ATTENTION JULY FILERS! (2)

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Yeah Wave it and scare them

[Jeraly 4]

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

That´s how

[Jason-Sasha 1]

No - HPV is a really new thing - it's crazy - it's only recommended for girls under 12 and is not mandatory in the USA yet I have to get it because I am under 27. It is actually ILLEGAL to have if you are 27 or older!!! Because it is so new only one company sells the stuff and so they can pretty much charge what they want

I would love to get it done in the US but I am not sure if I will be allowed or not... I think I should be because I only need it for AOS... does that sound about right to anyone else?

So which diseases is this HPV against? If it´s not mandatory in the USA then I don´t know why you would have to be getting it...Did your doctor say that?

It's on the US Embassy website I think I can get away with getting it in the US for $360 like Rob said... £399 for a vaccine is crazy... I am just going to make sure I take print outs of everything that says K-1 is a non-immigrant visa and all the requirements so if they try to screw with me I can just wave it all in their face and at least have something to refer to!!

Holy $hit! I had no idea it was that expensive. And I didn't know it was mandatory. We have to do this for Sasha's AOS??

[Jeraly 4]

Not too sure - I don't know if it is dependent on the beneficiary's country or not... I know that the UK wants it and it seems so does Canada but it is only for women under 27 - at least in the UK...

[rae_and_scott 1]

Holy $hit! I had no idea it was that expensive. And I didn't know it was mandatory. We have to do this for Sasha's AOS??

If she's under 27 it sounds like you will.

But I would think if you have health insurance it might be able to cover part of it.

[Rob & Jin 0]

heres the updated DOS requirements

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1331.html

The panel physiscian will not give you the HPV if your too old

Edited March 19, 2008 by Rob & Jin

[rae_and_scott 1]

Not too sure - I don't know if it is dependent on the beneficiary's country or not... I know that the UK wants it and it seems so does Canada but it is only for women under 27 - at least in the UK...

I'm pretty sure it is the US telling you guys you have to get it; not dependent on the country. It is not that the UK or Canada wants it, it is that the Drs who do US immigration work in those countries are telling people they will need it. Though I could be wrong on that. I would suggest doing a "gardasil" search here on VJ.

[Jeraly 4]

Ok - one point my mum made is if we are due to turn 27 before the course of injections for HPV is over, do we have to start it? Apparently it is illegal for anyone over 27 to have it...

The other thing Jeremy found out is that it prolly won't be covered by health insurance as it is a "choice" and not mandatory in the US... only if you want to live there it seems... he has sent an e-mail to the DOS - he was really annoyed...

[rae_and_scott 1]

Ok - one point my mum made is if we are due to turn 27 before the course of injections for HPV is over, do we have to start it? Apparently it is illegal for anyone over 27 to have it...

The other thing Jeremy found out is that it prolly won't be covered by health insurance as it is a "choice" and not mandatory in the US... only if you want to live there it seems... he has sent an e-mail to the DOS - he was really annoyed...

Not sure to the answer of your question, but I would say it's definitely worth looking into. If you can avoid having to get the vaccine and having to pay for it, do it. ... But didn't you just turn 26 pretty recently? So I'm not sure if you woulc be able to get out of it.

As for health insurance, I think that it just would totally depend on what kind of coverage you have. It can vary so much; who you have insurance with, what they cover, what the copays are, etc. But even without any coverage, US$360 is half of what you're looking at paying in pounds, so I guess that would be your worst case scenario.

One more thing: I wouldn't say it is "illegal" to get the shot over 27; they just won't give it to you if you are over 27. You won't get arrested or anything. But I'm not really sure what the particulars are in terms of how far spread out the 3 shots are and if you are 26 going on 27 and how that would all pan out. There must be an answer somewhere, though, this is the internet!!

[rae_and_scott 1]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=114626

[charlene 0]

It seems like a long time ago but I know it hasn't been....Nice to hear from all the July filers....

we are waiting on packet 4 and a interview date....nice to have packet 3 and medical behind....

we went packet 3 in on March 11....hopefully will hear something in the next few days....

Good Luck to all July filers!!!!!!!!!

[Jeraly 4]

Nice to see you back again Charlene

Rae/Scott - I don't understand why they are saying it is needed for the K-1 even though it is a non-immigrant visa...

I can't even find the link I need now - grr - they have a great immigrant visa section for the London Embassy... non-immigrant section is sh*te...

All I need is a page that says that non-immigrant visas are not required to fulfill the the vaccination requirements until AOS then I will be fine... I can't believe they are putting us through so much stress at the 12th hour

[rae_and_scott 1]

Nice to see you back again Charlene

Rae/Scott - I don't understand why they are saying it is needed for the K-1 even though it is a non-immigrant visa...

I can't even find the link I need now - grr - they have a great immigrant visa section for the London Embassy... non-immigrant section is sh*te...

All I need is a page that says that non-immigrant visas are not required to fulfill the the vaccination requirements until AOS then I will be fine... I can't believe they are putting us through so much stress at the 12th hour

I don't understand it either Aly. The only thing I can guess is that for once they are being kind of smart: K visas, while technically non-immigrant, are essiantially immigrant. What I mean is that anyone who successfully completes the K visa does then immigrate, so in terms of the medical it makes sense to treat Kers as immigrants, doesn't it?

Well, maybe not, b/c look at all this confusion.

You know what, it will work itself out, somehow. It's not like one vaccine is going to hold up the process, and there are a lot of others trying to wade through this confusion. I mean, the biggest headache of the stupid shots seems to be the pricetag, right? It does suck to have extra stress at the end... but it's still better to be closer to the end, IMO.

If you find a definitive page saying you don't need the shot for the interview (which I think is the case but I know what you're looking for is proof), post it for us to see, would ya?

[Jeraly 4]

Does this work for you?

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/ty...types_2994.html

Jeremy dug it out for me