Medical results at interview

[Pauley 2]

While Yvonne was at the first window going over paperwork during the interview process, the woman behind the desk asked for her medical results, which Yvo provided. After she opened up the folder and looked over the paperwork, she wrote something down on her worksheet and, where prompt appeared on the paper to "Circle: Class A or B," she circled B. Anyone have any idea what this means? It didn't affect our approval status, but Yvonne's curious.

Thanks!

[trailmix 77]

Does she have diabetes?

Have a look at this form - everything listed from item 2 to item 5 is considered class B - Communicable Diseases - then at number 6 it asks for them to note Class B other: like hypertension or diabetes.

[HeatDeath 430]

I have type 2 diabetes (very mild and under tight control, thank G-d), which I duly reported to the CS at my medical examination via a doctor's letter (which my doctor really, REALLY didn't want to give me, and ended up charging me $26 for, but that's another story). This is apparently a "Class B" condition, which probably means "not a public health risk, but requiring ongoing care and/or followup upon arrival in the US". The IO was slightly concerned that I had no immediate method of getting health insurance, but approved me anyways.[she said, jokingly, something to the effect of "If we start denying people just for having diabetes the whole system would collapse! ] I ended up actually having "Medical: Class B" put in the annotation field on the bottom of my K-1 visa. Whether that was a procedural necessity or up to the IO's discretion, I don't know.

The general upshot is that, as you have experienced, Class B conditions are not an obstacle to approval. Depending on what the medical condition is, and whether or not you knew about it before, it's nothing to worry about.

If you want more info about what the actual medical report says, there is an option. The guy at the consulate who handed me my visa packet told me "This envelope contains three copies of your medical report. Ask the border officer for one of them when you enter the US." I did so, explaining about the guy at the consulate and saying that I probably needed it for AOS. The CBP officer was already a little crusty at that point (dealing with my papers for a hour and a half(!) will probably do that ), but seemed to have no real problem with it, and I ended up with a full copy of my medical. It will explain in detail precisely what the Class B condition is.