Drug Test

[crow_dio 0]

Does anyone know if a drug screening is a part of the medical exam that is conducted for the K1 Visa?

[Erik 0]

Does anyone know if a drug screening is a part of the medical exam that is conducted for the K1 Visa?

They do blood tests... so I would say yes

Edited November 5, 2006 by Erik

[kitkat1 5]

Yes - because drug use is an ineligibility for a visa to the US.

Edited November 5, 2006 by kitkat1

[YuAndDan 153]

Yes.

Section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act reads:

(a) Classes of Aliens Ineligible for Visas or Admission.-Except as otherwise provided in this Act, aliens who are inadmissible under the following paragraphs are ineligible to receive visas and ineligible to be admitted to the United States:

(1) Health-related grounds.-

(A) In general.-Any alien-

(iv) who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) to be a drug abuser or addict, is inadmissible.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/ineligib...ities_1364.html

[felnfrank 1]

Yes.

Section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act reads:

(a) Classes of Aliens Ineligible for Visas or Admission.-Except as otherwise provided in this Act, aliens who are inadmissible under the following paragraphs are ineligible to receive visas and ineligible to be admitted to the United States:

(1) Health-related grounds.-

(A) In general.-Any alien-

(iv) who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) to be a drug abuser or addict, is inadmissible.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/ineligib...ities_1364.html

oh really? mmmm i just had my drug test during my driver's license application, it was a quick test, they used my urine sample...twas negative... so they have blood testing for it....hate it...

[sjoefl01 1]

I really don't think they do drug tests with blood. This topic comes up often here and I really think that standard drug tests use urine. I know that they can detect drugs through blood but I don't think that is SOP.

Maybe I am wrong and I certainly would not want to imply that you don't have to worry about drug use through this procedure but I think that their extent of drug probing is the questions that the panel physician asks.

[lennon 0]

Drug tests can be done with blood or urine as well as hair samples and a number of other unusual methods.