What are the chances if I am HIV+

[Sept07 0]

Eligibility to file a waivers for HIV+ aliens (those deemed inadmissble under INA 212(a)(1)(A)(1)) is possible under very limited circumstances

One condition is that you are the spouse of a USC

I hope that I could qualify for the slim chance...

He is a USC, very supportive and wants to be, till the end..

He does qualify to file for a waiver. The question is whether the waiver would be approved. Check out the link here:http://www.immigrationequality.org/template.php?pageid=177

From what it says, you'll need to show that you're not a public health risk (you know how HIV is spread and how to be safe), and that you and your spouse have the means to pay for treatment so you won't end up a public charge. It isn't an easy road, but it is there.

First things first: get the test confirmed.

Right, I am waiting for the second test results and anticipating for the best.

All in all am also preparing for the worst ....

Thanks for the above link which am certain has very helpful information.I will take time to go through it so that I can fully prepare myself ...or at least have an idea of the expectations.

Appreciated.

[florida_guy07 0]

AILA. net , I think! You can try .org, .com, anyway you can google AILA.

Hope you've been picking up my good vibrations!!!

And thanks for trusting in us here at VJ, I am equally gratefull to be allowed into your story!

Thanks for the link,I did find it and am sure the details will be very helpful.

I have found alot encouraging words and resources from members here.

In one way or another there should be a way out ....whichever direction it takes.

Thanks

I think the fact that you have good insurance and you can prove to them that you know all risks and how to make sure you don't spread it means you have good chances of having a waiver approved. Good luck. Let us know what happens... we will be praying for the best.

[Sept07 0]

Sept07...

My deepest sympathies to you in this trying time.

I'm thinking of you, even though I don't know who you are.

I can see just by your few posts that you are a strong individual.

Best of luck to you and your husband.

God Bless You.

~Laura

Much appreciated.

Your prayers are working as I feel full of energy and as I adjust to my new health status.

It is tough but am believing and working on accepting,absorbing and living with it...

[Sept07 0]

AILA. net , I think! You can try .org, .com, anyway you can google AILA.

Hope you've been picking up my good vibrations!!!

And thanks for trusting in us here at VJ, I am equally gratefull to be allowed into your story!

Thanks for the link,I did find it and am sure the details will be very helpful.

I have found alot encouraging words and resources from members here.

In one way or another there should be a way out ....whichever direction it takes.

Thanks

I think the fact that you have good insurance and you can prove to them that you know all risks and how to make sure you don't spread it means you have good chances of having a waiver approved. Good luck. Let us know what happens... we will be praying for the best.

That floods me with hope.

I would be the last person to want to spread it to anyone..but as you mentioned it is a matter of proving...which I think I can...

I will surely keep you posted of the outcome of the waiver applications..thru an attorney..

Thanks for your support.

[Sept07 0]

Sorry to heard that.They will denied you. That is contagious disease. How did you get your HIV+?

rude

am I?

Yes. Completely out of order. It's none of your, or anyone else's, business how she came to be HIV+.

Geez.

I can't believe that someone would be so careless or rather insensitive asking this question, and asked if she is rude? THE ANSWER IS, YOU ARE NOT ONLY RUDE BUT THE MEANEST PERSON WHO POSTED YOUR POINT OF VIEW ON THIS THREAD. Looking at your profile shame on you that you are also from the PHILIPPINES. As if you are very sure that she will be denied, what are the immigration lawyers made for?

A simple advice to my kababayan, better take english lessons to correct your grammar. MEAN!!!

To the OP, sorry to hear about your situation don't lose hope I'm sure you looking to the light ahead and I admire you for being brave and positive. If they will deny you, it means there's a reason why it happened. But of course, it would be great if you will get an approval and you are here so take the chances.

Good Luck to you and I want to apologize for the RUDENESS on behalf of the nosy person.

Apology Accepted and thanks ...

I did not at ll take her response with any negativity,just wondered alittle bit.

Anyhow,that is just a small drop of a discouraging element...The good overpowers the bad..

Most of the members have been very supportive and morally uplifting.My spirits are high and I have also got the good information too.

Yes,if things do not work out in my favor,I will take it that it was never meant to be...and life goes on even if in a different/my hoe country ..

I still have high prospects of getting a good job and settling down...though this too will take time...Anyhow I will see how things work out but am hoping for approval and to remain here in the States..

Salaamat(Thanks in Tagalo...) am I right?

Edited October 15, 2007 by Sept07

[Sept07 0]

Sorry to hear this.

You sound like a very strong person.

Praying for you and your husband

I try take situations as they come....However this is the most enormous hurdle to overcome but I am in the process of finding inner strength to manage.

Am sure /have a feeling that inspite of what I have to go thru,it will be much easier if am positive in attitude...

Thanks for your prayers...

[Sept07 0]

Sept07,

This is very important - did they do a Western blot, or was it just the first two ELISA tests that came back positive? If it's the latter, then don't worry just yet, and wait for your Western blot - that will determine if you really have HIV.

