USCIS has made some updates to the validity period and signing requirements for the I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record due to backlogs and issues raised as ineffective and delaying case processing as follows:
USCIS temporarily extended the validity period for I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record from two years to four years.
On March 31, 2023 USCIS removed the requirement that civil surgeons sign Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record no more than 60 days before an individual applies for an underlying immigration benefit. USCIS now considers Form I-693 to retain evidentiary value (meaning it can be used as evidence that the person is not inadmissible on the health-related grounds at the time of adjudication of the underlying immigration benefit application) for 2 years (temporarily 4 years as indicated above) from the date of the civil surgeon’s signature, regardless of when the underlying benefit application was submitted. Again, based on the current Temporary Extension of Validity of an I-693, it is valid for 4 years from the date the Physician signed it, regardless of then the related Petition is filed.
Attached is USCIS’s Policy Alert concerning the removal of the “60 Day Rule”.
USCIS Policy Alert Release
