Medical Redo for RFE, cause THEY LOST IT

[TimandJoyce 1]

Ashen-I would still file a complaint with the USCIS and/or congressman/senator about this matter....and make sure you keep all the documents and paperwork about your additional medical too....really it's their fault, not yours here....

Good luck in your situation for a speedy AOS and hope you get this sorted out too....

Ant

You know....I realize that you wanted to get it done, because of the deadline and all, and more than likely I would have done the same thing. However, we know that you are not the only one this happened too. I think a few RFE's for medical came because of...*cough, cough*...misplaced files. I''m wondering if that's why I didn't get an RFE for...and I didn't have my medical sheet transcribed either.

The fact is, you, (and others, not just Canadians either) did exactly what you were supposed to do, and that's have a medical, pay high $$$ for it, so that you could move to the States. To have to redo that, because someone in an office somewhere got careless....(or POE, or whatever)

But yeah..those that had to redo it...should make a big deal of it. If enough complaints come in, perhaps..*and this could be funny, funny, funny* things could get handled better in the future....

Just a thought.....

[OBX 51]

Ashen I'm not familiar with any of the AOS process but what an ordeal. Hope the frustration ends for you soon.

[ashenflowers 5]

Just to clarify a few things on my own behalf. You can get all the copies of the medical that you want (that said, I COULDN'T make a copy of my original exam from Toronto because it was in a sealed envelope, and no extra copy is given from Dr. Seiden), but it will do you no good. The medical papers they lost were the ones received in Toronto... NOT an I-693 by a U.S. Civil Surgeon here in the states. Not to confuse the two, as they are different forms. Obtaining a copy of the I-693 from a U.S. CS is easy, but in Canada, they are more strict about providing copies for some reason.

Additionally, the RFE specifically states that they required a NEW form I-693 in a sealed envelope. Even if for some reason I had been able to get copies of my original medical on the other forms, it would've been unacceptable to send those in response to the RFE, and it likely would've been rejected. It would really save no hassle on my end.

I don't disagree that copies should always be kept whenever possible (and trust me, I am the type to keep copies of EVERYTHING), but again, copies were not obtainable in this situation, and they would not have helped me in this case anyway.

I haven't decided if I'm going to involve a congressman/senator. I'm really not that kind of person. But I'd be happy to send a complaint to USCIS. lol

I ended up having to go back to the CS office twice today.. once to confirm via TB skin test that I don't have TB (lol), and wait around for a 1/2 hour to get my papers ... then they realized they sealed the envelope and forgot to have me sign something, so then they opened the envelope, I signed, they resealed... I get home and am looking more closely at the envelope while I write up a cover letter to go with everything, and realize that the envelope indeed looks like it'd been tampered with (I thought they'd put it back in a new envelope but they didn't), so I go back to ask them to put it in a new sealed enveloped because I'm paranoid. Have I mentioned the CS office was like 20 mins across town. lol!

So I get to the post office at 5 mins to 5 and my I-693 and RFE response was finally mailed off and should arrive tomorrow! *crosses fingers*