last 11 months.
And that's about it, the story of how I did the one thing I wasn't supposed to do, yet somehow ended up pulling through and receiving my green card.
 
The moral of the story? Even if the CBP officer and point of entry refuses to take your packet, make sure you still have it for the interview. Preferably unopened, as you may not be as lucky as me.

I got my green card today, despite opening my yellow "do not open" medical packet. Yes I know I am a bad boy
 
It all started back in November 2020 after I received my medical exam and passport/visa in the mail, it was a little ripped at the bottom but definitely something I would consider to still be "sealed". I was sure to take good care of it in order to ensure it did not get any further rips, due to the ominous warning printed on the front of the packet. I believe it was something like
My point of entry in November 2020 at LAX seemed normal up until I reached the desk of the CBP officer. She asked the usual questions, including strangely enough "have you entered on this K-1 visa previously", before stamping and writing over it to render it's one time use null and void. When I offered to hand her the cursed treasure she refused, saying it was not needed. I took her word and kept it with me.
 
After submitting my AOS packet and getting the NOA-1 I had some time to relax, yet glowing in the corner of the room in the filing cabinet was the packet. It's presence growing stronger as the days turned into weeks, I could not resist for much longer. Having such an important piece that should not be in the hands of a mere K-1 entrant was just un-natural in my mind, everything I read online said the CBP officer should take the packet as it was needed for AOS. What was a man supposed to do knowing the forbidden fruit was just a slice of a letter opener away?
So I opened it. I felt its power rush through me the moment the yellow seal broke apart and revealed what laid within, once again free to feel the outside air.
 
It was the usual expected stuff, my original copy of the medical report, xray CD, the original I-129F I submitted with handwritten comments of the officer who gave me my original approval. I put the Xray CD into a computer and viewed my results, they were just image files on it easily viewable with any device. I dug through and for a limited time was able to experience how the USCIS officer felt as they gave me the go ahead for an approved petition. Then I finally slept, comfortable with the illicit knowledge that I had obtained, put all my worries to rest and considered it over. But was it?
 
Eventually I got the biometrics interview, followed by my EAD/AP combo card, then finally the dreaded AOS interview. At this point it had been at least 6 months since I had last touched the opened yellow folder, I wasn't even thinking about it. My mind had decided that USCIS was now using a new paperless system for K-1 entries rendering the yellow packet incomplete. After all I had to be approved at my K-1 interview with that same medical examination.
The interview went normally, everything appeared to be fine until the very end when the USCIS interviewer uttered
In this moment I sit there shocked, you mean the $700 collection of papers that I have sitting in a filing cabinet at home? Of course I did not say such a thing. I could not argue with a USCIS employee who as far as he was concerned, did not have everything he needed to approve my green card. I told him that I think I have the yellow packet at home, he asked if it had been opened, my mind panicked and I said "I don't recall". He paused for a moment before continuing and asking me to send it in, but did specifically say if the "do not open" packet could be opened. The medical exam had to be the original and not a copy, this was asserted multiple times, but nothing about whether it has to be open. He provided me with an address and the first thing I did upon returning home (and getting an "I told you so" from the wife) was located that packet and rush to the nearest post office to get it shipped to the USCIS field office ASAP.
 
For the next month and a half I was worried about the future, would I have to get a new medical exam? Go through the whole process again this time in the United States, pay all the fees for something that should've been completely redundant. But these worries did eventually fade away on the day I got my AOS approval letter, welcoming me to the country which I have lived in for the last 11 months.
And that's about it, the story of how I did the one thing I wasn't supposed to do, yet somehow ended up pulling through and receiving my green card.
 
The moral of the story? Even if the CBP officer and point of entry refuses to take your packet, make sure you still have it for the interview. Preferably unopened, as you may not be as lucky as me.

