Courtesy Letter about form when it was already submitted..advice needed!

[Smisk 0]

Hi all, I filed the I-130, I-485 and I-765 concurrently on February 3rd along with all evidence including the I-693 that was one month old when I filed. 

 

I got a Courtesy Letter that said " a complete and signed I-693 was not submitted" and said to bring it to the interview. Then 4 days later got an update that my case is ready to be scheduled for an interview. 

 

Now I am 100% sure that the I-693 was correctly filled and signed and it was sent in a sealed packet in the same envelope as the AOS packet. 

 

Is this courtesy letter generic to everyone or is it possible the I-693 was lost/incomplete somehow?

 

A lawyer said to go to the interview without it and tell the officer that I think a mistake has been made and that they do have the medical. If it turns out they don't, then I can mail a new one after the interview. Does anyone have experience with this?

[Loren Y 2,755]

1 hour ago, Smisk said:

A lawyer said to go to the interview without it

Probably the worst advice I have ever heard, so what I am understanding is your attorney want's you to go to the interview without something you need and told you to tell them" You screwed up, its not my problem, fix it yourself, I sent it you no good bastards". While I agree that would be a very satisfying thing to do ( I have considered this myself), I also know they hold the key to the gates, and if you want thru you have to sing their song, and do the dance to their music. Is it really that hard to carry an extra sheet of paper to the interview with you? I know I had a decent stack of evidence and paperwork when my wife and I went to our interview, and I did leave with most of what I brought, but they did keep a bunch.

Trust me, take the path of least resistance here, take at the minimum a copy of it, you should still have the original anyway, and instructions say to bring originals of anything submitted with the application. On top of it all they sent you a letter asking to bring it ( mistake or not, I would bring the letter and the I-693 attached to it)

Your choice, but I have found better to not need it and have it, then to need it and not have it. Just cover yourself, why risk a delay waiting to mail something, when you could literally hand it across the desk.

[Congoman 4]

Go to whichever clinic that conducted your i693 medical exam and request a copy. If you initially went to one of the clinics recommended by USCIS then the clinic would understand. They shouldn’t charge you to reprint copies. Never go to USCIS interview empty handed and most of it all blame USCIS for screwing up. 

Edited March 27, 2020 by Congoman
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[Smisk 0]

20 minutes ago, Loren Y said:

Probably the worst advice I have ever heard, so what I am understanding is your attorney want's you to go to the interview without something you need and told you to tell them" You screwed up, its not my problem, fix it yourself, I sent it you no good bastards". While I agree that would be a very satisfying thing to do ( I have considered this myself), I also know they hold the key to the gates, and if you want thru you have to sing their song, and do the dance to their music. Is it really that hard to carry an extra sheet of paper to the interview with you? I know I had a decent stack of evidence and paperwork when my wife and I went to our interview, and I did leave with most of what I brought, but they did keep a bunch.

Trust me, take the path of least resistance here, take at the minimum a copy of it, you should still have the original anyway, and instructions say to bring originals of anything submitted with the application. On top of it all they sent you a letter asking to bring it ( mistake or not, I would bring the letter and the I-693 attached to it)

Your choice, but I have found better to not need it and have it, then to need it and not have it. Just cover yourself, why risk a delay waiting to mail something, when you could literally hand it across the desk.

The issue isn't whether or not I can bring my copy of the initial I-693 with me. For sure I'll take that one. The issue is whether or not I need a NEW medical exam (like start all over assuming the first one was inadequate for some reason) and that will cost me 400$+ to get it done again, and since I don't even know if the original one is actually missing, it seems like a big price to pay when I've already submitted one... 

[payxibka 10,045]

20 minutes ago, Smisk said:

The issue isn't whether or not I can bring my copy of the initial I-693 with me. For sure I'll take that one. The issue is whether or not I need a NEW medical exam (like start all over assuming the first one was inadequate for some reason) and that will cost me 400$+ to get it done again, and since I don't even know if the original one is actually missing, it seems like a big price to pay when I've already submitted one... 

Does the RFE say that you need a NEW medical or that you simply need a medical.

[Smisk 0]

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Does the RFE say that you need a NEW medical or that you simply need a medical.

It was the generic please bring this to the interview. So just *a* medical. The obvious solution is to just go to the same surgeon and get a new copy and take it with me. I am just worried that since the first copy had issues that I'd have the same issue bringing the same copy again. 

[Loren Y 2,755]

As long as the medical exam was completed within 12 months of your filing of AOS, it is a valid medical. You wouldn't need a new one done unless the first one was not completed in the correct time frame. You don't fill out the medical, the surgeon does, so I don't think there is an issue with how it was filled out, doubt the IO even knows how to read it, they just look to make sure that the one box is checked that says patient completed all required vaccinations.

[payxibka 10,045]

1 hour ago, Loren Y said:

As long as the medical exam was completed within 12 months of your filing of AOS, it is a valid medical. You wouldn't need a new one done unless the first one was not completed in the correct time frame. You don't fill out the medical, the surgeon does, so I don't think there is an issue with how it was filled out, doubt the IO even knows how to read it, they just look to make sure that the one box is checked that says patient completed all required vaccinations.

Or has a medical condition rendering them ineligible