RFE - medical lost... nothing new

[Sapphire 0]

Hello everybody,

I have received in Feb., as many others on this forum, a RFE for the medical. They have lost the one completed in my country. As this is old news already, I will not insist. We have contacted our congressman, and we did have a significant help from his office, as we went, with his recommandation, to a civil surgeon who charged me only 60 $ for the full medical. So, it worths the trouble to call your representative! I do thank ours for the help...

Now, my question is, to those who have received and send back succesfully their RFE-s: On the I-797E (the notice of action), it says, in the begining, with capital letters and underlined:

"Return this notice on top of the requested information listed on the attached sheet"

In the end of it though, it says smtg else: "Save this notice. Please enclose a copy of it if you write to us about this case(...)".

Now, obviuosly, this is confusing. What did you guys do?

And another (minor) concern is: the sealed envelope given by the doctor will not fit in the envelope sent by uscis as a return envelope. I am planning on using a big envelope, and include inside the envelope provided by them... to see that I did not loose it

[dolphin1 5]

hi ,i dont know how to help you for your question,i hope someone here will help.anyway i am just curious to ask,how you contact the congressman,i read this alot in this forum .good luck

[Sapphire 0]

Well, first you find out who your representative is, by going here: http://www.house.gov/. You need to know your ZIP 5+4. (look it up here: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp)

Once you know the name, it also gives you the congress person's site. From here, the choice is yours. I simply wrote him an e-mail explaining the full situation, with arguments etc and ask for his help in solving the issue.

The letter was "signed" by my husband, the USC.

In about 2 -3 days we got the answer in an e-mail, where the name and contact details of the immigration person in the congressman's office. We then called and talked directly. No visit to the office was necessary, since she was able to help up by phone.

I also hope that at least one person who got and answered a RFE can answer me whether they sent back the original or the copy of the notice of action...

[Melyssa 0]

Well, first you find out who your representative is, by going here: http://www.house.gov/. You need to know your ZIP 5+4. (look it up here: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp)

Once you know the name, it also gives you the congress person's site. From here, the choice is yours. I simply wrote him an e-mail explaining the full situation, with arguments etc and ask for his help in solving the issue.

The letter was "signed" by my husband, the USC.

In about 2 -3 days we got the answer in an e-mail, where the name and contact details of the immigration person in the congressman's office. We then called and talked directly. No visit to the office was necessary, since she was able to help up by phone.

I also hope that at least one person who got and answered a RFE can answer me whether they sent back the original or the copy of the notice of action...

Sorry to hear you got this RFE. It's frustrating. $60 is not too bad, although I still think it would be better not to have to do the medical again at all when you're not supposed to have to... but anyway, that is definitely much better than another $200-300!!!

We sent the blue copy of the RFE notice that they say to send with the RFE with what we sent as our RFE.

I think that the little blurb about a copy of the sheet is if you write to them inquiring about the case, and not for the actual RFE. I would not send a (photo)copy of the notice with your actual RFE. Send the original blue notice.

Also, something else I wish we would have done - made sure that it was clear on the envelope that this was a response to an RFE. Since we sent medical papers in, we ended up not using the envelope they gave us because it was too small - but the envelope has the big bold red letters and also say "ATTN: Response to RFE" or something like that. We totally forgot about that so we figured maybe my papers got mixed in with all the other mail and was not seen as a priority. I'm not sure if not doing that is what delayed our case for a few weeks, but it did made me think they might take the mail a little more seriously (had we done that.)

Edited March 7, 2008 by Melyssa

[Melyssa 0]

And another (minor) concern is: the sealed envelope given by the doctor will not fit in the envelope sent by uscis as a return envelope. I am planning on using a big envelope, and include inside the envelope provided by them... to see that I did not loose it

Oops - I missed your last paragraph!!

We used a big envelope as well and I don't think they will be too concerned about you losing or not using the envelope they provided. lol. I sort of wish we just glued/taped their envelope to the outside of our big one, if we hadn't completely forgotten about it when we went to the post office. We thought we forgot it at home but as soon as we got back in the car after our little trip to the post office, there it was on the floor in the back! hehe

[Sapphire 0]

Well, first you find out who your representative is, by going here: http://www.house.gov/. You need to know your ZIP 5+4. (look it up here: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp)

Once you know the name, it also gives you the congress person's site. From here, the choice is yours. I simply wrote him an e-mail explaining the full situation, with arguments etc and ask for his help in solving the issue.

The letter was "signed" by my husband, the USC.

In about 2 -3 days we got the answer in an e-mail, where the name and contact details of the immigration person in the congressman's office. We then called and talked directly. No visit to the office was necessary, since she was able to help up by phone.

I also hope that at least one person who got and answered a RFE can answer me whether they sent back the original or the copy of the notice of action...

Sorry to hear you got this RFE. It's frustrating. $60 is not too bad, although I still think it would be better not to have to do the medical again at all when you're not supposed to have to... but anyway, that is definitely much better than another $200-300!!!

We sent the blue copy of the RFE notice that they say to send with the RFE with what we sent as our RFE.

I think that the little blurb about a copy of the sheet is if you write to them inquiring about the case, and not for the actual RFE. I would not send a (photo)copy of the notice with your actual RFE. Send the original blue notice.

