Medical Appointment Timeline Confusion

[NewYork0314 0]

Adjusting status for my wife from a J-1 (no two-year requirement). As I am reading the I-693, I'm growing confused. Are we supposed to schedule a medical appointment and have the civil surgeon fill out the form BEFORE we submit the I-130/485 and then attach what the surgeon's done with the package? Or are we supposed to only fill out Part 1 of the I-693, and then mail it with the I-130/485 in order to do the medical evaluation later? As in, they will tell us later when to make a medical appointment?

Your help is appreciated!

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

You go to the Civil Surgeon BEFORE, get a medical exam, and the Civil Surgeon will fill out I-693. They will seal it in an envelope and give it to you. You will send in the sealed envelope with your whole I-130/I-485 package- don't open the envelope! You can find civil surgeons on the USCIS website. Good luck.

[NewYork0314 0]

You go to the Civil Surgeon BEFORE, get a medical exam, and the Civil Surgeon will fill out I-693. They will seal it in an envelope and give it to you. You will send in the sealed envelope with your whole I-130/I-485 package- don't open the envelope! You can find civil surgeons on the USCIS website. Good luck.

Wow. Thank you for letting us know. We thought we were ready to send in our application, but she still needs to be examined.

[Little_My 464]

Also, before the CS puts the results and forms in the envelope and seals it, ask them to make you a full copy of ALL those papers that go into the envelope, so that in case someone claimed that something was missing from your medical paperwork or that it wasn't submitted, you'll have the copy as proof. I had my CS stamp and sign my copy as well, and date it, just to be on the safe side. Mine cost around $160 with the basic exam, TB test, blood work. I didn't need any of the vaccines.