What happens if vaccines aren't available at the medical examination?

[American Husband 0]

My wife is awaiting the scheduling of a visa interview in Tbilisi and once that interview is scheduled we understand she will need to have a medical examination before the interview. Georgia has a vaccine scarcity problem and so she was not able to obtain all the vaccines on the list. Most of the sources that we read say not to worry because vaccines will be administered at the medical examination. However, this assumes the vaccines are available, so what happens if they aren't? We are particularly worried about the covid vaccine because we saw a case on this site where a medical examination was cancelled in Morocco because the applicant hadn't obtain the covid vaccine on their own.

 

If the physician in Tbilisi isn't able to administer the vaccines, will they take responsibility for this by waiving the requirements or will they make it our problem? We understand that waivers are hard to come by and that vaccines scarcity isn't included on the list of reasons for waivers, but might they give us a pass by having her get vaccinated in the US instead? if not, what we can do about this problem?

[mamba69 40]

On 9/12/2024 at 7:28 AM, American Husband said:

My wife is awaiting the scheduling of a visa interview in Tbilisi and once that interview is scheduled we understand she will need to have a medical examination before the interview. Georgia has a vaccine scarcity problem and so she was not able to obtain all the vaccines on the list. Most of the sources that we read say not to worry because vaccines will be administered at the medical examination. However, this assumes the vaccines are available, so what happens if they aren't? We are particularly worried about the covid vaccine because we saw a case on this site where a medical examination was cancelled in Morocco because the applicant hadn't obtain the covid vaccine on their own.

 

If the physician in Tbilisi isn't able to administer the vaccines, will they take responsibility for this by waiving the requirements or will they make it our problem? We understand that waivers are hard to come by and that vaccines scarcity isn't included on the list of reasons for waivers, but might they give us a pass by having her get vaccinated in the US instead? if not, what we can do about this problem?

If vaccine is truly unavailable they will issue a blanket waiver and won’t put a blame on you. That was my experience with medical examination in Tbilisi. 

[American Husband 0]

2 hours ago, mamba69 said:

If vaccine is truly unavailable they will issue a blanket waiver and won’t put a blame on you. That was my experience with medical examination in Tbilisi. 

Thank you! That helps so much. Did the blanket waiver include COVID?

[mamba69 40]

On 9/23/2024 at 1:52 AM, American Husband said:

Thank you! That helps so much. Did the blanket waiver include COVID?

Covid vaccine was available when I had an exam so I didn't need a blanket waiver for covid. I had two blanket waivers, one for a vaccine that was not available. (similar case to yours) and one for the vaccine that required three doses to be fully immune but they only gave me one dose and noted that there was not enough time to administer the second and third dose. They are pretty accommodating so I would assume you won't face any issues.