vaccines

[payxibka 10,045]

i would like to ask if my daughter who is 4 months old now needs medical examination also and vaccinations? she's a US citizen already so doesnt need visa...

a us citizen is not an immigrant.... no immigration medical needed

[trailmix 77]

Any needed vaccines can be administered by either your regular doctor or the the panel physician. It doesn't matter at all. However any insurance you may have is unlikely to cover anything in an immigration medical, so in most cases its cheaper to have them done by your regular doctor where they can be passed off as routine vaccinations and tests.

As for missing vaccination records, I'm not sure if this is specific to Canada, but here we have an immunization registry that is kept by the public health authorities. Whenever a health care provider gives a vaccine - whether done at the doctor's office, a clinic, a school, or an emergency room - the information is sent to the registry. This way if you move, switch doctors, your doctor loses the records, or retires, or whatever, there is still an obtainable record of everything. I was able to call my public health department and within 5 minutes I had a fax documenting every vaccine I've had since birth. Again, that could just be Canada, but its worth looking into wherever you are.

If there are no records available, but you know you've had a vaccine, you can have your doctor order an antibody titer blood test, which will prove the immunity to the disease in question and serve as proof that the vaccine is not required. Or you could of course just get the vaccine again.

However if you had them more than 10 years ago in Canada - chances are they will have no record.

[trinket 30]

Here is the thing I am concern about.

With both Hep B and Gardasil, vaccination doses lasts more around 6 months. So what are the options does an intending immigrant has when he/she is in middle of his/her doses during the interview. Can the visa be rejected or delayed given the intending immigrant hasn't got all the doses?

For Gardasil

DOSING: Girls should receive Gardasil before they are sexually active. Gardasil 0.5 ml is injected intramuscularly in three separate doses. The first dose is administered at the patient's convenience, the second dose two months after the first dose, and third dose six months after the first dose.

[CHD 0]

Any needed vaccines can be administered by either your regular doctor or the the panel physician. It doesn't matter at all. However any insurance you may have is unlikely to cover anything in an immigration medical, so in most cases its cheaper to have them done by your regular doctor where they can be passed off as routine vaccinations and tests.

As for missing vaccination records, I'm not sure if this is specific to Canada, but here we have an immunization registry that is kept by the public health authorities. Whenever a health care provider gives a vaccine - whether done at the doctor's office, a clinic, a school, or an emergency room - the information is sent to the registry. This way if you move, switch doctors, your doctor loses the records, or retires, or whatever, there is still an obtainable record of everything. I was able to call my public health department and within 5 minutes I had a fax documenting every vaccine I've had since birth. Again, that could just be Canada, but its worth looking into wherever you are.

If there are no records available, but you know you've had a vaccine, you can have your doctor order an antibody titer blood test, which will prove the immunity to the disease in question and serve as proof that the vaccine is not required. Or you could of course just get the vaccine again.

However if you had them more than 10 years ago in Canada - chances are they will have no record.

I'm 28 and the record they sent me had every vaccine I've ever received since birth.

Here is the thing I am concern about.

With both Hep B and Gardasil, vaccination doses lasts more around 6 months. So what are the options does an intending immigrant has when he/she is in middle of his/her doses during the interview. Can the visa be rejected or delayed given the intending immigrant hasn't got all the doses?

For Gardasil

DOSING: Girls should receive Gardasil before they are sexually active. Gardasil 0.5 ml is injected intramuscularly in three separate doses. The first dose is administered at the patient's convenience, the second dose two months after the first dose, and third dose six months after the first dose.

Not likely. As long as you are 'as up to date possible' with vaccinations that are required in a series it will probably not be an issue.

[trailmix 77]

Yes, all provinces are different, I'm glad you were able to get yours

Edited August 27, 2008 by trailmix