I-693 RFE, what to do?

[proudparents 0]

Hello everyone!

I received an RFE notice for my Form I-693. The notice says:

"Submit a properly completed and signed Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, (Rev. 06/05/08 or later) for the applicant on Form I-485. The medical examination must be conducted by a civil surgeon who has been designated by USCIS. The medical must be issued less than one year prior to the filing date of Form I-485.

To obtain names and telephone numbers of the designated civil surgeons is your area, go online to http://www.uscis.gov/ or call USCIS’ National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283. You may need to provide your zip code. Have a pen or pencil ready to write down the list of civil surgeons in your area.

The civil surgeon must conduct the exam as directed in the instructions to Form I-693 and the Centers for Disease Control’s Technical Instructions for the Medical Examination of Aliens in the United States. Both the medical examination and the vaccination record must be completed when required. "

The thing is I submitted my Form I-693 completed by a civil surgeon in a sealed envelope as well as my DS-3025 Vaccination sheet from Manila where I undergone my medical exam.

I had my second doses of vaccines done by the hospital here in the US before I had my Form I-693 transcribed by the CS.

Other than receiving my I-693 in a seales envelope, the civil surgeon even gave me a photocopies of the transcription which I have just checked and seen pages 1, 3 and 5 of the form.

He didn't fill out section 1 and 2 of the Part 2 Medical Exam of the form. My question is does the CS has to fill out those boxes where it say,

1. Date of First Examination

2. Communicable Diseases of Public Health Significance,

even if I had my medical exam in Manila?

Do I have to go through another medical exam here conducted by the CS when I just had my medical exam from Manila few months ago? Or do I just need another I-693 transcription? How should I respond to the RFE?

Sorry for the long post, I am just really confused as of what went wrong with the I-693 I submitted for my AOS.

I hope you guys can help enlighten me. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

[NatPatBen 3]

I have no answer for you, but I find that situation so frustrating, and it hasn't even happened to me!

I can see them sending the RFE to people who didn't send the I-693.... but to send it to people who HAVE sent it in just seems eye-roll worthy. I'm sorry that happened to you.

[belinda63 3,038]

This is fairly common, they seem to "lose" the medical exam quite often even though it is in a sealed envelope we must submit upon arrival.

Easiest thing to do is just repeat the medical, Right thing to do is file a complaint about the lost medical

[Jo-bel 0]

Hello everyone!

I received an RFE notice for my Form I-693. The notice says:

"Submit a properly completed and signed Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, (Rev. 06/05/08 or later) for the applicant on Form I-485. The medical examination must be conducted by a civil surgeon who has been designated by USCIS. The medical must be issued less than one year prior to the filing date of Form I-485.

To obtain names and telephone numbers of the designated civil surgeons is your area, go online to http://www.uscis.gov/ or call USCIS’ National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283. You may need to provide your zip code. Have a pen or pencil ready to write down the list of civil surgeons in your area.

The civil surgeon must conduct the exam as directed in the instructions to Form I-693 and the Centers for Disease Control’s Technical Instructions for the Medical Examination of Aliens in the United States. Both the medical examination and the vaccination record must be completed when required. "

The thing is I submitted my Form I-693 completed by a civil surgeon in a sealed envelope as well as my DS-3025 Vaccination sheet from Manila where I undergone my medical exam.

I had my second doses of vaccines done by the hospital here in the US before I had my Form I-693 transcribed by the CS.

Other than receiving my I-693 in a seales envelope, the civil surgeon even gave me a photocopies of the transcription which I have just checked and seen pages 1, 3 and 5 of the form.

He didn't fill out section 1 and 2 of the Part 2 Medical Exam of the form. My question is does the CS has to fill out those boxes where it say,

1. Date of First Examination

2. Communicable Diseases of Public Health Significance,

even if I had my medical exam in Manila?

Do I have to go through another medical exam here conducted by the CS when I just had my medical exam from Manila few months ago? Or do I just need another I-693 transcription? How should I respond to the RFE?

Sorry for the long post, I am just really confused as of what went wrong with the I-693 I submitted for my AOS.

I hope you guys can help enlighten me. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

Hi, as I told you in other post, more than 5 Nov AOS filers received same RFE letter even we submitted the I-693 with the AOS package.

The I-693 RFE is kinda generic, those who just sent the DS 3025 they received the same RFE letter so they will responds to it with only transcritption from the CS. Since we sent our I-693 with AOS package and we received same RFE we are confused if we need a full medical or another transcritption becasue of the confusing words "properly completed", but we all know that k visa holder doesn't need a full medical examination as long as the overseas medical is valid.

I received same RFE and I responded by another transcription by the CS, my EAD and AP are already approved but my AOS is still pending... I had another vaccinations. As I told you, I cannot advise you to do the same as I did because there is a possibilty that we have different reasons why our I-693 are invalid. Sometimes I am worrying if my transcription is enough since my AOS is still pending.

I read in some post that the medical might lost if a person receive an I-693 RFE, well I am not sure about it...I tried to call the USCIS and the costumer representative told me that my I-693 "might" invalid, and I also asked him if I need a full medical and he said "no". I also asked him if there is a possiblity that my medical was lost and he said "it's possible".

