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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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Case status changed to “scheduled for an interview” today! We submitted our AOS paperwork a year ago and had been on “ready to be scheduled for an interview” since March 2020. We had just filed for renewal of work authorization earlier this week.
 

I was wondering about the medical document required for the interview with adjusting from a K1. I had seen a post a few pages back saying we need a medical exam and sealed vaccination records. Can anyone explain this further? 

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36 minutes ago, A&R2019 said:

Can anyone explain this further? 

https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-3

K or V Nonimmigrants Applying for Adjustment [26]

K and V nonimmigrants applying for adjustment of status are not required to repeat the medical examination if the application was filed within one year of the date of the original medical examination, and:

  • The medical examination did not reveal a Class A medical condition; or 

  • The applicant received a conditional waiver in conjunction with the K or V nonimmigrant visa or the change of status to V and the applicant submits evidence of compliance with the waiver terms and conditions. [27] 

If a new medical examination is required and reveals a Class A medical condition, a new waiver application will also be required. In such cases, the officer should determine whether the applicant complied with the terms and conditions of the first waiver, if applicable. Such determination should be given considerable weight in the adjudication of a subsequent waiver application. [28] 

Even if a new medical examination is not required, applicants must still comply with the vaccination requirements if the vaccination record was not included as part of the original medical examination report. If the vaccination report was properly completed at the time of the overseas examination, the officer may accept the vaccination assessment completed by the panel physician. 

An applicant’s overseas medical examination report completed by a panel physician should already be in the applicant’s A-file. If it is not in the A-file, the officer should request the medical examination report through a Request for Evidence (RFE).

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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9 minutes ago, HRQX said:

https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-3

K or V Nonimmigrants Applying for Adjustment [26]

K and V nonimmigrants applying for adjustment of status are not required to repeat the medical examination if the application was filed within one year of the date of the original medical examination, and:

  • The medical examination did not reveal a Class A medical condition; or 

  • The applicant received a conditional waiver in conjunction with the K or V nonimmigrant visa or the change of status to V and the applicant submits evidence of compliance with the waiver terms and conditions. [27] 

If a new medical examination is required and reveals a Class A medical condition, a new waiver application will also be required. In such cases, the officer should determine whether the applicant complied with the terms and conditions of the first waiver, if applicable. Such determination should be given considerable weight in the adjudication of a subsequent waiver application. [28] 

Even if a new medical examination is not required, applicants must still comply with the vaccination requirements if the vaccination record was not included as part of the original medical examination report. If the vaccination report was properly completed at the time of the overseas examination, the officer may accept the vaccination assessment completed by the panel physician. 

An applicant’s overseas medical examination report completed by a panel physician should already be in the applicant’s A-file. If it is not in the A-file, the officer should request the medical examination report through a Request for Evidence (RFE).

Thanks for the response! So if he had the exam in August 2019 in his home country and we filed in Jan 2020 then we are good and he doesn’t need a second appointment here before the interview? 

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On 1/12/2021 at 7:44 AM, Letspaintcookies said:

You had to file through the Dallas lockbox right? I saw in another topic that they're heavily overcrowded 

Filed at the Phoenix Lockbox.  Looks like a lot of the lockboxes are full and they seem to be hyper slow in processing.

duh

Posted (edited)
51 minutes ago, A&R2019 said:

Thanks for the response! So if he had the exam in August 2019 in his home country and we filed in Jan 2020 then we are good and he doesn’t need a second appointment here before the interview? 

You should be good assuming the overseas medical results are in the USCIS internal files (i.e. A-file).

 

In a few rare cases, USCIS misplaces the overseas medical results:

 

There was also a recent case where USCIS requested proof of flu shot despite it not being flu season when the overseas medical was done:

 

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Hi yall! So we sent in the EAD/AP renewal packet with the I-94 of when my husband originally entered the US in 2019 (we havent left the US since due to COVID). 
 

that got me thinking - we wanted to travel outside the US possibly in March, and if we don’t have the EAD renewal by then, would it matter that he would have a new I-94 that isnt the same as the one we sent in with the renewal packet? In other words, he can still travel outside the US? 
 

His card expires in June btw
 

 

Immigration Timeline:

K1 Filed: May 15th, 2019

K1 NOA1 Received: May 20th, 2019

K1 NOA2 Received: August 23rd, 2019

NVC Received: September 12th, 2019

Embassy Received: September 19th, 2019

K1 Interview in Bangladesh Embassy: October 28th: APPROVED!!