Also, something else I wish we would have done - made sure that it was clear on the envelope that this was a response to an RFE. Since we sent medical papers in, we ended up not using the envelope they gave us because it was too small - but the envelope has the big bold red letters and also say "ATTN: Response to RFE" or something like that. We totally forgot about that so we figured maybe my papers got mixed in with all the other mail and was not seen as a priority. I'm not sure if not doing that is what delayed our case for a few weeks, but it did made me think they might take the mail a little more seriously (had we done that.)

Thanks, Melyssa, I wrote RFE with big letters and underlined it... I hope I will see pretty soon the approval. You be glad it's finally over for you! All the best, Bianca.

[Melyssa 0]

Well, first you find out who your representative is, by going here: http://www.house.gov/. You need to know your ZIP 5+4. (look it up here: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp)

Once you know the name, it also gives you the congress person's site. From here, the choice is yours. I simply wrote him an e-mail explaining the full situation, with arguments etc and ask for his help in solving the issue.

The letter was "signed" by my husband, the USC.

In about 2 -3 days we got the answer in an e-mail, where the name and contact details of the immigration person in the congressman's office. We then called and talked directly. No visit to the office was necessary, since she was able to help up by phone.

I also hope that at least one person who got and answered a RFE can answer me whether they sent back the original or the copy of the notice of action...

Sorry to hear you got this RFE. It's frustrating. $60 is not too bad, although I still think it would be better not to have to do the medical again at all when you're not supposed to have to... but anyway, that is definitely much better than another $200-300!!!

We sent the blue copy of the RFE notice that they say to send with the RFE with what we sent as our RFE.

I think that the little blurb about a copy of the sheet is if you write to them inquiring about the case, and not for the actual RFE. I would not send a (photo)copy of the notice with your actual RFE. Send the original blue notice.

Also, something else I wish we would have done - made sure that it was clear on the envelope that this was a response to an RFE. Since we sent medical papers in, we ended up not using the envelope they gave us because it was too small - but the envelope has the big bold red letters and also say "ATTN: Response to RFE" or something like that. We totally forgot about that so we figured maybe my papers got mixed in with all the other mail and was not seen as a priority. I'm not sure if not doing that is what delayed our case for a few weeks, but it did made me think they might take the mail a little more seriously (had we done that.)

Thanks, Melyssa, I wrote RFE with big letters and underlined it... I hope I will see pretty soon the approval. You be glad it's finally over for you! All the best, Bianca.

We are!

Hope you get your approval soon...

[Elmira 1]

before we sent our AOS package we called to USCIS and asked if I need to get my medical as I came with K-1, and they have a copy of my medical already... but they told me that medical exam is usually valid for 3 months only and i need to get a new one and send it with AOS package... we paid $250 and got a new sealed enevelope ... So hopefully we will not get RFE...

[Melyssa 0]

before we sent our AOS package we called to USCIS and asked if I need to get my medical as I came with K-1, and they have a copy of my medical already... but they told me that medical exam is usually valid for 3 months only and i need to get a new one and send it with AOS package... we paid $250 and got a new sealed enevelope ... So hopefully we will not get RFE...

What they told you isn't true. The medical is valid for one year if you apply for AOS within one year of having completed your medical. Not sure where they got the "usually only good for 3 months" figure from... maybe you spoke with a newbie.

If you sent a whole new medical anyway it is unlikely you will get an RFE unless they find something amiss with your medical somehow (which would either only happen if it wasn't filled out properly by your doctor, or if you had a health problem that they want to question), or if they find something else missing in your case. So don't worry! You won't get an RFE for getting a whole new medical done and sending it with your case!!

[SkipSherv 1]

Well, first you find out who your representative is, by going here: http://www.house.gov/. You need to know your ZIP 5+4. (look it up here: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp)

Once you know the name, it also gives you the congress person's site. From here, the choice is yours. I simply wrote him an e-mail explaining the full situation, with arguments etc and ask for his help in solving the issue.

The letter was "signed" by my husband, the USC.

In about 2 -3 days we got the answer in an e-mail, where the name and contact details of the immigration person in the congressman's office. We then called and talked directly. No visit to the office was necessary, since she was able to help up by phone.

I also hope that at least one person who got and answered a RFE can answer me whether they sent back the original or the copy of the notice of action...

Sorry to hear you got this RFE. It's frustrating. $60 is not too bad, although I still think it would be better not to have to do the medical again at all when you're not supposed to have to... but anyway, that is definitely much better than another $200-300!!!

We sent the blue copy of the RFE notice that they say to send with the RFE with what we sent as our RFE.

I think that the little blurb about a copy of the sheet is if you write to them inquiring about the case, and not for the actual RFE. I would not send a (photo)copy of the notice with your actual RFE. Send the original blue notice.

Also, something else I wish we would have done - made sure that it was clear on the envelope that this was a response to an RFE. Since we sent medical papers in, we ended up not using the envelope they gave us because it was too small - but the envelope has the big bold red letters and also say "ATTN: Response to RFE" or something like that. We totally forgot about that so we figured maybe my papers got mixed in with all the other mail and was not seen as a priority. I'm not sure if not doing that is what delayed our case for a few weeks, but it did made me think they might take the mail a little more seriously (had we done that.)

Melyssa, I just received an RFE from CSC and they did not supply a return envelope for me. Thanks for the information. I will put that on the envelope when I respond.