K3 visa medical

[toneman 0]

Hi,

I just had my medical exam done for my K3 non immigrant visa in Vancouver. I am wondering how do you know if you passed your medical exam or not? I mean if the exam found that you had HIV or TB would they tell you? Or do they tell you once you go to your K3 visa interview?

Thanks

Tony

[simple_male 1]

I think, the doctor would tell you, if there is any concern.

[M+S 0]

I think, the doctor would tell you, if there is any concern.

They must tell you first before they send it to the Embassy but I have a question to you..Did you have any vaccinations??? because in my package they said " vaccinations are not required for those applying for this visa "K3" is this was there in yours too??

[calibound 0]

K3 needs to have all the vaccinations as well!

[toneman 0]

I think, the doctor would tell you, if there is any concern.

They must tell you first before they send it to the Embassy but I have a question to you..Did you have any vaccinations??? because in my package they said " vaccinations are not required for those applying for this visa "K3" is this was there in yours too??

Hi,

They didn't tell me to bring my vaccination history in the packet 3 for the medical. When I called the doctor's office to set up my medical appointment that's when they told me that I need to have proof of a tetanus and a measles/mumps vaccination shot.

Thanks

Tony

[Yodrak 7]

calibound,

If that's so, it's a consulate-specific policy. The INA does not require K-visa applicants to have vaccinations any more than any other non-immigrant. The vaccinations are not required by the INA until adjustment of status time, when the person is applying to immigrate.

Yodrak

K3 needs to have all the vaccinations as well!

[Reba 2]

Hi,

I just had my medical exam done for my K3 non immigrant visa in Vancouver. I am wondering how do you know if you passed your medical exam or not? I mean if the exam found that you had HIV or TB would they tell you? Or do they tell you once you go to your K3 visa interview?

Thanks

Tony

the doctor's office is duty bound to notify you of anything that may have come up. If they don't tell you anything, you're clean and good to go

[MDighe 0]

calibound,

If that's so, it's a consulate-specific policy. The INA does not require K-visa applicants to have vaccinations any more than any other non-immigrant. The vaccinations are not required by the INA until adjustment of status time, when the person is applying to immigrate.

Yodrak

K3 needs to have all the vaccinations as well!

Yodrak

When my husband had his medicals done. I called the doctors office and ask what he needed to bring with him for the medicals and I was told proof of his needels if he didn't have a record for them then he had to get them again..We could not prove that he had recieved his MMR.

So we had to go and get this needle before his medical was done. And as far as the chickenpox

all he had to do was give a verbel that he had chickenpox when he was young.

There is also a section on the paper that the doctor has to mark saying if he had all of his needles

or not.

Michelle

[Yodrak 7]

Michelle,

I'm not quite sure what you're saying here, but I can tell you that foreign doctor's do not set US immigration law or policy.

The INA does not require non-immigrant visa applicants, including K-visa applicants, to have the vaccinations required for immigration. The Doctor is simply required to record the facts on the DS-3025 vaccination documentation worksheet - yes the person has had the vaccination or no the person has not had the vaccination, and if no then additionally indicate whether the vaccination can be waived as medically inappropriate.

If a particular consulate does require K-visa applicants to have the vaccinations it's a local policy.

Required for the visa or not, the vaccinations will be required for adjustment of status and it's often less expensive to have the vaccinations in one's home country before coming to the USA.

Yodrak

calibound,

If that's so, it's a consulate-specific policy. The INA does not require K-visa applicants to have vaccinations any more than any other non-immigrant. The vaccinations are not required by the INA until adjustment of status time, when the person is applying to immigrate.

Yodrak

K3 needs to have all the vaccinations as well!

Yodrak

When my husband had his medicals done. I called the doctors office and ask what he needed to bring with him for the medicals and I was told proof of his needels if he didn't have a record for them then he had to get them again..We could not prove that he had recieved his MMR.

So we had to go and get this needle before his medical was done. And as far as the chickenpox

all he had to do was give a verbel that he had chickenpox when he was young.

There is also a section on the paper that the doctor has to mark saying if he had all of his needles

or not.

Michelle

[Reba 2]

Yodrak is correct, if you read the instructions on the USCIS webpage for K and other non-immigrant visas, vaccinations, and in some cases, medical exams, are not required by immigration. However, there are some consulates (the consulates in Canada and UK etc etc...) that include the medical and vaccinations for K visas because they know AOS will be following, and might as well get it over and done with in Canada.

Edited June 5, 2006 by Reba

[Rebster 0]

Yep, Reba is right. I can tell you first-hand that if you refuse your vaccinations in the UK you do not get your Visa unless the MD says you are not medically appropriate for the jab.

