Edward and Jaycel

SO happy you got the new filing in! I would be very cautious of international travel until you have a firmer grasp on what USCIS may do based on the denial. They have to wait 33 days before they can issue an NTA but there's nothing that says they can't file it at any time after that. Please keep us all posted!

Covid Vaccines are no longer required for immigration purposes

FD-258 cards are only required if you are filing the I-751 from outside the US due to military/government orders.

The scrutiny is as intense and they actually expect you to have more proof because now you have 21 months more of marriage where you should have your joint accounts, joint estate planning, utility bills, insurances, pictures, etc. all worked out and generating a paper trail. I know a few and have read many more folks on here and other forums whose I-751 package goes easily 400-600 pages of evidence. Jaycel and I have about 200 pages of stuff saved up already. The instructions for Form I-751 specifically say: Evidence of the Relationship Submit copies of documents indicating that the marriage upon which you were granted conditional status was entered in “good faith” and was not for the purpose of circumventing immigration laws. Submit copies of as many documents as you can to establish this fact, to demonstrate the circumstances of the relationship from the date of the marriage to the present date....

I second this.... We brought 2 filers of everything we had submitted just in case. In the end we only needed passports, driver licenses and passports as well but you never know what kind of shenanigans the USCIS computer systems may be doing at any given moment LOL

Had friends do their interview last month in Denver - The only docs they were asked to produce that they had already sent copies of were the Certified True Copies of their Marriage Certificate, and the Immigrant's Birth Certificate. They were also asked for the actual passport that the immigrant used to enter the US with and the US Citizen's passport as well. They also asked for any state IDs (driver license/non-driver ID card) from both and as they did with me and Jaycel, the officer put the two driver licenses next to each other and compared the addresses. They did not ask for anything else that was already filed or uploaded prior to the interview. They did ask if they had any other evidence that they hadn't uploaded already and our friends said no, that they had uploaded everything they had. Officer said they thought they had everything they needed but couldn't give them approval at the time as the supervisors have to review it and closed out the interview after about 25 minutes. Our friends got the approval about a week later.

Not a mistake at all.... They will see the evidence and use it for both I-864 supporting docs and marital bona fides

Not for family based filers yet: Alert: We now offer online filing of Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, for certain employment-based applicants and their representatives. We are in the process of developing the online filing capability for other applicant types.

Well you are on top of what you need to be at this stage (i.e., the polio vaccine issue) so I bet your filing is good to go We did ours ourself as well with the help of the good people in this community and we had no rejections, no RFEs and got Jaycel's EAD 51 days after filing and her GC 6 months later. I'm sure you will do well!

I think the one for the "Applicant" would be the one for you to file with the AOS and maybe they are assuming you have an Attorney?

Yeah I know the feeling... We were trying to get ours done before the interview so we didn't get an RFE at the interview! Call them at exactly the 2 week mark and ask if it's ready to be picked up

We sent my I-134 to Jaycel dated a couple of months before her interview

Ok it's not that unusual - Like I said our CS had to wait for the Colorado State Department of Health to validate that the vaccine had been registered in their database before they could sign and seal her I-693. Each state has different regulations that every physician has to follow regardless of the fact that they are a CS. I would venture that they probably will not include the panel physician exam with your sealed I-693 because their report can only attest to what they did for your husband. I would not worry about that because when you include the copy of your DS-3025 in the I-485 that will prompt them to look for the panel physician's report

This tracks with what our CS had to do with Jaycel's Vaccine Assessment - They had to verify that the Colorado State Department of Health had registered the vaccine before they could complete and seal the I-693. @thakattack159 did you mean the Civil Surgeon needed to have the state sort and seal or did you mean the State Department as you said in your original post?

She didn't say the Department of State - She said "The State"

Yes they actually do need to complete the vaccine assessment part of the I-693 because her husband is missing the Polio Vaccine and it is now required. They marked his DS-3025 with a blanket waiver as "Not Age Appropriate" which is no longer accepted for medical exams done after 5/1/2024. They need the vaccine assessment part of the I-693 done to give to USCIS to properly document that they now received the Polio Vaccine.

Anecdotally, a friend that we helped file the I-129F had his received on 7/31/2025 and got his approval on 3/18/2026.

In my humble opinion, if he already got the polio vaccine, already went to the civil surgeon to have the vaccine assessment part of the I-693 done and you are just waiting for the sealed envelope and they said you'll have it in 2 weeks, then I would wait for the report from the civil surgeon and send it with the I-485. USCIS is not giving out RFEs for the missing polio vaccine until you get to the interview stage. If you don't have the vaccine assessment done with it added by that time they give an RFE after the interview. However, waiting the extra two weeks now and sending it with the I-485 will save you from having to deal with it at the interview. So to sum up, if I were in your position I would wait for the sealed envelope before filing and send it in with the I-485. Also, still send a copy of the DS-3025 because that will remind them to look for the full overseas medical report to put with your file.

Any conflicting information you have heard saying the I-693 is required even for K-1 Adjusters that are filing the I-485 within 1 year of their overseas medical exam is flat out wrong The polio vaccine is now required and "Not Age Appropriate" blanket waivers are no longer accepted for medical exams done after 5/1/2024. Your husband will have to get the Polio vaccine done here. This is not a reason to delay your filing of the AOS as the polio vaccine question does not come up until the interview

If your Overseas Medical in preparation for the K-1 interview at the embassy was less than 1 year prior to you filing the I-485, then you don't need to do an I-693. I would just include a copy of your DS-3025 with the I-485 to remind them you are a K-1 applicant and you are exempt from the I-693 requirement. Just make sure you select the correct filing category on the I-485 for a K-1 applicant who got married to their petitioner within the 90 days which is: Person admitted to the United States as a fiancé(e) or child of a fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen (K-1/K-2 Nonimmigrant)

These "Ghost Updates" now appear to be associated with the new policy for "Enhanced Screening" and re-running of background checks that was implemented by USCIS on 4/27/2026 for all applications that are pending final action.

Great news!

Please let us know when you receive the official receipt/extension notice in the mail. (The one that's printed on the security paper with the watermark) That's the one she will need to have with her when she travels internationally.

Fantastic news!! 🎉🎉

HAHAHAHAHA neither do we.... but "Estate Planning" just means setting up your wills, Power of Attorney, Health Care Power of Attorney, Advance Directive, HIPPA release forms so that if anything should happen, your spouse isn't stuck fighting some God-awful probate process, can access what they need to access, make decisions, etc. A time of crisis or tragedy is not the time to be trying to figure this stuff out A lot of employers offer a "Legal Assistance" benefit as part of your benefits package. Mine does and I'm glad I signed up for it. They just covered the entire cost of this and the legal assistance plan was honored by one of the best estate attorneys in Denver who bills at like $400/hr.