I got my green card today, despite opening my yellow "do not open" medical packet. Yes I know I am a bad boy
 
It all started back in November 2020 after I received my medical exam and passport/visa in the mail, it was a little ripped at the bottom but definitely something I would consider to still be "sealed". I was sure to take good care of it in order to ensure it did not get any further rips, due to the ominous warning printed on the front of the packet. I believe it was something like
My point of entry in November 2020 at LAX seemed normal up until I reached the desk of the CBP officer. She asked the usual questions, including strangely enough "have you entered on this K-1 visa previously", before stamping and writing over it to render it's one time use null and void. When I offered to hand her the cursed treasure she refused, saying it was not needed. I took her word and kept it with me.
 
After submitting my AOS packet and getting the NOA-1 I had some time to relax, yet glowing in the corner of the room in the filing cabinet was the packet. It's presence growing stronger as the days turned into weeks, I could not resist for much longer. Having such an important piece that should not be in the hands of a mere K-1 entrant was just un-natural in my mind, everything I read online said the CBP officer should take the packet as it was needed for AOS. What was a man supposed to do knowing the forbidden fruit was just a slice of a letter opener away?
So I opened it. I felt its power rush through me the moment the yellow seal broke apart and revealed what laid within, once again free to feel the outside air.
 
It was the usual expected stuff, my original copy of the medical report, xray CD, the original I-129F I submitted with handwritten comments of the officer who gave me my original approval. I put the Xray CD into a computer and viewed my results, they were just image files on it easily viewable with any device. I dug through and for a limited time was able to experience how the USCIS officer felt as they gave me the go ahead for an approved petition. Then I finally slept, comfortable with the illicit knowledge that I had obtained, put all my worries to rest and considered it over. But was it?
 
Eventually I got the biometrics interview, followed by my EAD/AP combo card, then finally the dreaded AOS interview. At this point it had been at least 6 months since I had last touched the opened yellow folder, I wasn't even thinking about it. My mind had decided that USCIS was now using a new paperless system for K-1 entries rendering the yellow packet incomplete. After all I had to be approved at my K-1 interview with that same medical examination.
The interview went normally, everything appeared to be fine until the very end when the USCIS interviewer uttered
In this moment I sit there shocked, you mean the $700 collection of papers that I have sitting in a filing cabinet at home? Of course I did not say such a thing. I could not argue with a USCIS employee who as far as he was concerned, did not have everything he needed to approve my green card. I told him that I think I have the yellow packet at home, he asked if it had been opened, my mind panicked and I said "I don't recall". He paused for a moment before continuing and asking me to send it in, but did specifically say if the "do not open" packet could be opened. The medical exam had to be the original and not a copy, this was asserted multiple times, but nothing about whether it has to be open. He provided me with an address and the first thing I did upon returning home (and getting an "I told you so" from the wife) was located that packet and rush to the nearest post office to get it shipped to the USCIS field office ASAP.
 
For the next month and a half I was worried about the future, would I have to get a new medical exam? Go through the whole process again this time in the United States, pay all the fees for something that should've been completely redundant. But these worries did eventually fade away on the day I got my AOS approval letter, welcoming me to the country which I have lived in for the last 11 months.
And that's about it, the story of how I did the one thing I wasn't supposed to do, yet somehow ended up pulling through and receiving my green card.
 
The moral of the story? Even if the CBP officer and point of entry refuses to take your packet, make sure you still have it for the interview. Preferably unopened, as you may not be as lucky as me.

I got my green card today, despite opening my yellow "do not open" medical packet. Yes I know I am a bad boy
 
It all started back in November 2020 after I received my medical exam and passport/visa in the mail, it was a little ripped at the bottom but definitely something I would consider to still be "sealed". I was sure to take good care of it in order to ensure it did not get any further rips, due to the ominous warning printed on the front of the packet. I believe it was something like
My point of entry in November 2020 at LAX seemed normal up until I reached the desk of the CBP officer. She asked the usual questions, including strangely enough "have you entered on this K-1 visa previously", before stamping and writing over it to render it's one time use null and void. When I offered to hand her the cursed treasure she refused, saying it was not needed. I took her word and kept it with me.
 
