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Temporary four-year validity allowed for qualifying medical reports

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryUnited States
Operative dateAugust 12, 2021
CategoryHealth-related immigration requirements
Policy toolMedical-report validity
Affected groupAdjustment applicants with otherwise-valid forms i-693 and decisions issued during the temporary window

Policy effect

From August 12 through September 30, 2021, USCIS temporarily extended the evidentiary validity of otherwise-valid Forms I-693 from two years to up to four years after the civil surgeon signed. The signature had to be dated no more than 60 days before the applicant filed Form I-485, and the decision on Form I-485 had to be issued on or before September 30, 2021.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: From August 12 through September 30, 2021, USCIS temporarily extended the evidentiary validity of otherwise-valid Forms I-693 from two years to up to four years after the civil surgeon signed.; The signature had to be dated no more than 60 days before the applicant filed Form I-485, and the decision on Form I-485 had to be issued on or before September 30, 2021.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

… with completing the immigration medical examination. To address these issues, USCIS is temporarily extending the validity period of an otherwise valid Form I-693. This temporary extension of the Form I-693’s validity period is effective August 12, 2021 through September 30, 2021, and supersedes any related prior guidance on the topic during that time. Policy Highlights • Temporarily extends the validity period of an otherwise valid Form I-693 in cases where: o The civil surgeon’s signature on Form I-693 is dated no more than 60 days before the applicant files Form I-485; o No more than 4 year … s have passed since the date of the civil surgeon’s signature; and 1 See INA 232 and 8 CFR 232 (immigration medical examination). See INA 212(a)(1) (health-related grounds of inadmissibility). PA-2021-19: Temporary Extension of Validity Period of Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record (Form I-693) Page: 2 o The decision on Form I-485 is issued on or before September 30, 2021. Citation Volume 8: Admissibility, Part B, Health-Related Grounds of Inadmissibility, Chapter 4, Review of Medical Examination Documentation [8 USCIS-PM B.4].
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesPOLICY ALERT - Temporary Extension of Validity Period of Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record (Form I-693)Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20210812-I-693ValidityPeriod.pdf

Review method

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