[MDighe 0]

Michelle,

I'm not quite sure what you're saying here, but I can tell you that foreign doctor's do not set US immigration law or policy.

The INA does not require non-immigrant visa applicants, including K-visa applicants, to have the vaccinations required for immigration. The Doctor is simply required to record the facts on the DS-3025 vaccination documentation worksheet - yes the person has had the vaccination or no the person has not had the vaccination, and if no then additionally indicate whether the vaccination can be waived as medically inappropriate.

If a particular consulate does require K-visa applicants to have the vaccinations it's a local policy.

Required for the visa or not, the vaccinations will be required for adjustment of status and it's often less expensive to have the vaccinations in one's home country before coming to the USA.

Yodrak

Yodrak

Many APOLOGIES to YOU from ME..YOU were RIGHT about this and I was WRONG on this issue..

I did find this on USCIS website...

K and V nonimmigrant (temporary) visa applicants. Individuals applying for a K nonimmigrant visa as the fiancee or the spouse of a U.S. citizen or for a V nonimmigrant visa as the spouse or child of a lawful permanent resident (LPR) (including those applying for V status in the United States) must undergo a medical exam, but are not required to comply with the vaccination requirements at that time. They will be required to comply with the vaccination requirements when they eventually apply for adjustment of status.

Again Yodrak I APOLOGIZE to YOU..Thank you for making me aware of this.

Michelle

[Created 6]

Yodrak is correct, if you read the instructions on the USCIS webpage for K and other non-immigrant visas, vaccinations, and in some cases, medical exams, are not required by immigration. However, there are some consulates (the consulates in Canada and UK etc etc...) that include the medical and vaccinations for K visas because they know AOS will be following, and might as well get it over and done with in Canada.

I was told that I didn't need them at this point, but my daughter would not get her K4 visa if she didn't have them. The nurse gave us a standard letter to take to our local GP explaining why we needed the innoculations and for them to record the date when they were given to us. I had to fax that record back to the surgery (they held them back for a week) and then they sent our medical records on to the embassy.

To answer the OPs question about knowing if you've passed your medical. I went to Basil Street in London. The Doctor told me that I was more than fit, and that there were no problems. He also said that he did not expect my blood to come back with any concerns. He said that around 1 in every 100 would fail the test, the odds are that good, and that he would call the patient if that was the case, and not forward the medical records on to the embassy because they are private. I guess it would be up to the individual if they wanted to proceed further.

[Yodrak 7]

Michelle,

Thanks for your appology, but it is unnecessary. It is a confusing issue, in part because some consulates do require the vaccinations as a matter of local policy. The reference you found is from the USCIS, and is accurate as far as it goes but recognize that the USCIS does not speak for the DoS or for the individual consulates.

Your reference does make clear, however, why there is further confusion on the issue of vaccinations when one goes to apply for adjustment of status. The USCIS appears to make the assumption that a K-visa applicant for adjustment has not had the vaccinations, perhaps because the INA doe not require them, and so USCIS policy is geared to request an I-693 vaccination supplement form filled out by a US-based Civil Surgeon. The USCIS will sometimes recognize a DS-3025 vaccination documentation worksheet from the visa medical exam when it shows that all required vaccinations are either had or waived, but is not consistent about it. Very frustrating for those who did have the vaccinations before coming to the USA and then have to get it documented all over again once they are here.

Yodrak

Michelle,

I'm not quite sure what you're saying here, but I can tell you that foreign doctor's do not set US immigration law or policy.

The INA does not require non-immigrant visa applicants, including K-visa applicants, to have the vaccinations required for immigration. The Doctor is simply required to record the facts on the DS-3025 vaccination documentation worksheet - yes the person has had the vaccination or no the person has not had the vaccination, and if no then additionally indicate whether the vaccination can be waived as medically inappropriate.

If a particular consulate does require K-visa applicants to have the vaccinations it's a local policy.

Required for the visa or not, the vaccinations will be required for adjustment of status and it's often less expensive to have the vaccinations in one's home country before coming to the USA.

Yodrak

Yodrak

Many APOLOGIES to YOU from ME..YOU were RIGHT about this and I was WRONG on this issue..

I did find this on USCIS website...

K and V nonimmigrant (temporary) visa applicants. Individuals applying for a K nonimmigrant visa as the fiancee or the spouse of a U.S. citizen or for a V nonimmigrant visa as the spouse or child of a lawful permanent resident (LPR) (including those applying for V status in the United States) must undergo a medical exam, but are not required to comply with the vaccination requirements at that time. They will be required to comply with the vaccination requirements when they eventually apply for adjustment of status.

Again Yodrak I APOLOGIZE to YOU..Thank you for making me aware of this.

Michelle

Edited June 5, 2006 by Yodrak