When I had my immigration medical, my first two serum ELISA tests were positive too. I was freaking out like there's no tomorrow, and although I knew I coudn't have contacted HIV anywhere, I was scared out of my wits, and the immigration wasn't even a concern. I was thinking how I would go back to my country and get treatment.

Now, per regulations in the US, if the first antibody test comes back positive, they repeat it. If the second one is positive too, they do a Western blot to determine if the antibodies found on the ELISA test are indeed HIV antibodies. Western blot takes about 10 business days. If you havn't done the confirmatory Western blot yet - please, don't panic. Although false positives are rare, I'm the living proof thay they can happen, and I'm 100% HIV negative.

Unless you have a reason to believe you can be positive and you already have had all three tests done - don't worry.

(F) (F) (F) (F) (F) (F)

According to the 2nd doctor, they did three tests( 2 ELISHA) and I WB....

However I have done a second test and am waiting for the results with crossed fingers..

I have been so worried since I first received my results but I guess an adjsuting as well as accepting the situation.I have to learn to live with it too.

The second test results will be a major determinant and possibilities of what directions we shall take on life's journey..

Iwill wait and see while praying for a miracle...( This my red sea which I am praying the it may be split into two..so I can walk across...)

Thanks for your support and encouraging words..

[Sept07 0]

I read this thread early this morning, and I couldn't stop thinking about it all day long. I will not give you sympathy as you are very much alive, and will continue to be so for a very long time - don't let anyone or anything change that! I will give you many prayers for patience, understanding, and goodness. Please do not throw in the towel, or let yourself fall victim to self-defeatist thoughts. As was illustrated above, mistakes are made, and all you can do is remain in a healthy frame of mind and be patient while you wait for news. Keep living your life. You and your family are in my prayers. Stay strong!

This is very touching ,uplifting and I want to express my appreciation.

I feel physically very strong and hope to continue that way,inspite of the bad presence of the virus...

Your prayers will definitely make a big difference in the way things turn out to be and my future too.

Nothing will make me give up because this does not mean end of life...it is just a hurdle to overcome...though a tough one..

Much gratitude to you.

Edited October 16, 2007 by Sept07

[Sept07 0]

Hi Sept07 glad to see you have a great attitude about this. That is so much of the battle! I know I already posted support to you, but I wanted to do it again.

I said a prayer for you today. Just wanted you to know that you will remain there in my prayers for you to have the strength to kick the azz off this HIV. We all know you can and will do it! Like Lal keeps pointing out, it's not the death sentence it used to be...nowhere near!

Btw everyone...concerning the 'rude' poster...I don't think English is that poster's first language, and it may have just come out wrong....let's not turn this thread into hatin on that poster, instead let's just show the love n support to Sept07.

Please keep us posted!

LisaD

Prayers from VJ member are and will continue to be a Blessing.I have found alot of inner peace ,strength and positivity since starting this thread.I feel the presence of good-willed people in this forum.

I was shocked and felt judged by the rude poster but I have learnt to ignore any discouraging elements that come my way,esp at the moment when am going thru this horrible crisis.

I have to be the source of my own happiness by focusing more on the good and am also sure that I will meet people who are quick to judge,slow to understand and unlikely to accept me as I am...

All contributors to this thread( except HER) have been so much a source of my inspiration during cloudy moment...I will do my best to do the best for my life... this am sure is just a begining of many years to come..(Thats how I feel)

Thank you

[Sept07 0]

Every single person in life has hurdles that they must overcome. Very true

Some people are given much harder things to battle than others. If you are indeed positive, then it is a fact of life that you cannot change and if that is the case, then begin passing through the shock and pain of knowing that it has happened and try to start moving toward a better future... Toward happiness because you can be happy.

I am in total agreement with you! I am the ultimate source of my happiness and my current status will not hinder me from being happy.

There have been moments when I think about my ambitions,the far I have come in life and on deeper introspection,I break down feeling torn apart.

After many years of massive input and hardwork,it is unbelievable that I end up a sick person..I do not feel sick though..

I am going thru the process of accepting that am +ve and reminding myself that life has to go on...

There are not a lot of people who understand HIV and there are so many people who are uneducated as well. The reality here is that you are not sick, you have a virus that can be contained and that can lay dormant in your system for years and years. You can live and you are living. You are the same person today that you were yesterday and the only difference is that you are tuned in with what is going on with your body.

If anyone had asked me about my health status before I went for the test, I would have stood my ground with a belief that I was perfectly healthy.

The day I went for my results began on a very happy note in preparation to start my paperwork of AOS. Little did I know that it would be the saddest day as well as the beginning of a new era of my life..

I have been devastated while absorping the facts and accepting that this is a situation I can not change whatsoever....I am also waiting for my second test results...

