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I think it would raise a red flag for my mom if she applies for another tourist visa (she already got denied twice before applying for an immigrant visa). But it’s always worth a shot. I honestly don’t think she needs an immigrant visa, she just wants to visit her children and grandchildren since she is a senior and disabled person. I don’t see her living her for longterm. All the best for you and your wife.🙏🏼

I am trying to figure out on how to reply on your response, hope I’m doing this right. Anyway, I apologize for not responding sooner. Although I already had an idea that it won’t go smoothly since my mom did not also take the Covid 19 vaccine when she did her medical at St.Luke’s early February and only got one shot (age-appropriate). I sent couple emails to the manilacdc for waiver and sent a lot of proof that she has autoimmune disease so we really couldn’t take the risk of her having the Covid vaccine and 2 of her cousins died days later after getting the shot. Most of all, we really do not believe on getting it. Never got a single reply even to this day. The consul at the Embassy in Manila was a really nice lady and she said they will have to wait for the waiver that I submitted to the CDC in Manila (not the I-601), and must be received before medical would expire couple months later. We didn’t go the I-601 route since it would take 2-3yrs according to the timeline at that time and that would cost us another $. They didn’t approve her visa due to the missing Covid vaccine requirement so will just have to file again especially when it will finally be removed sooner than later. Here’s to hoping the HR 185 Bill will pass. They are really taking it slow to get this approved. 🙄

Happy Summer 2023! Hoping to hear what other people’s experience doing the waiver I601 for personal belief not doing the medical examination specifically Covid vaccine during Adjustment of Status here in the US. My sister came here on a J1 visa in March 2019 and had to extend as B2 when the pandemic first hit in March 2020. Took so long to process her B2 so she had lots of time spent with family and friends in the country while waiting and apparently met her now husband a US Citizen. They have been together for almost 2yrs now and just gotten married last December 2022. Couple months later filed their I-130, I485, I-765, etc. Before those even got filed, they had her husband’s tax returns amended due to some errors in the past so that took even longer process. She was supposed to mail I-485, I-131,I-765 by March 2023 so the I-693 Medical Examination signed by a civil surgeon was still temporarily waived then but tornado hit their town on the day she was to mail the documents and got mailed instead early April. Question is, she got an RFE letter asking for the I-693 medical. Would she still need to submit that but just do the physical exam or can she go ahead and file for the I-601 waiver? They are opposed to the vaccines since her husband’s side has a history of autism for taking those vaccines. Appreciate all of your inputs.

Parent on Immigrant Visa (IR5) with no covid vaccine - This rarely gets mentioned on social medias so hoping to get answers here on this forum. My mother will have her interview at the US Embassy in Manila, PH Feb 2023 and will get her sputum results this month from St.Luke’s. She was able to proceed with the medical process in Nov 2022 but had to sign a waiver just like most of the applicants there who did not want to get the covid vaccine or didn’t like to get it completed with all the boosters. I am aware that CFO sticker is the last prior to departure and a negative covid test. 2 Questions: 1) Does anyone know or have first-hand experience if St.Luke’s will forward her immunization record to the embassy for interview even without her covid vaccine record? 2) I know I have read before that she can fly to the US with no covid vaccine but with all the changes recently, would she still need to provide Covid vaccination record to fly and enter the US on an immigrant visa? Also, other than mentioned above, anything else that I should know before her flying here to the US? Thank you so much.