If you have money to have the full medical examination better to have it than always worrying that they will accept your another I-693 or not. But full medical is expensive than having another transcription by the CS.

A week after they received my respond for I-693 RFE my EAD and AP are approved.

Good luck!

Edited December 21, 2009 by Jobel

[klester 0]

I got the same RFE. I decided just to go re-do the medical because I knew it would be a lot quicker and would definitely fix the problem.

Although I agree, the wording is WAY TOO VAGUE.

[Nik+Heather 121]

Someone successfully "beat" this RFE by working with their congressman or senator's office - the person who helped them was able to track down their physical A-file (it has the stuff you turned in at POE) or at least get USCIS to track down the physical file, and the medical was then found!

That might be the cumbersome way to go - lots of calling and follow up, I would imagine. It is faster to just re-do the medical.

[Rfitz 0]

Someone successfully "beat" this RFE by working with their congressman or senator's office - the person who helped them was able to track down their physical A-file (it has the stuff you turned in at POE) or at least get USCIS to track down the physical file, and the medical was then found!

That might be the cumbersome way to go - lots of calling and follow up, I would imagine. It is faster to just re-do the medical.

I'm joining the RFE club! We submitted the I-693 completed by a civil surgeon in a sealed envelope and the DS-3025 Vaccination sheet. We also got a RFE today (Merry Christmas) with the same statement regarding the I-693!

Looks like a do-over I guess!

Ron & Hongxiang

[klester 0]

Wonder if this is some new policy change? Pretty crazy that it has happened to so many people.

[Jo-bel 0]

I'm joining the RFE club! We submitted the I-693 completed by a civil surgeon in a sealed envelope and the DS-3025 Vaccination sheet. We also got a RFE today (Merry Christmas) with the same statement regarding the I-693!

Looks like a do-over I guess!

Ron & Hongxiang

Your the 7th Nov AOS filer... I do not know what is the problem about the I-693 issue.

[SunShineFL1012 0]

Hello everyone!

I received an RFE notice for my Form I-693. The notice says:

"Submit a properly completed and signed Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, (Rev. 06/05/08 or later) for the applicant on Form I-485. The medical examination must be conducted by a civil surgeon who has been designated by USCIS. The medical must be issued less than one year prior to the filing date of Form I-485.

To obtain names and telephone numbers of the designated civil surgeons is your area, go online to http://www.uscis.gov/ or call USCIS’ National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283. You may need to provide your zip code. Have a pen or pencil ready to write down the list of civil surgeons in your area.

The civil surgeon must conduct the exam as directed in the instructions to Form I-693 and the Centers for Disease Control’s Technical Instructions for the Medical Examination of Aliens in the United States. Both the medical examination and the vaccination record must be completed when required. "

The thing is I submitted my Form I-693 completed by a civil surgeon in a sealed envelope as well as my DS-3025 Vaccination sheet from Manila where I undergone my medical exam.

I had my second doses of vaccines done by the hospital here in the US before I had my Form I-693 transcribed by the CS.

Other than receiving my I-693 in a seales envelope, the civil surgeon even gave me a photocopies of the transcription which I have just checked and seen pages 1, 3 and 5 of the form.

He didn't fill out section 1 and 2 of the Part 2 Medical Exam of the form. My question is does the CS has to fill out those boxes where it say,

1. Date of First Examination

2. Communicable Diseases of Public Health Significance,

even if I had my medical exam in Manila?

Do I have to go through another medical exam here conducted by the CS when I just had my medical exam from Manila few months ago? Or do I just need another I-693 transcription? How should I respond to the RFE?

Sorry for the long post, I am just really confused as of what went wrong with the I-693 I submitted for my AOS.

I hope you guys can help enlighten me. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

I guess they lost your sealed I-693! You can go back to your CS and get another I-693 filled up. Don't get another medical exam. Hope you'll get your RFE sorted out..

[cmac021 0]

I also filed in November and received an RFE for I-693...

[rin and john 71]

It is strange the new demands for the I-693 to be included (where in the past so many have gotten by with the DS-3025).

Wonder if it has to do with the recent form changes, immunization requirement changes, etc?

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

Perhaps an increased emphasis is being placed on the I-693 being completed? The link does indicate it is required in essentially all AOS filings (even if they had not actually enforced it in the past).

[justucia 0]

i am a nov filer and also received a RFE I-693

[melbell54 0]

Add me to the list! We just went for our biometrics yesterday and it felt so good to get that out of the way. Get home and check the mail....RFE. We submitted a completed I-693 so I'm not sure what the problem is or where to go from here.

[Eric-Pris 1,606]

Those of you who included an I-693 and still received an RFE, did you have the form completely filled out or just the vaccination history? It may be that they lost a lot of medicals exam results (YELLOW ENVELOPES) and they want the whole form filled out.

Another question for you... did any of you have Dr. Arnold transcribe your vaccinations or did you use a local CS?

Answering these questions may help us determine what is triggering these RFE's.