After submitting my AOS packet and getting the NOA-1 I had some time to relax, yet glowing in the corner of the room in the filing cabinet was the packet. It's presence growing stronger as the days turned into weeks, I could not resist for much longer. Having such an important piece that should not be in the hands of a mere K-1 entrant was just un-natural in my mind, everything I read online said the CBP officer should take the packet as it was needed for AOS. What was a man supposed to do knowing the forbidden fruit was just a slice of a letter opener away?
So I opened it. I felt its power rush through me the moment the yellow seal broke apart and revealed what laid within, once again free to feel the outside air.
 
It was the usual expected stuff, my original copy of the medical report, xray CD, the original I-129F I submitted with handwritten comments of the officer who gave me my original approval. I put the Xray CD into a computer and viewed my results, they were just image files on it easily viewable with any device. I dug through and for a limited time was able to experience how the USCIS officer felt as they gave me the go ahead for an approved petition. Then I finally slept, comfortable with the illicit knowledge that I had obtained, put all my worries to rest and considered it over. But was it?
 
Eventually I got the biometrics interview, followed by my EAD/AP combo card, then finally the dreaded AOS interview. At this point it had been at least 6 months since I had last touched the opened yellow folder, I wasn't even thinking about it. My mind had decided that USCIS was now using a new paperless system for K-1 entries rendering the yellow packet incomplete. After all I had to be approved at my K-1 interview with that same medical examination.
The interview went normally, everything appeared to be fine until the very end when the USCIS interviewer uttered
In this moment I sit there shocked, you mean the $700 collection of papers that I have sitting in a filing cabinet at home? Of course I did not say such a thing. I could not argue with a USCIS employee who as far as he was concerned, did not have everything he needed to approve my green card. I told him that I think I have the yellow packet at home, he asked if it had been opened, my mind panicked and I said "I don't recall". He paused for a moment before continuing and asking me to send it in, but did specifically say if the "do not open" packet could be opened. The medical exam had to be the original and not a copy, this was asserted multiple times, but nothing about whether it has to be open. He provided me with an address and the first thing I did upon returning home (and getting an "I told you so" from the wife) was located that packet and rush to the nearest post office to get it shipped to the USCIS field office ASAP.
 
For the next month and a half I was worried about the future, would I have to get a new medical exam? Go through the whole process again this time in the United States, pay all the fees for something that should've been completely redundant. But these worries did eventually fade away on the day I got my AOS approval letter, welcoming me to the country which I have lived in for the last 11 months.
And that's about it, the story of how I did the one thing I wasn't supposed to do, yet somehow ended up pulling through and receiving my green card.
 
The moral of the story? Even if the CBP officer and point of entry refuses to take your packet, make sure you still have it for the interview. Preferably unopened, as you may not be as lucky as me.

I got my green card today, despite opening my yellow "do not open" medical packet. Yes I know I am a bad boy
 
It all started back in November 2020 after I received my medical exam and passport/visa in the mail, it was a little ripped at the bottom but definitely something I would consider to still be "sealed". I was sure to take good care of it in order to ensure it did not get any further rips, due to the ominous warning printed on the front of the packet. I believe it was something like
My point of entry in November 2020 at LAX seemed normal up until I reached the desk of the CBP officer. She asked the usual questions, including strangely enough "have you entered on this K-1 visa previously", before stamping and writing over it to render it's one time use null and void. When I offered to hand her the cursed treasure she refused, saying it was not needed. I took her word and kept it with me.
 
After submitting my AOS packet and getting the NOA-1 I had some time to relax, yet glowing in the corner of the room in the filing cabinet was the packet. It's presence growing stronger as the days turned into weeks, I could not resist for much longer. Having such an important piece that should not be in the hands of a mere K-1 entrant was just un-natural in my mind, everything I read online said the CBP officer should take the packet as it was needed for AOS. What was a man supposed to do knowing the forbidden fruit was just a slice of a letter opener away?
So I opened it. I felt its power rush through me the moment the yellow seal broke apart and revealed what laid within, once again free to feel the outside air.
 
