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MaybeSoon

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We received our RFE's from the INS today. According to the INS we have to redo our medical examinations, since they are older than 2 years!!??

Has anyone has a copy or a link to the USCIS memo stating that the examinations will be valid untill the I-485 is approved.

Any help would be apreciated.

Thanks
 
Here is the text of the news from http://www.immigration-law.com

01/16/2004: Validity of Medical Exam Report for I-485 Filers

As part of I-485 filing, the applicants are required to file a sealed immigration-designated civil surgeons' medical exam report to the USCIS. The medical report is supposed to be valid only for 12 months. However, as affected by the delays in adjudication of I-485, the former INS adopted a policy to extend the validity indefinitely until I-485 was adjudicated. It was released in the form of Memorandum. The Memorandum expired this month. Considering the continuing backlog of I-485 adjudications, the U.S. CIS has issued another memorandum to extend the policy for another year and until January 1, 2005, according to the AILA. Accordingly, those who have filed I-485 more than 12 months back do not have to worry about taking another medical exam and filing a new report at least until January 1, 2005.

Here is also a link to the same topic discussed on murthy.com

http://murthy.com/UDmedext.html
 
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Maybesoon,

It does not make any sense. Most people who filed in May, June, July, Aug 2001 - all of theirs medical is more than 2 years old. I don't think people sent new medicals to INS.

What is the exact text of the RFE ?

I would talk to INS and find out the reason. ( I don't know if that is a possibility or not).

How long did it take to get the RFE in your hands ?

Originally posted by MaybeSoon
We received our RFE's from the INS today. According to the INS we have to redo our medical examinations, since they are older than 2 years!!??

Has anyone has a copy or a link to the USCIS memo stating that the examinations will be valid untill the I-485 is approved.

Any help would be apreciated.

Thanks
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Toolongawait

I just got the information from the legal assistant at the lawyers, so I can't tell the exact words. I will on Monday speak to the lawyer personally about the issue. Hope fully I will have more information in my hands by then.

Thanks for all the help..
 
Read the RFE

It might not be for a complete medical redo. Sometimes the medical examiners skip certain tests.

For example TB test for pregnant/nursing women is not done. Same thing happened to a freind(ND NOV 01) of mine. She didn't do a TB test at the time of 485 filing bcoz she was pregnant. INS has sent her an RFE to get the TB test done.

Dont lose sleep on this.
 
Re: Read the RFE

Complete medical redo is expensive too but if the company is paying - who cares.

But if the last stage something comes up - it is very annoying and delays the process. I am in the same shoes like Maybesoon - I can understand his pain

Originally posted by ND-July2002
It might not be for a complete medical redo. Sometimes the medical examiners skip certain tests.

For example TB test for pregnant/nursing women is not done. Same thing happened to a freind(ND NOV 01) of mine. She didn't do a TB test at the time of 485 filing bcoz she was pregnant. INS has sent her an RFE to get the TB test done.

Dont lose sleep on this.
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