Pregnancy Question

[Thomas-n-Elena 0]

My wife is pregnant and we are preparing our paperwork for AOS. We would like to know if there are any other VJer's who have been pregnant and not able to receive all of the vaccinations how their process went. I spoke with a lawyer and they said that we could still go to the interview but USCIS would not grant the AOS until the immunizations were done. Does anyone have any experience in this area?

Note:

Wife has had chicken pox so no need for that shot, need MMR, tetnus and diptheria. Already checked with health department and she can have tetnus and diptheria but no MMR. No immunization records from Russia.

[perfect 39]

This is what I found on the USCIS website which relates to your situation.

Hope that helps.

(A) Streamlined Waiver Procedures Based on the Civil Surgeon’s Certification . Pursuant to established streamlined procedures, you may grant a waiver under section 212(g)(2)(A) or (B) of the Act without form or fee from the applicant. A separate waiver application is not required . Use the civil surgeon's certification provided on the vaccination sign-off to determine whether the applicant may benefit from a waiver under these streamlined procedures. These streamlined procedures apply in cases where: the applicant received the vaccinations that were initially missing, or the civil surgeon certifies that it would not be medically appropriate for the applicant to have one or more of the required vaccinations:

• Vaccination Not Medically Appropriate . CDC has determined that a particular vaccination would not be medically appropriate in the following four scenarios: the vaccine is not recommended by the ACIP for the alien's specific age group; the vaccine is medically contraindicated (e.g., allergies to eggs or yeast, hypersensitivity to prior vaccines, and pregnancy, among other medical reasons); the alien has taken the initial vaccines, but is unable to complete the entire series within a reasonable period of time (e.g., the recommended series of hep atitis vaccines may take as long as 6 months to complete); and the medical examination is not being performed during the fall (flu) season. Note that for immigrant visa applicants abroad, there is a fifth scenario -- the vaccination is not available. This fifth scenario generally does not apply to adjustment of status applicants, as the required vaccines are considered to be available in the United States, absent any unusual circumstances, as described in paragraph (B) of this section.

• "Waivers to Be Requested from INS" . To facilitate the streamlined waiver procedures under section 212(g)(2)(A) and (B) of the Act, the fourth block in item #2 of the vaccination supplement to Form I-693 is the "Waivers to be Requested from INS" section, which is entitled "Blanket/Not Medically Appropriate." There are four separate columns in this block: "Not appropriate age," "Contraindication," "Insufficient time interval," and "Not fall (flu) season." If any of these four columns are checked by the civil surgeon, you may grant the applicant a waiver for the applicable vaccination under section 212(g)(2)(B) of the Act. Note that the civil surgeon will also check the appropriate box in the "Results" section in Part 3 of the vaccination supplement to Form I-693.

Here is the link if you want to check it out for yourself.

http://www.uscis.gov/propub/ProPubVAP.jsp?...7bbd1af456c2e6c

Congratulations on the pregnancy also!

Edited January 13, 2007 by perfect

[Thomas-n-Elena 0]

This is what I found on the USCIS website which relates to your situation.

Hope that helps.

(A) Streamlined Waiver Procedures Based on the Civil Surgeon’s Certification . Pursuant to established streamlined procedures, you may grant a waiver under section 212(g)(2)(A) or (B) of the Act without form or fee from the applicant. A separate waiver application is not required . Use the civil surgeon's certification provided on the vaccination sign-off to determine whether the applicant may benefit from a waiver under these streamlined procedures. These streamlined procedures apply in cases where: the applicant received the vaccinations that were initially missing, or the civil surgeon certifies that it would not be medically appropriate for the applicant to have one or more of the required vaccinations:

• Vaccination Not Medically Appropriate . CDC has determined that a particular vaccination would not be medically appropriate in the following four scenarios: the vaccine is not recommended by the ACIP for the alien's specific age group; the vaccine is medically contraindicated (e.g., allergies to eggs or yeast, hypersensitivity to prior vaccines, and pregnancy, among other medical reasons); the alien has taken the initial vaccines, but is unable to complete the entire series within a reasonable period of time (e.g., the recommended series of hep atitis vaccines may take as long as 6 months to complete); and the medical examination is not being performed during the fall (flu) season. Note that for immigrant visa applicants abroad, there is a fifth scenario -- the vaccination is not available. This fifth scenario generally does not apply to adjustment of status applicants, as the required vaccines are considered to be available in the United States, absent any unusual circumstances, as described in paragraph (B) of this section.

• "Waivers to Be Requested from INS" . To facilitate the streamlined waiver procedures under section 212(g)(2)(A) and (B) of the Act, the fourth block in item #2 of the vaccination supplement to Form I-693 is the "Waivers to be Requested from INS" section, which is entitled "Blanket/Not Medically Appropriate." There are four separate columns in this block: "Not appropriate age," "Contraindication," "Insufficient time interval," and "Not fall (flu) season." If any of these four columns are checked by the civil surgeon, you may grant the applicant a waiver for the applicable vaccination under section 212(g)(2)(B) of the Act. Note that the civil surgeon will also check the appropriate box in the "Results" section in Part 3 of the vaccination supplement to Form I-693.

Here is the link if you want to check it out for yourself.

http://www.uscis.gov/propub/ProPubVAP.jsp?...7bbd1af456c2e6c

Congratulations on the pregnancy also!

Thank you for the congrats, its not confirmed medically yet just one of those 99% accuracy off the shelf tests. Also thank you for the research I had a heck of a time trying to find things on the USCIS website.