I-693 Medical Exam Prior to Marriage?

[Family 3,988]

14 minutes ago, kgund77 said:

52 minutes ago, Family said:

Sounds like you covered all the bases, and have in place everything needed …so if a speedy filing is needed and will benefit, you can break convention and file as soon as you have marriage certificate in hand. The waiting period is geared to those who enter on non immigrant and marry / file a week later..so no issue for you.

It’s looking like USCIS is really liking the split filing ( I-130 online and paper I-485) and they seem to move quick as lighting . 
 

Congratulations , sorry for role reversals and happy the service you used comes w an attorney review! 

Thank you very much! Your point is well taken with regard to what it would look like to USCIS to do the medical exam before the wedding - we’ll wait til the week after we get married to schedule his first appointment.

 

Good to know about the split filing. I hadn’t looked into filing procedures yet since we’re still in the evidence-gathering phase. Is that what most people are doing, filing the I-130 online and the I-485 simultaneously by mail? 

Cannot speak to “ most” , as I don’t follow all, but can say likely most effective if trying to get timing advantage and lots of fast cases since March of this year.

USCIS is able to quickly assign digital  I-130 to a Service Center and they’re targeting going all digital soon anyway. You get an instant Receipt Notice and include it in the I-485 paper filing , it is still considered concurrent filing. 
 

[SteveInBostonI130 3,447]

13 hours ago, kgund77 said:

Thank you, I’m aware I need the marriage certificate for the whole package. We are not going to send in the package until the marriage certificate arrives. We would like, however, to have the medical exam over with as soon as possible, particularly since the 60 day requirement is waived through the end of September. I am asking if anyone has had to bring and show their marriage certificate to the medical exam? 

The 60 day requirement applies for the I-485 filing date, not the medical date.  Therefore, if your MC arrives after 9/30, the rule will not be waived.

 

As others have stated, I would wait for the MC.  Everything is dependent on that, including the filing of the I-130 which is in-turn needed to file the I-485.