Hepatitis B chronic disease

[aloha22 0]

Hi I just need some advice, I am planning to get my dad from the Philippine to bring him here in the US but the problem is.. He has hepatitis B (Chronic Disease) inherited from his Father. Can I still bring him here? What can we do about it since the hepatitis B especially if it is chronic it will always stay in his system.  He went to the doctor and his hepatis last 2017 when he was diagnosed was 8000 and this 2022 is about 5000. can he has a chance to migrate in America?

[SalishSea 17,839]

7 minutes ago, aloha22 said:

Hi I just need some advice, I am planning to get my dad from the Philippine to bring him here in the US but the problem is.. He has hepatitis B (Chronic Disease) inherited from his Father. Can I still bring him here? What can we do about it since the hepatitis B especially if it is chronic it will always stay in his system.  He went to the doctor and his hepatis last 2017 when he was diagnosed was 8000 and this 2022 is about 5000. can he has a chance to migrate in America?

Lol, what?  Sorry, Hep B is not an inherited disease, but an acquired disease.

 

Have you filed air immigrant petition for him?  You don't just go and "get" someone and bring them here.  It is a long process.

[Chancy 6,241]

9 hours ago, aloha22 said:

I am planning to get my dad from the Philippine to bring him here in the US

 

Are you a US citizen?  Just checking so I can move this thread to the correct sub-forum if needed.

 

[Dayanara T 0]

On 8/30/2022 at 12:54 PM, Jorgedig said:

Lol, what?  Sorry, Hep B is not an inherited disease, but an acquired disease.

 

Have you filed air immigrant petition for him?  You don't just go and "get" someone and bring them here.  It is a long process.

It could be inherited if the mother of his dad is Hep B reactive. 

[jan22 3,056]

Hep B is not a genetic disease and cannot be "inherited".  It can be transmitted by/passed from an infected person, usually through contact with blood from the infected person (for example, by an infected mother to her baby at birth).

 

OP, you have posted this in the Permanent Resident thread -- if you are an LPR, you must wait until you are a US citizen before you can petition your father.  (Unless you are talking only about a visit -- then there is nothing you need to do.  Your father would need to apply and qualify on his own merits; it would not be based on anything from you.)

 

If you are a US citizen who is petitioning for your father -- the Hep B diagnosis will not directly keep your father from being approved for an immigrant visa because of his medical condition.  However, given the cost of medical care in the US and the medical complications that can appear or worsen over the years, it will likely cause a closer examination of the public charge issues -- proving you have sufficient resources to provide appropriate medical support would be a consideration.

[SalishSea 17,839]

On 9/15/2022 at 9:52 AM, Dayanara T said:

It could be inherited if the mother of his dad is Hep B reactive. 

Nope.   

[ana ny mo 14]

On 9/15/2022 at 9:52 AM, Dayanara T said:

It could be inherited if the mother of his dad is Hep B reactive. 

His dad has hepa b reactive. His brother died from Hepa B and they are not aware of it and the doctor as everyone in the family to take a test of hepa B and most of his siblings including him is Positive from it.

[SalishSea 17,839]

On 9/18/2022 at 10:57 PM, ana ny mo said:

His dad has hepa b reactive. His brother died from Hepa B and they are not aware of it and the doctor as everyone in the family to take a test of hepa B and most of his siblings including him is Positive from it.

Still not "inherited."   That disease is not transmitted via gene inheritance.

[ana ny mo 14]

23 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Still not "inherited."   That disease is not transmitted via gene inheritance.

so you know better than the doctors? lol

[ana ny mo 14]

Just now, ana ny mo said:

so you know better than the doctors? lol

if your parents have it .. There's a chance that the baby can get it too!  why you keep arguing about it? That's not the main point of my post. don't stress yourself lol

 

1 minute ago, ana ny mo said:

so you know better than the doctors? lol

 

[SalishSea 17,839]

23 minutes ago, ana ny mo said:

so you know better than the doctors? lol

I am an RN, and I have a degree in biology.  Sounds like you have misunderstood.

[ana ny mo 14]

ok argue with our doctor who told that to us not to me lol.

[TBoneTX 45,324]

No bickering, please.

 

VJ Moderation

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

1 hour ago, ana ny mo said:

ok argue with our doctor who told that to us not to me lol.

CDC is the body that determines what is and isn’t a medical ineligibility for immigration so you might be interested in their take on the matter. https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hbv/index.htm

[ana ny mo 14]

1 hour ago, SusieQQQ said:

CDC is the body that determines what is and isn’t a medical ineligibility for immigration so you might be interested in their take on the matter. https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hbv/index.htm

" from mother to baby at birth. " ---- This is what I am talking about. My father and his siblings they were 5 .. All of them have it . Their father had an Hepa B transferred to his mother by sexual intercourse and babies got it.