Medical Examination & Brown Packet

[vancedan 5]

It's probably too late and I just hope we don't get an RFE for it. However, when we entered our POE in Ft Lauderdale, we asked about the brown packet and the Officer said this is your medical history that's being forwarded to USCIS. So as we understood it, that was the thing in place for I-693. However, now, we're having second thoughts. Were we supposed to have a vaccination record completed and should we go ahead and do that in anticipation? Thank you.

[Lainie B 465]

Do you have a copy of the DS-3025? They should have given you a copy of this at the medical.

[bigdog 376]

You should have your copy, for entry on the K1.

[SF2007 48]

If you didn't keep/receive a copy of your vaccination records (DS-3025), go ahead and call your civil surgeon's office and ask them to mail or scan and email it to you. You will need it for AOS. If you apply within a year of your medical and you can provide DS-3025 instead, and then you won't need another medical (unless you are missing vaccinations).

[vancedan 5]

Do you have a copy of the DS-3025? They should have given you a copy of this at the medical.

No we didn't get a copy of that. Just the sealed packet, which then entered the brown packets.

If you didn't keep/receive a copy of your vaccination records (DS-3025), go ahead and call your civil surgeon's office and ask them to mail or scan and email it to you. You will need it for AOS. If you apply within a year of your medical and you can provide DS-3025 instead, and then you won't need another medical (unless you are missing vaccinations).

Okay, thank you. We're waiting to hear back from USCIS (if anything) and then will go ahead.

[vancedan 5]

Just for a follow-up, we never received her DS-3025 from the original office down in Lima, but we did get our interview date for AOS, so we're assuming it was in there in those packets. However, at the same time, we were going to also make an appointment with a civil surgeon here just in case, or am I being to cautious?

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Just for a follow-up, we never received her DS-3025 from the original office down in Lima, but we did get our interview date for AOS, so we're assuming it was in there in those packets. However, at the same time, we were going to also make an appointment with a civil surgeon here just in case, or am I being to cautious?

You can still be RFE'd for it at the interview but it's unlikely you will if you haven't already. I wouldn't waste money unless they tell you you need to.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Just for a follow-up, we never received her DS-3025 from the original office down in Lima, but we did get our interview date for AOS, so we're assuming it was in there in those packets. However, at the same time, we were going to also make an appointment with a civil surgeon here just in case, or am I being to cautious?

The original DS-3025 is one of 4 pages of medical results from Lima in the brown envelope. People are supposed to be given a photocopy of the vaccination sheet for their records. Some aren't (like you), depending on the medical clinic.

USCIS can approve your AOS based on the original DS-3025 they find in the brown envelope if every shot required for your age is documented. Just because you got a K1 visa does not mean your shots were done. At this point, wait and see what they tell you at the interview. If your shots were complete, they'll approve them. If a shot is not documented, they'll send you to get it and a Civil Surgeon will have to sign off on a form I-693. Did you get recent shots just before your exam or at you exam in Lima?

Edited January 24, 2012 by Nich-Nick

[vancedan 5]

The original DS-3025 is one of 4 pages of medical results from Lima in the brown envelope. People are supposed to be given a photocopy of the vaccination sheet for their records. Some aren't (like you), depending on the medical clinic.

USCIS can approve your AOS based on the original DS-3025 they find in the brown envelope if every shot required for your age is documented. Just because you got a K1 visa does not mean your shots were done. At this point, wait and see what they tell you at the interview. If your shots were complete, they'll approve them. If a shot is not documented, they'll send you to get it and a Civil Surgeon will have to sign off on a form I-693. Did you get recent shots just before your exam or at you exam in Lima?

Yes, she did get her shots at the examination. And so worst case scenario, we're speaking of an RFE and not a flat out denial, yes?

Okay, thank you to everyone for your help!

[love100 0]

Yes, she did get her shots at the examination. And so worst case scenario, we're speaking of an RFE and not a flat out denial, yes?

Okay, thank you to everyone for your help!

Some people that go through the K-1 visa process don't even know that they are supposed to ask for a copy of DS-3025.

When i did my medical i didn't know about that form at all.. but I asked the doctor in my country if there was a chance for me to have a copy of my medical.. He only game a vaccination sheet (form DS-3025) and put the original and the rest of the medical in an envelope for me to take it to the K-1 Interview..

If you didn't send a copy of the DS-3025 (because you didn't ask for one at the emdical examination in your country) or the first part I-693 with your package for AOS

You should call every single civil surgeon's in your area and try to get an appointment before your interview.

It really wouldn't hurt if you do it!

Edited January 25, 2012 by elianalovesmatt

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Yes, she did get her shots at the examination. And so worst case scenario, we're speaking of an RFE and not a flat out denial, yes?

Okay, thank you to everyone for your help!

Exactly. He'll send you off to get it taken care of and mail the documentation back to him at the local office. At the interview if he should say "you have no I-693 in your file" remind him that your medical results and proof of vaccination completion is in your "A-file" (brown envelope stuff) which he should have.

There are times that the A-file doesn't get matched up with the AOS application and they get none of your medical reports. In that case people have had to do a whole new medical exam from scratch. That's why I say at this point, so close to the interview, don't waste money on a CS just to get a shot record you might need. If USCIS lost the rest of the medical you'd have to go back to the Civil Surgeon again for a whole exam. You could sort out any missing shots at that time if you're one of those unlucky ones with a lost medical.

Edited January 25, 2012 by Nich-Nick