DCF London - Vaccines & Police Reports

[meganf0412 0]

My husband and I are gathering what we can while waiting for our NOA2 and have a few questions. If these answers are already in other threads, apologies & feel free to link me to them.

Vaccines: we have obtained his vaccine records and as he was a premature baby there were many vaccines he did not get as the doctor at the time advised against them. Below are the vaccines that I saw listed on the US Visa website:

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B

Influenza

Influenza type b (Hib)

Measles - has not had vaccine, had measles as a child.

Meningococcal

Mumps - has not had vaccine, had mumps as a child.

Pneumococcal

Pertussis

Polio - had in 2004.

Rotavirus

Rubella - has not had vaccine, had rubella as a child.

Tetanus and diphtheria toxoids - had in 2004.

Varicella

The ones in red are vaccines he has had (though I believe he will need a tetanus booster as they are required every 10 years?). The ones in green he had as a child and therefore never had the vaccines.

Due to this does he need any of the vaccines in green? Will he need a tetanus booster? Also, just to confirm, varicella is exempt in the UK? Are there any others that would be exempt?

Lastly, does anyone have details on which vaccines are available on the NHS? We have had a hard time finding complete information online. I believe the best place to get the remaining vaccines not covered by the NHS will be at a travel clinic. If there are any recommendations for clinics in London, that would be very helpful.

Police Reports- My husband lived in the US on a tourist visa on two separate occasions between 2010 and 2012. The first time he was in the US for exactly 1 year and then the second time was for roughly 9 months. Since this is over a year altogether, do we also need to obtain a US police report for him? If so, does anyone have links for how to go about this one?

Last but not least, is there anything else that we should be gathering while we wait for our NOA2? I think we have everything needed for relationship proof, and I can't really gather my sponsorship details until I move back to the US in September but is there anything else?

Thank you all so much.

[A'n'L 735]

He'll need the MMR vaccine and tetanus booster. I don't have UK spesific knowledge unfortunately. If he's had chickenpox, the varicella vaccine will be waived.

What do you mean that your husband "lived" in the US on a tourist visa? The timelines you give would indicate (if entering on a tourist visa), that he has a history of illegal presence in the US?

[meganf0412 0]

He'll need the MMR vaccine and tetanus booster. I don't have UK spesific knowledge unfortunately. If he's had chickenpox, the varicella vaccine will be waived.

What do you mean that your husband "lived" in the US on a tourist visa? The timelines you give would indicate (if entering on a tourist visa), that he has a history of illegal presence in the US?

Thanks for the info on the vaccines. He has a doctors appointment later this week so hopefully they will be able to give further info.

As for his time in the US, definitely not illegal. He had (/still has as it is valid for 10 years) a multiple entry visa for travelling with friends. I'm not exactly sure the visa type as I've only fully researched the one we're applying for, but it allowed him to stay up to a year at a time with multiple entries. As long as he didn't work (which he didn't) it was all within his visa. He's also visited me on the same visa since 2012 as well and never had any issues. But because of this I am unsure if he will need a police record.

He was in the US collectively for 1 year and just under 9 months between 2010 and 2012 so I believe he would need a police record but still unsure. Any ideas?

[A'n'L 735]

Thanks for the info on the vaccines. He has a doctors appointment later this week so hopefully they will be able to give further info.

As for his time in the US, definitely not illegal. He had (/still has as it is valid for 10 years) a multiple entry visa for travelling with friends. I'm not exactly sure the visa type as I've only fully researched the one we're applying for, but it allowed him to stay up to a year at a time with multiple entries. As long as he didn't work (which he didn't) it was all within his visa. He's also visited me on the same visa since 2012 as well and never had any issues. But because of this I am unsure if he will need a police record.

He was in the US collectively for 1 year and just under 9 months between 2010 and 2012 so I believe he would need a police record but still unsure. Any ideas?

You'll need to figure out which visa it was. A visitor visa is multiple entry, but would not allow him to stay longer than 6 months at the time. Maybe he was able to circumvent that by making short trips abroad, but it should not be possible and if he had continued such behaviour, he would have gotten into issues for violating the terms of his visa.

I believe he wouldn't need to get police records from the US no matter what -- as USCIS would be able to access that without his.

[meganf0412 0]

You'll need to figure out which visa it was. A visitor visa is multiple entry, but would not allow him to stay longer than 6 months at the time. Maybe he was able to circumvent that by making short trips abroad, but it should not be possible and if he had continued such behaviour, he would have gotten into issues for violating the terms of his visa.

I believe he wouldn't need to get police records from the US no matter what -- as USCIS would be able to access that without his.

Thanks for your reply, I appreciate the help!

I just asked him about the specifics of the visa type (as I myself have obviously never had to look at US tourist visas!). He was on a B2 for 6 months and had an approved extension while he was there making it just under a year. He then left and worked in the UK for a few months and then came back to the US for another 6 months (with a 3 month approved extension).

Again he never broke any of the terms of his visa, and has come back to the US for short trips (under 2 weeks each) in 2014 when he visited me before I moved to the UK. He's never had any issues and as far as I was aware there was nothing dodgy on his end.

But it's confusing to me regarding the police records because for this visa it says anywhere you stayed over a year and though he was not there for over a year at a time, he was collectively. So I just want to make sure we get one if it's required.

Thanks again for your help!

[A'n'L 735]

As he was only visiting (although extensively), he was never a US resident. Besides (and most importantly), according to the following site:

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/Supporting_documents.html

Note: Present and former residents of the United States do NOT need to submit any U.S. police certificates.

[meganf0412 0]

As he was only visiting (although extensively), he was never a US resident. Besides (and most importantly), according to the following site:

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/Supporting_documents.html

Note: Present and former residents of the United States do NOT need to submit any U.S. police certificates.

Ah, now I feel silly, I've looked at that page so many times, I missed out that line.

Thanks so much for your help on this!