COVID-19 Vaccine Record Will be Required for all Green Card Applicants

Did you hear this? USCIS is going to start requiring all Green Card applicants to provide evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 soon! Let's hear more details:

COVID-19 Vaccine Record Will be Required for all Green Card Applicants

When will USCIS start requiring COVID-19 Vaccine record?

Starting from October 1st, 2021, immigrants to the US will be required to provide COVID-19 vaccination proof as part of the adjustment of status application.

Currently, all Green Card applicants are required to do medical exam with a US Civil Surgeon and submit Form I-693 Medical Examination and Vaccination Record. Click here to see a full list of vaccines that are currently required. 

What if my Green Card application is still pending?

People with a pending Adjustment of Status (AOS) application and included a medical with their application can expect to receive a Request for Evidence (RFE) for a new medical exam. Applicants will need to submit back with a written evidence that the applicant has been vaccinated against COVID-19. 

For new applications after October 1st, 2021, the civil surgeon will record administration of the COVID-19 vaccine on the new medical exam form I-693.

What if I live abroad where there's no COVID-19 vaccine available?

For this group of people, your civil surgeon may use a blanket waiver for the COVID-19 vaccine requirement.

If you are not getting the vaccine due to other reasons such as religious or moral objection, you may also request a waiver of the vaccine requirement but the waivers are adjudicated by USCIS on a case by case basis. 

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