AOS I-485 Form

[s2kroma 0]

Hi VJ users,

I got few questions since I can't really find my answers on the instruction Form I-693 and also here on VJ website. The instructions there are really confusing.

I already filled out everything that needed for AOS Form I-485 except I-693. Instructions on From I-693 say that K1 visa holders don't need to submit this Form if AOS is filed within one year.

What is DS-3025? I've never seen it if it was completed or not when I had my medical done overseas. When the yellow envelope arrived I didn't open it and the officer here in Chicago never gave me any papers back from that yellow envelope. Please tell me how others have a copy of DS-3025.

I really hate to go and spend over $100 for the physician so they can fill out Form I-693. I already called the physician’s office and scheduled my appointment for tomorrow at 8:30am. I guess if I don't find my questions answered I might just go and get my I-693 Form filed out by a physician.

[s2kroma 0]

YES!!!! I just found my DS-3025 Form!!! Awesome.

But, on the form it is marked that vaccine history incomplete. Also, there is a check mark by "Applicant may be eligible for blanket waiver(s) because vaccination(s) not medically appropriate."

Should I just send a copy of my DS-3025 Form together with my big packet of AOS?? I hope this will not cause in the delay of my Green Card Hey, and I guess I can sleep in tomorrow instead of going and be spending money on those expensive physicians. This AOS already costs a lot of money.

[jkelly07 120]

if you have records of your vaccinations,you don't need to have them again, if you need a civil surgeon, go online uscis civil surgeon locater give your zip code for your area.

[yassir32 0]

me too is the same happend whit me and i came to usa whit visa fiance and when i wana completed my adjestement of status i make again the test blood and everythings

i was show theme my liste vaccination i was bring whit me but they say you need again to have other vaccination and everythings to send whit your aos and i payed 260 dolars moor

[Phil & Alla 26]

If your overseas medical has been done within a year of filing your AOS, NO medical exam is required, or blood tests, unless you opt for the blood test to check to see if you have had a disease (chicken pox).

You will have to check that on your DS-3025 you have had ALL the required vaccinations (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/333433-official-vaccines-list-for-aos-october-2011/). If you do not have the required vaccinations, you will have to get the vaccinations and have a civil surgeon here fill out the vaccination portion of the I-693, shop around because the prices very and some insist on doing another full medical, which is incorrect! http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/231026-civil-surgeons-who-dont-rip-you-off/

We did not have a copy of the DS-3025, so we had to go the I-693 route, which was a pain in the a##. My understanding was that if your DS-3025 had the required vaccinations, that a copy of the DS-3025 was the only thing needed to send in with your AOS packet. Now I have read here where people have gotten an RFE without a transcribed I-693 with their DS-3025, maybe someone can answer this a bit better that has some first hand knowledge.

A big tip to all that read this, get the vaccinations that are required for AOS done at the overseas medical (Kiev for RUB's) and get a copy of the DS-3025.

[KayDeeCee 4,896]

YES!!!! I just found my DS-3025 Form!!! Awesome.

But, on the form it is marked that vaccine history incomplete. Also, there is a check mark by "Applicant may be eligible for blanket waiver(s) because vaccination(s) not medically appropriate."

Should I just send a copy of my DS-3025 Form together with my big packet of AOS?? I hope this will not cause in the delay of my Green Card Hey, and I guess I can sleep in tomorrow instead of going and be spending money on those expensive physicians. This AOS already costs a lot of money.

If you had all the required vaccinations and they were marked off on the DS-3025, you can just send a copy of the DS-3025 and skip the civil surgeon. Check this post for details about how to know if the DS-3025 is good to go without seeing a civil surgeon: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/335754-ds-3025-complete-or-not/page__p__4971318#entry4971318

[C-ma'am 684]

**Moved from K1 to AOS from family visas. OP is at that stage.

[s2kroma 0]

If you had all the required vaccinations and they were marked off on the DS-3025, you can just send a copy of the DS-3025 and skip the civil surgeon. Check this post for details about how to know if the DS-3025 is good to go without seeing a civil surgeon: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/335754-ds-3025-complete-or-not/page__p__4971318#entry4971318

Thank you for the link but for some reason I don't get the first part:

1. Shots marked with a date (at least one of a series)

•MMR

•Td or Tdap or DT or DTP or DtaP (One no longer than 10 years ago, ie.have a booster)

•Varicella or VH written by it if you had chickenpox

•Influenza **see note below because you are most likely okay without it.[/size][/size][/b]

OK, here is what I don't get there. I do have a check mark on a Form DS-3025 where it says Td and a bunch of dates. Another check mark I have where it says Hepatitis B and with some dates there as well. Everything else is check marked as "Not Age Appropriate". And there is NO check mark in the MMR, Measles and Mumps and there are no dates but there is a check mark in the "Not Routinely Available". So, should I go and see the civil surgeon? I did have my physical done in the past two month which is less then a year old.

[KayDeeCee 4,896]

Thank you for the link but for some reason I don't get the first part:

1. Shots marked with a date (at least one of a series)

•MMR

•Td or Tdap or DT or DTP or DtaP (One no longer than 10 years ago, ie.have a booster)

•Varicella or VH written by it if you had chickenpox

•Influenza **see note below because you are most likely okay without it.[/size][/size][/b]

OK, here is what I don't get there. I do have a check mark on a Form DS-3025 where it says Td and a bunch of dates. Another check mark I have where it says Hepatitis B and with some dates there as well. Everything else is check marked as "Not Age Appropriate". And there is NO check mark in the MMR, Measles and Mumps and there are no dates but there is a check mark in the "Not Routinely Available". So, should I go and see the civil surgeon? I did have my physical done in the past two month which is less then a year old.

Yes. You need to see a civil surgeon and get the missing MMR. Did you get varicella, or was it marked with VH because you had the chickenpox? Take your DS-3025 with you so the civil surgeon can see what vaccinations you are needing and can transcribe them onto the I-693 form. It is flu season now, so you will also need a flu shot.

[s2kroma 0]

Yes. You need to see a civil surgeon and get the missing MMR. Did you get varicella, or was it marked with VH because you had the chickenpox? Take your DS-3025 with you so the civil surgeon can see what vaccinations you are needing and can transcribe them onto the I-693 form. It is flu season now, so you will also need a flu shot.

Just went for a visit to civil surgeon, they charged me $250

[Cuantico 0]

That is de price, it goes from 230 to 320...

[didopage 337]

Just went for a visit to civil surgeon, they charged me $250

Was it the cheapest around or did you go to the first one?

[Reyan 56]

We were able to find a civil surgeon to complete the I-693 vaccine portion for $50. You will just need to call around, unless a VJ member in your area can give you a contact information they used (that's how I found ours).

[s2kroma 0]

Was it the cheapest around or did you go to the first one?

It was the cheapest that I found. Did call few other places.

[didopage 337]

It was the cheapest that I found. Did call few other places.

Wow, that was expensive...