It was the usual expected stuff, my original copy of the medical report, xray CD, the original I-129F I submitted with handwritten comments of the officer who gave me my original approval. I put the Xray CD into a computer and viewed my results, they were just image files on it easily viewable with any device. I dug through and for a limited time was able to experience how the USCIS officer felt as they gave me the go ahead for an approved petition. Then I finally slept, comfortable with the illicit knowledge that I had obtained, put all my worries to rest and considered it over. But was it?
 
Eventually I got the biometrics interview, followed by my EAD/AP combo card, then finally the dreaded AOS interview. At this point it had been at least 6 months since I had last touched the opened yellow folder, I wasn't even thinking about it. My mind had decided that USCIS was now using a new paperless system for K-1 entries rendering the yellow packet incomplete. After all I had to be approved at my K-1 interview with that same medical examination.
The interview went normally, everything appeared to be fine until the very end when the USCIS interviewer uttered
In this moment I sit there shocked, you mean the $700 collection of papers that I have sitting in a filing cabinet at home? Of course I did not say such a thing. I could not argue with a USCIS employee who as far as he was concerned, did not have everything he needed to approve my green card. I told him that I think I have the yellow packet at home, he asked if it had been opened, my mind panicked and I said "I don't recall". He paused for a moment before continuing and asking me to send it in, but did specifically say if the "do not open" packet could be opened. The medical exam had to be the original and not a copy, this was asserted multiple times, but nothing about whether it has to be open. He provided me with an address and the first thing I did upon returning home (and getting an "I told you so" from the wife) was located that packet and rush to the nearest post office to get it shipped to the USCIS field office ASAP.
 
For the next month and a half I was worried about the future, would I have to get a new medical exam? Go through the whole process again this time in the United States, pay all the fees for something that should've been completely redundant. But these worries did eventually fade away on the day I got my AOS approval letter, welcoming me to the country which I have lived in for the last 11 months.
And that's about it, the story of how I did the one thing I wasn't supposed to do, yet somehow ended up pulling through and receiving my green card.
 
The moral of the story? Even if the CBP officer and point of entry refuses to take your packet, make sure you still have it for the interview. Preferably unopened, as you may not be as lucky as me.

I got my green card today, despite opening my yellow "do not open" medical packet. Yes I know I am a bad boy
 
It all started back in November 2020 after I received my medical exam and passport/visa in the mail, it was a little ripped at the bottom but definitely something I would consider to still be "sealed". I was sure to take good care of it in order to ensure it did not get any further rips, due to the ominous warning printed on the front of the packet. I believe it was something like
My point of entry in November 2020 at LAX seemed normal up until I reached the desk of the CBP officer. She asked the usual questions, including strangely enough "have you entered on this K-1 visa previously", before stamping and writing over it to render it's one time use null and void. When I offered to hand her the cursed treasure she refused, saying it was not needed. I took her word and kept it with me.
 
After submitting my AOS packet and getting the NOA-1 I had some time to relax, yet glowing in the corner of the room in the filing cabinet was the packet. It's presence growing stronger as the days turned into weeks, I could not resist for much longer. Having such an important piece that should not be in the hands of a mere K-1 entrant was just un-natural in my mind, everything I read online said the CBP officer should take the packet as it was needed for AOS. What was a man supposed to do knowing the forbidden fruit was just a slice of a letter opener away?
So I opened it. I felt its power rush through me the moment the yellow seal broke apart and revealed what laid within, once again free to feel the outside air.
 
It was the usual expected stuff, my original copy of the medical report, xray CD, the original I-129F I submitted with handwritten comments of the officer who gave me my original approval. I put the Xray CD into a computer and viewed my results, they were just image files on it easily viewable with any device. I dug through and for a limited time was able to experience how the USCIS officer felt as they gave me the go ahead for an approved petition. Then I finally slept, comfortable with the illicit knowledge that I had obtained, put all my worries to rest and considered it over. But was it?
 