Not many people even think to get tested or even pay attention to their health. There are many people in this world who carry diseases and spread them without ever knowing that they have it. You have a certain amount of power in knowing what is going on with your body and you know what? You have a caring and loving husband who is willing to fight this fight with you and remain by your side and support you and love you despite the trials of time... That is something that some people can never in their lifetime obtain.

Exactly.I was in the same boat before the test...did not care much about my body as I assumed being very healthy...Now I am very aware and will seek to understand my system even more.I have also developed a stronger desire to know what is best for me in all ways. My husband is such a Blessing and has provided me a shoulder to lean on and has promised to be by my side at all times.....

You are still lucky and you still have life and you are okay and things are going to be okay. You may have to change your plans, but at the end of the day you are still going to find the path to happiness and you will still have the love of your life beside you and you will still be the wonderful person that you are despite what some dumb test says. You are going to succeed in this life and you can make it. When life throws something at you, stop and scream this...

“It that all you have for me!? It this it life!? Come on...Give me something harder

Impressive! Thanks a heap...I count myself lucky and in a way I know that something is going to work out...

My condition will may affect me in some ways but am doing my best not to be affected negatively because I know that negative enrgies can cause the condition to get worse.I have comforted myself by knowing that there many people suffering from other longterm diseases and counting myself as one of them...I am hardening my nerves each new day and very determined to live a meaningful life....I am preparing to rattle to the core

Sure, this is a battle, but it is just like any other battle in life. You can draw your sword and chop through this like you have done with every problem before this. Life is not always easy, but we have to take what is given to us and accept the fact that it is not always easy. You can do anything... It is up to you to choose what to do with the time in this world that is given to you, just as it is for all of us.

You have gone through immigration and you have battled many trials as it is. Throw this on top of the pile of things to get through and begin getting through them because there is no other road to take.

You are going to come across ignorant people in your time and they are not going to understand because they are uneducated or narrow minded. You are going to run into people who may not accept you, but that is the same in all factors of life. I can walk into a room of people and not be accepted or liked just as any other person.

Just because not all humans are smart, does not mean that it should affect your quality of life. You are alive and well and you are loved and some people in this world cannot say that for themselves. You are going to make it because you can make it. You are strong and now you just happen to know a little bit more about yourself. Good luck in your journey of life and happiness and remember that there are people out there who do know and who do understand and who will love you and support you through everything.

This is outright reality. Tough times,if handed well can have happy endings...

In my case the end is nothing but death....BUT before then I want to have had a quality happy life.

Moving from a healthy to an unhealthy uncertain life is the most difficult thing to do and more so accepting the fact that I am now sick, will be on medication all my life and finally to the other world...That is clear in my mind..

After much prayer and researching on HIV,I am getting alot of information and strength to anchor on a pillar of positivity...I have a big role to play in making my life a possibility in this adversity.

I shall remain profoundly and forever grateful for your support and kind words.

B Blessed..

[the soon to be Madore's 0]

I am in the process of adjusting my status from student (F1 Visa) after marrying a US citizen.

My medical tests which are a requirement by USCIS resulted with a HIV+ status.

This is the most devastating thing in my life and am now very worried about my interview and the whole process..

Can anyone help me by advising me on what we should do??

I am afraid that the whole thing is messed up yet I have already lost my student status and on the route to the end of life....

Anyone with any kind of advise please share with me.

Will this lead to rejectection and if so, at what stage?

Is there anything we can do to ensure a smoothness?

Thanks in advance..

You are in our thoughts and prayers!

[Sept07 0]

I am in the process of adjusting my status from student (F1 Visa) after marrying a US citizen.

My medical tests which are a requirement by USCIS resulted with a HIV+ status.

This is the most devastating thing in my life and am now very worried about my interview and the whole process..

Can anyone help me by advising me on what we should do??

I am afraid that the whole thing is messed up yet I have already lost my student status and on the route to the end of life....

Anyone with any kind of advise please share with me.

Will this lead to rejectection and if so, at what stage?

Is there anything we can do to ensure a smoothness?

Thanks in advance..

You are in our thoughts and prayers!

Thanks

I truly need that at this time.

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

Much appreciated.

Your prayers are working as I feel full of energy and as I adjust to my new health status.

It is tough but am believing and working on accepting,absorbing and living with it...

You are an inspiration.

[Lovetoteach 53]

Your courage and strength are truly amazing. I pray that you and your husband will have a wonderful life together..

In my thoughts

shona

[zqt3344 21]

I am in the process of adjusting my status from student (F1 Visa) after marrying a US citizen.

My medical tests which are a requirement by USCIS resulted with a HIV+ status.

This is the most devastating thing in my life and am now very worried about my interview and the whole process..

Can anyone help me by advising me on what we should do??

I am afraid that the whole thing is messed up yet I have already lost my student status and on the route to the end of life....

Anyone with any kind of advise please share with me.

Will this lead to rejectection and if so, at what stage?

Is there anything we can do to ensure a smoothness?

Thanks in advance..

It will be denied.