I-693 form

[EricLT 29]

Hi I just want to confirm the i-693 is not a requirement for initial application correct? It can be done before the interview? My wife had the exam already overseas for k1. 

[Ed&Midori1031 330]

34 minutes ago, EricLT said:

Hi I just want to confirm the i-693 is not a requirement for initial application correct? It can be done before the interview? My wife had the exam already overseas for k1. 

Are you talking about for AOS??

[EricLT 29]

2 minutes ago, Ed&Midori1031 said:

Are you talking about for AOS??

Yes for i-485

[Siggy 42]

51 minutes ago, EricLT said:

Hi I just want to confirm the i-693 is not a requirement for initial application correct? It can be done before the interview? My wife had the exam already overseas for k1. 

 Not required

[K1visaHopeful 2,858]

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

"4. 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).

If the applicant was granted a change of status to V in the United States, [29] the medical examination report completed by the civil surgeon should be in the A-file created at the time that the change of status was initially granted."

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If you complied with the above and filed AOS within one year of your overseas medical exam date, the I693 and its procedures/policies do not apply to you as a K1 applicant. It does not matter when your AOS interview happens, as long as you filed AOS within one year of the overseas medical exam date (and you meet the above conditions), your medical will never expire.
Submit a photocopy of your personal copy of the DS3025 Vaccination Record with I485 and bring your personal copy to the AOS interview as back up.
Your actual overseas medical exam documents were collected at your POE as they were IN your sealed K1 Visa packet and will be sent from CBP to DHS for storage in your A-file.
Your interviewing officer will collect your A-file for review at your AOS interview or shortly after and confirm that your previously submitted K1 medical exam and vaccinations meet the requirements.

So the two big questions are:

1. Is your DS3025 marked complete? Check the bottom left corner for the checkbox that says "K1 Visa applicant voluntarily completed vaccination requirements"

2. Will USCIS receive and issue you a receipt number within one year of your overseas medical date to have complied with the one year submission requirement?

If yes, you have completed the medical requirements to adjust status.



 

[Ed&Midori1031 330]

4 hours ago, EricLT said:

Yes for i-485

Ok.  It's not required. 

[Chancy 6,243]

20 hours ago, EricLT said:

It can be done before the interview? My wife had the exam already overseas for k1.

 

Your wife does not need to do the medical before the AOS interview either.  Her K1 medical will never expire as long as she files the I-485 within 1 year of the visa medical date.

 

[EricLT 29]

3 hours ago, Chancy said:

 

Your wife does not need to do the medical before the AOS interview either.  Her K1 medical will never expire as long as she files the I-485 within 1 year of the visa medical date.

 

I think her medical exam will be expired by the time of interview so she will need to redo it? It was done back in May 2021

[Chancy 6,243]

35 minutes ago, EricLT said:

I think her medical exam will be expired by the time of interview so she will need to redo it?

 

No.  Even if it takes years for your wife to get an AOS interview, the DS-3025 from her K1 medical will still be valid as long as her I-485 receipt date is within 1 year of the medical date.  Check the details of this rule on page 8 of the I-693 instructions -- https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-693instr.pdf

 

[KayDeeCee 4,894]

On 7/23/2021 at 10:26 AM, EricLT said:

I think her medical exam will be expired by the time of interview so she will need to redo it? It was done back in May 2021

The pinned thread here in the AOS forum is very helpful. > https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/551080-immunizations-ds-3025-or-i-693/

 You are not required to get another exam if your K-1 overseas exam was within a year of filing for AOS. Expiration of exam does not matter in this case.

[Zeee12344 0]

I have the same question right now. Is this required? Especially that they forced the covid vaccine. I am fully vaccinated but do I need to redo my medical test to show that?

[Chancy 6,243]

40 minutes ago, Zeee12344 said:

Is this required? Especially that they forced the covid vaccine. I am fully vaccinated but do I need to redo my medical test to show that?

 

As mentioned in the previous posts, no need for I-693 as long as the DS-3025 from the K1 medical is marked complete and the I-485 receipt date is within 1 year of the K1 visa medical date.

 

[Zeee12344 0]

Ok im good then

thanks @Chancy

[berrybabe 0]

I already submitted my AOS packet last week week and I just realized now that I failed to submit the 2nd page of DS-3025. Would that be an issue or reason for RFE?

 

The first page of my DS-3025 was marked completed and I also submitted a copy of my covid19 vaccination.

[Beegirl 21]

On 1/26/2022 at 3:00 PM, Chancy said:

 

As mentioned in the previous posts, no need for I-693 as long as the DS-3025 from the K1 medical is marked complete and the I-485 receipt date is within 1 year of the K1 visa medical date.

 

How would we know if DS-3025 is marked complete? My fiancé never got a copy of it. Nor does anyone else from his country.