medical exam concerning tattoos in mexico

[teff 0]

Hi guys, Ive posted a few questions before here and have always gotten great responses so i come to you guys again. Last Friday i recieved the letter that VSC approved my k1 package and were sending it to Ciudad Juarez i suppose this is the NVC (not sure on the exact timeline to come). Now since everything so far has been smooth i anticipate that my fiance will have to fly to juarez around middle september for his interview and medical. I have read some reviews on the medical and keep reading about how the doctors check and ask about tattoos and piercing funny enough this is the part that scares me the most not even the interview! what are they looking for? my fiance is clean cut but he has maybe 6 tattoos none gang related, all for his family like in memory of dad, my name even a mayan fish. as for piercings he has 2 earrings one in each ear which are small gauges. He doesn't use drugs not a drinker and no serious illness or surgeries. Im hoping someone can put my mind at ease were coming close to the home stretch and i think a denial would kill me. Thank you so much!

[Dodi 69]

Tattoos and piercings have no bearing whatsoever on the medical exam. They will do bloodwork to check for communicable diseases and a chest x-ray to check for TB. That's about it. They might ask questions out of curiosity, just because they can. Don't worry. He'll be fine.

[canadian_wife 1,808]

They look at the tattoos for anything that might be considered gang related. When I had my medical done, the girl ahead of me had to disclose her little rose tattoo on her shoulder and he inspected it. I think it is just their job.

I think your fiance will be fine

Good luck

[TLJohnson 1]

I actually have the same concerns. My fiance has a bunch of tattoos all over, none of which are gang related or even very "tough" looking (haha), and he also has a few piercings. I understand that in the medical evaluation they are just checking to make sure that you don't have any communicable diseases, etc. from the tattoos and piercings, but I also know that in Juarez they consistently send patients with tattoos and piercings to psychological evaluations during their medical exams. Is this purely to ascertain whether or not the tattoos are gang related, or is the psychological evaluation for some other reason?

Would it be advisable for my fiance to remove his earrings and his tiny nose stud for his medical exam? In all likelihood he was not going to wear them anyway for the medical exam and for the interview, but I assume a physician would still notice the holes. Regardless, there is no getting around the tattoos. If anyone has gone through the psychological evaluation at the Juarez medical exam due to having tattoos and has any information to share as to what kind of questions they asked and whether they were just trying to find out if you were involved in gang activity or not, your knowledge would be greatly appreciated!

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

Tattoos, with very few extreme exceptions (mostly those embracing Nationalsocialism, i.e., "Death to all Jews!" and terrorism "Kill All Americans!" are completely non-relevant in regard to immigration purposes. More specifically, if a tattoo could be used as proof that the applicant engages in actions that make him inadmissable as an immigrant, that would be bad. Among those would also be tattoos that indicate drug usage ("I need my weed!")

In all other cases . . . . forgettaboutit!

Edited July 21, 2010 by Just Bob

[teff 0]

Thank you so much for the responses. I tried to tell myself that i was just over thinking and worrying but as you all know when your future rides in someone elses hands nothing goes by easy.

[SuperDuper! 230]

Tattoos and piercings have no bearing whatsoever on the medical exam. They will do bloodwork to check for communicable diseases and a chest x-ray to check for TB. That's about it. They might ask questions out of curiosity, just because they can. Don't worry. He'll be fine.

What if a Mexican male has The Black Hand on his chest? No big deal, right?

All tattoos mean something and are NOT created equal....