Eventually I got the biometrics interview, followed by my EAD/AP combo card, then finally the dreaded AOS interview. At this point it had been at least 6 months since I had last touched the opened yellow folder, I wasn't even thinking about it. My mind had decided that USCIS was now using a new paperless system for K-1 entries rendering the yellow packet incomplete. After all I had to be approved at my K-1 interview with that same medical examination.
The interview went normally, everything appeared to be fine until the very end when the USCIS interviewer uttered
In this moment I sit there shocked, you mean the $700 collection of papers that I have sitting in a filing cabinet at home? Of course I did not say such a thing. I could not argue with a USCIS employee who as far as he was concerned, did not have everything he needed to approve my green card. I told him that I think I have the yellow packet at home, he asked if it had been opened, my mind panicked and I said "I don't recall". He paused for a moment before continuing and asking me to send it in, but did specifically say if the "do not open" packet could be opened. The medical exam had to be the original and not a copy, this was asserted multiple times, but nothing about whether it has to be open. He provided me with an address and the first thing I did upon returning home (and getting an "I told you so" from the wife) was located that packet and rush to the nearest post office to get it shipped to the USCIS field office ASAP.
 
For the next month and a half I was worried about the future, would I have to get a new medical exam? Go through the whole process again this time in the United States, pay all the fees for something that should've been completely redundant. But these worries did eventually fade away on the day I got my AOS approval letter, welcoming me to the country which I have lived in for the last 11 months.
And that's about it, the story of how I did the one thing I wasn't supposed to do, yet somehow ended up pulling through and receiving my green card.
 
The moral of the story? Even if the CBP officer and point of entry refuses to take your packet, make sure you still have it for the interview. Preferably unopened, as you may not be as lucky as me.

I got my green card today, despite opening my yellow "do not open" medical packet. Yes I know I am a bad boy
 
It all started back in November 2020 after I received my medical exam and passport/visa in the mail, it was a little ripped at the bottom but definitely something I would consider to still be "sealed". I was sure to take good care of it in order to ensure it did not get any further rips, due to the ominous warning printed on the front of the packet. I believe it was something like
My point of entry in November 2020 at LAX seemed normal up until I reached the desk of the CBP officer. She asked the usual questions, including strangely enough "have you entered on this K-1 visa previously", before stamping and writing over it to render it's one time use null and void. When I offered to hand her the cursed treasure she refused, saying it was not needed. I took her word and kept it with me.
 
After submitting my AOS packet and getting the NOA-1 I had some time to relax, yet glowing in the corner of the room in the filing cabinet was the packet. It's presence growing stronger as the days turned into weeks, I could not resist for much longer. Having such an important piece that should not be in the hands of a mere K-1 entrant was just un-natural in my mind, everything I read online said the CBP officer should take the packet as it was needed for AOS. What was a man supposed to do knowing the forbidden fruit was just a slice of a letter opener away?
So I opened it. I felt its power rush through me the moment the yellow seal broke apart and revealed what laid within, once again free to feel the outside air.
 
It was the usual expected stuff, my original copy of the medical report, xray CD, the original I-129F I submitted with handwritten comments of the officer who gave me my original approval. I put the Xray CD into a computer and viewed my results, they were just image files on it easily viewable with any device. I dug through and for a limited time was able to experience how the USCIS officer felt as they gave me the go ahead for an approved petition. Then I finally slept, comfortable with the illicit knowledge that I had obtained, put all my worries to rest and considered it over. But was it?
 
