Visa/Greencard Approved, but STATE wants to do another Sputum test

[CatDudes 0]

Hi all,

 

We are experiencing a bit of a conundrum with my husbands status regarding TB. He had some issues on his Xray during the Medical Exam in Paris, he is Portuguese and Paris is where the consulate is that handles Immigration Interviews and medical exams, so they made him do a sputum test over three days. He returned "home" to Portugal and waited the 6-7 weeks for the results and he was Negative. A few weeks ago the Nevada Department of Health reached out and we went there today and were told because of his X-Rays they want ANOTHER Sputum test (plus $200). 

The problem with this is that he is scheduled to do training in Denver in a few days and then has trips (he is an international flight attendant), but the Nurse at the Dept of Health office said he cannot leave Clark County, NV until he is cleared in July AFTER the second sputum test has been done. We asked why they don't just look at the first Sputum test from Paris which was negative and clear him then and there and she retorted back that they can't use it because it is older than 3 months (by 3-7 days by the way!). So as ridiculous as that is here is where we are completely gobsmacked by this whole thing:

So while she said he can't leave the county until he is cleared in July, she basically said "see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil" in regards to his training and flights he is scheduled for, essentially suggesting that he COULD leave the county and do what he has to do. Our problem with this is that, while he already did a sputum test in Feb and was declared negative by the USCIS Federal side of this immigration case, the state of Nevada is not satisfied that he doesn't have TB and we are afraid that his leaving the county on a place on any level could cause problems that might result in jail time or fines. Does anyone know what the best course of action is here? 

The nurse told us, off the record, it'll be fine as long as they don't find out, but how do we know they won't? And if they do they we have no idea what that means for his greencard/visa and/or job with a major American airline. Right now we are thinking we will max out our credit and just try to manage until July/August when he is cleared, but at the same time we are left utterly confused if that is even necessary because the Federal side of this is satisfied that he DOES NOT have TB. 

I apologize for repeating points here to articulate the cause of our newfound worry and confusion. It seems ridiculous that this is even an issue after going through a sputum test and waiting the 6 weeks once already. We just don't want to violate any laws, which seems to be what would happen if he did leave the CLARK COUNTY NEVADA, much less the state (for training in Denver) or the country (to fly between Europe and the USA). 

 

We are both just ready to cry at this point. We thought it was done with, that at most the state would want a follow-up/meet-and-greet to put a face to the paperwork and collect his x-rays from the Medical Exam in Paris, but now we are back to the sputum test and wait thing which also means a loss of two months of income, again, which we really can't afford and will put us into even more debt than we have stepped into since starting the interview process in February. 

 

Please, if anyone with knowledge about this can shed some light on the BEST course of action to deal with this, any information/advice is desperately needed and greatly appreciated! 

 

Sincerely,

 

"The CatDudes" in Nevada

Edited May 11, 2018 by TBoneTX
to remove term avoiding site's word-filter

[milimelo 4,568]

They’re following CDC guidelines and they can do that as you’re now living in their state. Public health issue. Give them want they want. It’s not going to interfere with green card. 

[geowrian 22,338]

Whenever somebody says it’s fine as long as nobody finds out, it’s probbaly not on the up-and-up or something worth considering. Agreed - send them what they want and it’ll become a moot point and not wonder if they will ever find out.

[CatDudes 0]

Yeah, that's kind of where we are with this. It's just so frustrating to think we were done with all this only to be right back into another hurry up and wait scenario! Thanks for the insight and feedback!