Been a few months since I've been here & I need some help please.

[Lyric 0]

Hi all. I don't know if any of you were here a few months back but my fiance and I ran into a huge, horrible nightmare of him being diagnosed with an illness two weeks before his initial interview back in October. We've had to cancel a total of two times. I called last month and they told me that it could be 4 to 6 months till the next interview, which is fine and probably for the best. The man was VERY rude about it. He said "Is your fiance even GOING to be able to come here???" I said, "Well, we are certainly hoping so, sir. We're having to take it one day at a time" Well excuse my fiance for getting an illness that can't be helped!! argh!

Anyway, what I'm worried about now are the forms he got with packet 3. Obviously our dates are out of whack as far as when he was going to enter the U.S. and wedding date and such along with a couple other questions. Are they requiring the forms to be completed by computer now? If so, where does he need to go to get them?

I still don't even know if he's going to get to go to this next interview (it's probably our last shot) and with the horrible luck we've been having they'll find some excuse to deny him even if he goes, due to his illness and the emotional issues he's had because of it. I assume he'll have to get letters from all his doctors (however many he's been dealing with the last few months) explaining his situation to take when he goes for the medical (if he goes) and hope and pray it's acceptable? I dunno. I'm so confused.

I pray that somehow he'll get better and we get through this and he's able to come be with me. As if the stress of the K-1 process isn't enough to deal with.

Thank you for any help you can give.

[CutienPurg 0]

I suppose the 1st question is , did the gentleman at the consulate know what illness your finace has and did he indicate that it could be grounds for inadmissability?

as far as forms go......the DS-156 HAS to be filled out online , printed and brought to the interview unsigned.

http://evisaforms.state.gov/

I sure hope everything works out for you guys and your finace gets on the road to recovery

[DeadPoolX 9]

As far as I know, the best indication of whether or not one may be denied entrance into a foreign country due to illness is if they are typically contagious or are otherwise at risk for spreading their illness via other means (i.e. sexual transmission). Other grounds may be psychological disorders that may result in one proving a potential danger to the populace or becoming a public charge (i.e. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, multiple personalty disorder, etc).

With the first category, the type of contagion is extremely important. Someone attempting to immigrate who has a simple cold virus (and is therefore contagious), will not be denied. Likewise, I can't imagine someone with a relatively simple bacterial infection (such as chlamydia, a very common and easily curable STD) that could be cleared up via antibiotics would be denied as well. Problems might come into play, however, if one had a permanent viral infection (i.e. HIV/AIDS or herpes) or a much more virulent bacterial infection, such as tuberculosis. Physiologically speaking, if he has something that cannot be transfered from one person to another, then it's extremely unlikely that he should be denied entry.

The one caveat to that, of course, is psychological disorders. These cannot, obviously, be transfered from one person to another and yet, some are very serious and can affect others very strongly. As I wrote before, if he were to have a disorder such as schizophrenia, which could result in becoming potentially dangerous to others (and in the eyes of the government, a public charge, which is probably a worse thing to them), then that could possibly become grounds for denial. Much of this, however, would depend on his own personal psychological history and what his psychologist and psychiatrist were to say/write about him. For instance, even if he did have schizophrenia, if he never "acted out," went to therapy sessions, and always took his medication as directed, then there would be few reasons to deny him entry, as he'd be a model patient.

Please do understand that what I have said here is just my take on the entire situation, based upon my working knowledge of medicine and psychology. I am not, nor have I ever been, in the employ of any government body (U.S. or Canada) and they may look at things differently than I do.

[Reba 2]

I he is contagious, or a danger to others, then he could be inadmissable on medical grounds. However, cancer is not contagious, and though I'm sure he's depressed, he's likely not considered a danger to others.

If he were the USC trying to get into Canada, yes, he'd be inadmissable on medical grounds, but because the US does not have universal healthcare, he's not going be a burden on anybody's time or money but your own. My main concern would be the affidavit of support, that you the sponsor have sufficient income and savings to show the CO that you can indeed take care of your husband should he fall ill again after ariving in the US. Medical expenses in the US are incredibly costly, as I'm sure you're aware. And he may not be insurable.

[DeadPoolX 9]

If he has any sort of serious illness (which it sounds like he does), then finding a healthcare provider that will allow him on one of their plans is unlikely. As I believe I told someone else on VJ a while back, I know a person in real life who was turned down from several healthcare providers for ONLY having migraine headaches; otherwise, she was in incredible health. But the health insurance companies didn't want to insure someone who might actually be (gasp!) using their services.

A healthcare insurance provider's number one goal is to retain their money, and pay out as little as possible at all times. They do not feel like they are there to help the patient, except in times of emergency situations. Otherwise, any exhisting ailments could bar you from gaining health insurance in the first place.

It's a very difficult system, at times. But as my Canadian fiancee has said to me before, neither system -- privately-funded or government-funded healthcare -- really works well. Both have some positives, but many negatives. It seems like no one can get a good healthcare system in-place that might actually do some real good.

Oh well. I hope everything works out for you and that your partner comes out okay.

[Lyric 0]

Hey guys, thank you for the responses. Reba remembers our situation. My fiance has cancer and at this point it seems to be taken care of. Of course we know that at any time it could come back and become worse. He suffers from depression as well, but of course it was made 100 times worse because of his illness.

Reba also brings up another scary point about the sponsorship. sigh I have a co-sponsor but she only makes about $5,000 more a year than I do. I only make about $20,000. I just don't want to go through all this and spend all this money only to be denied.

[Lyric 0]

One more thing. Our Affadavit of supports are way out of date now. Where do we get those now?