Eventually I got the biometrics interview, followed by my EAD/AP combo card, then finally the dreaded AOS interview. At this point it had been at least 6 months since I had last touched the opened yellow folder, I wasn't even thinking about it. My mind had decided that USCIS was now using a new paperless system for K-1 entries rendering the yellow packet incomplete. After all I had to be approved at my K-1 interview with that same medical examination.
The interview went normally, everything appeared to be fine until the very end when the USCIS interviewer uttered
In this moment I sit there shocked, you mean the $700 collection of papers that I have sitting in a filing cabinet at home? Of course I did not say such a thing. I could not argue with a USCIS employee who as far as he was concerned, did not have everything he needed to approve my green card. I told him that I think I have the yellow packet at home, he asked if it had been opened, my mind panicked and I said "I don't recall". He paused for a moment before continuing and asking me to send it in, but did specifically say if the "do not open" packet could be opened. The medical exam had to be the original and not a copy, this was asserted multiple times, but nothing about whether it has to be open. He provided me with an address and the first thing I did upon returning home (and getting an "I told you so" from the wife) was located that packet and rush to the nearest post office to get it shipped to the USCIS field office ASAP.
 
For the next month and a half I was worried about the future, would I have to get a new medical exam? Go through the whole process again this time in the United States, pay all the fees for something that should've been completely redundant. But these worries did eventually fade away on the day I got my AOS approval letter, welcoming me to the country which I have lived in for the last 11 months.
And that's about it, the story of how I did the one thing I wasn't supposed to do, yet somehow ended up pulling through and receiving my green card.
 
The moral of the story? Even if the CBP officer and point of entry refuses to take your packet, make sure you still have it for the interview. Preferably unopened, as you may not be as lucky as me.

I got my green card today, despite opening my yellow "do not open" medical packet. Yes I know I am a bad boy
 
It all started back in November 2020 after I received my medical exam and passport/visa in the mail, it was a little ripped at the bottom but definitely something I would consider to still be "sealed". I was sure to take good care of it in order to ensure it did not get any further rips, due to the ominous warning printed on the front of the packet. I believe it was something like
My point of entry in November 2020 at LAX seemed normal up until I reached the desk of the CBP officer. She asked the usual questions, including strangely enough "have you entered on this K-1 visa previously", before stamping and writing over it to render it's one time use null and void. When I offered to hand her the cursed treasure she refused, saying it was not needed. I took her word and kept it with me.
 
After submitting my AOS packet and getting the NOA-1 I had some time to relax, yet glowing in the corner of the room in the filing cabinet was the packet. It's presence growing stronger as the days turned into weeks, I could not resist for much longer. Having such an important piece that should not be in the hands of a mere K-1 entrant was just un-natural in my mind, everything I read online said the CBP officer should take the packet as it was needed for AOS. What was a man supposed to do knowing the forbidden fruit was just a slice of a letter opener away?
So I opened it. I felt its power rush through me the moment the yellow seal broke apart and revealed what laid within, once again free to feel the outside air.
 
It was the usual expected stuff, my original copy of the medical report, xray CD, the original I-129F I submitted with handwritten comments of the officer who gave me my original approval. I put the Xray CD into a computer and viewed my results, they were just image files on it easily viewable with any device. I dug through and for a limited time was able to experience how the USCIS officer felt as they gave me the go ahead for an approved petition. Then I finally slept, comfortable with the illicit knowledge that I had obtained, put all my worries to rest and considered it over. But was it?
 
Eventually I got the biometrics interview, followed by my EAD/AP combo card, then finally the dreaded AOS interview. At this point it had been at least 6 months since I had last touched the opened yellow folder, I wasn't even thinking about it. My mind had decided that USCIS was now using a new paperless system for K-1 entries rendering the yellow packet incomplete. After all I had to be approved at my K-1 interview with that same medical examination.
The interview went normally, everything appeared to be fine until the very end when the USCIS interviewer uttered
In this moment I sit there shocked, you mean the $700 collection of papers that I have sitting in a filing cabinet at home? Of course I did not say such a thing. I could not argue with a USCIS employee who as far as he was concerned, did not have everything he needed to approve my green card. I told him that I think I have the yellow packet at home, he asked if it had been opened, my mind panicked and I said "I don't recall". He paused for a moment before continuing and asking me to send it in, but did specifically say if the "do not open" packet could be opened. The medical exam had to be the original and not a copy, this was asserted multiple times, but nothing about whether it has to be open. He provided me with an address and the first thing I did upon returning home (and getting an "I told you so" from the wife) was located that packet and rush to the nearest post office to get it shipped to the USCIS field office ASAP.
 