Visa On Hand: November 14th, 2019

POE Seattle, WA: November 23rd, 2019

 

MARRIED! (L) December 7th, 2019

Applied for SSN: December 17th, 2019

AOS Sent: January 11th, 2020

AOS Delivered: January 14th, 2020

SSN Manual Verification Complete: January 17th, 2020

Text Notifications of AOS Received: January 20th, 2020

SSN Received: January 22nd, 2020

AOS NOA1 Hardcopies: January 24th, 2020

Biometrics Notice: January 25th, 2020

Biometrics Appointment: February 4th, 2020

Case is Ready to be Scheduled for Interview: March 11th, 2020

EAD Expedite Request: May 26th, 2020

EAD Expedite Documents Submission: June 1st, 2020

EAD Expedite Denied: June 2nd, 2020

EAD and AP Approved Normally 🥳 🎉: June 10th, 2020

EAD and AP Received: June 22nd, 2020

Posted (edited)
31 minutes ago, Bars&Saqi said:

In other words, he can still travel outside the US?

Yes, he can travel. It's not an issue to get new I-94 upon re-entry. The new I-94 might say "DA" (which means AP was used to enter).

 

To re-enter the US he would also need "proof of a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19" https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/fr-proof-negative-test.html

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12 hours ago, HRQX said:

Yes, he can travel. It's not an issue to get new I-94 upon re-entry. The new I-94 might say "DA" (which means AP was used to enter).

 

To re-enter the US he would also need "proof of a negative COVID-19 test or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19" https://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/fr-proof-negative-test.html

Got it! So we won’t have to resend the new I-94? Because we filed yesterday so they can approve our case with the most recent I-94 at the time of filing, even if there is a “new” i-94 if we do travel before he gets the renewed card? 

Immigration Timeline:

K1 Filed: May 15th, 2019

K1 NOA1 Received: May 20th, 2019

K1 NOA2 Received: August 23rd, 2019

NVC Received: September 12th, 2019

Embassy Received: September 19th, 2019

K1 Interview in Bangladesh Embassy: October 28th: APPROVED!!

Visa On Hand: November 14th, 2019

POE Seattle, WA: November 23rd, 2019

 

MARRIED! (L) December 7th, 2019

Applied for SSN: December 17th, 2019

AOS Sent: January 11th, 2020

AOS Delivered: January 14th, 2020

SSN Manual Verification Complete: January 17th, 2020

Text Notifications of AOS Received: January 20th, 2020

SSN Received: January 22nd, 2020

AOS NOA1 Hardcopies: January 24th, 2020

Biometrics Notice: January 25th, 2020

Biometrics Appointment: February 4th, 2020

Case is Ready to be Scheduled for Interview: March 11th, 2020

EAD Expedite Request: May 26th, 2020

EAD Expedite Documents Submission: June 1st, 2020

EAD Expedite Denied: June 2nd, 2020

EAD and AP Approved Normally 🥳 🎉: June 10th, 2020

EAD and AP Received: June 22nd, 2020

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Algeria
Timeline
Posted

My status changed to " interview scheduled " on January 14, now I'm waiting for the interview notice. 

AOS from K1

January 31, 2020:  Sent AOS application packet.

February 4, 2020: NOA date.

February 10, 2020: NOAs received.

February 19, 2020: Biometrics notice received.

February 25, 2020: Biometrics Appt.

August 18, 2020: EAD Approval notice.

August 27, 2020: EAD card received.

August 28, 2020: " Case is ready to be scheduled for an interview " 

September 21, 2020: SNN card received.

January 14, 2021: " Interview was scheduled "

January 22, 2021 : Interview letter received.

February 24, 2021 : Interview day.

February 24, 2021 : " New card is being produced "

February 25, 2021 : " Case was approved "

March 2, 2021 : Approval Letter received in the mail

March 3, 2021 : " Card was picked up by the USPS "

March 3, 2021 : " Notice was returned to the USCIS because the Post Office could not deliver it "

March 4, 2021 : Green Card received in the mail

March 5, 2021 : " Card was delivered to me by the Post Office "

March 7, 2021 : " Duplicate Notice was mailed "

 

 
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