Another Knightsbridge AOS RFIE for shots!

[Wooderz 314]

We got a copy of the page 2..attached if anyone's interested..

I know Knightsbridge says they won't check it because it's "Immigrant" and K1 is non-immigrant, but doesnt CEAC also call K1 "immigrant" at that stage? I wish they could all come up with a standard...

Thanks for sharing. I hadnt seen the second page yet.

My husband had his medical in July last year and he did not receive a copy of the second page.

This problem isnt limited to London though. I have friends from Costa Rica and Colombia who received rfes for their medicals/vaccines too. USCIS appears to be missing what nich cited- that they should actually look at the vaccines and not just the check mark.

My opinion is that k1s are such a small category of aosers that some officers at USCIS just maybe don't know the rules for us. Unfortunately once they issue the rfe it's hard to get them to realize their error.

[gavw72 23]

Knightsbridge are actually following their Technical Instructions from the CDC that were revised when the forms were changed

http://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/exams/ti/panel/revised-department-state-medical-examination-forms.html

For section 2, which box should be checked for non-immigrant and refugee applicants?

Section 2 on the DS 2054 refers only to immigrant visa applicants. Non-immigrant and refugee applicants are exempt from vaccination requirements. Panel physicians should leave this section blank for non-immigrant or refugee applicants

That section 2 appears on the medical form you don't even get a copy of, but would be seen by any adjudicator as not complete before he ever got to,the vaccination worksheet. Form http://photos.state.gov/libraries/thailand/591452/iv/ds2054.pdf

And further down in the revisions about the vaccination worksheet

What box should be checked for an applicant who is not required to get vaccinations by a panel physician (such as Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) and refugee applicants)?

In some cases, such applicants have the option of receiving vaccinations by a panel physician. However, they are not required to do so. In these cases, if an applicant is not vaccinated by the panel physician, he or she is not requesting exemption, but rather is simply choosing to receive them once he or she is in the United States. In this case, you should leave the DS 3025 blank. It may also be helpful to record that the applicant will be vaccinated in the US, but this is not required by CDC.

That seems a little in conflict with marking or not marking on the main medical form section 2 (above) because to me it is leaving the door open to mark it on the vaccination sheet unless the applicant says they are choosing to do their jabs in the US.

It is the CDC that needs to state that panel physicians can mark a K1 non-immigrant's form as meeting US requirements.

I'd pretty much guess this is what has happened? They've not even got to the DS3025 in the medical pack. Maybe Knightsbridge should annotate the wording on this form also.

Just a point on top of this: they won't sign off as complete as the K1 is a non-immigrant, I get that but if they examine you on form DS 2054 then that is surely an Immigrant medical form?

Just a nightmare confused situation between USCIS & Knightsbridge!