For the next month and a half I was worried about the future, would I have to get a new medical exam? Go through the whole process again this time in the United States, pay all the fees for something that should've been completely redundant. But these worries did eventually fade away on the day I got my AOS approval letter, welcoming me to the country which I have lived in for the last 11 months.
And that's about it, the story of how I did the one thing I wasn't supposed to do, yet somehow ended up pulling through and receiving my green card.
 
The moral of the story? Even if the CBP officer and point of entry refuses to take your packet, make sure you still have it for the interview. Preferably unopened, as you may not be as lucky as me.

I was able to get a bank account without an SSN at Wells Fargo, call them and get them to check with their supervisor/manager

Update: Visa was issued today and I was given a Toll tracking number, estimated to arrive tomorrow!

My case finally moved to Administrative Processing today! A stuff up by the medical centre wasted almost 2 weeks.
 
The medical place (O'connel st clinic in sydney) put the wrong expiry date on the form, the consulate emailed them on the 15th but they never did anything. I finally was sick of waiting so I emailed the consulate and found this out today, so I called the medical clinic and they fixed up the issue over email and everything is moving along again.
 
A bit of a poor effort by the medical clinic for not doing anything for 2 weeks but at least they fixed it up after I called....

Update: Visa was issued today and I was given a Toll tracking number, estimated to arrive tomorrow!

My case finally moved to Administrative Processing today! A stuff up by the medical centre wasted almost 2 weeks.
 
The medical place (O'connel st clinic in sydney) put the wrong expiry date on the form, the consulate emailed them on the 15th but they never did anything. I finally was sick of waiting so I emailed the consulate and found this out today, so I called the medical clinic and they fixed up the issue over email and everything is moving along again.
 
A bit of a poor effort by the medical clinic for not doing anything for 2 weeks but at least they fixed it up after I called....

Update: Visa was issued today and I was given a Toll tracking number, estimated to arrive tomorrow!

My case finally moved to Administrative Processing today! A stuff up by the medical centre wasted almost 2 weeks.
 
The medical place (O'connel st clinic in sydney) put the wrong expiry date on the form, the consulate emailed them on the 15th but they never did anything. I finally was sick of waiting so I emailed the consulate and found this out today, so I called the medical clinic and they fixed up the issue over email and everything is moving along again.
 
A bit of a poor effort by the medical clinic for not doing anything for 2 weeks but at least they fixed it up after I called....

So I got approved pending my medical exam tomorrow. Consular officer was really nice and the actual interview was short. He said he is giving me a refusal notice but as soon as he gets the medical results he will issue the visa :)

So I got approved pending my medical exam tomorrow. Consular officer was really nice and the actual interview was short. He said he is giving me a refusal notice but as soon as he gets the medical results he will issue the visa :)

So I got approved pending my medical exam tomorrow. Consular officer was really nice and the actual interview was short. He said he is giving me a refusal notice but as soon as he gets the medical results he will issue the visa :)

So I got approved pending my medical exam tomorrow. Consular officer was really nice and the actual interview was short. He said he is giving me a refusal notice but as soon as he gets the medical results he will issue the visa :)

Good luck, I have mine today at 10am

So I got approved pending my medical exam tomorrow. Consular officer was really nice and the actual interview was short. He said he is giving me a refusal notice but as soon as he gets the medical results he will issue the visa :)

So I got approved pending my medical exam tomorrow. Consular officer was really nice and the actual interview was short. He said he is giving me a refusal notice but as soon as he gets the medical results he will issue the visa :)

Good luck, I have mine today at 10am

Good luck, I have mine today at 10am