1. What are all the things that I need to carry with me to the Immigration Medical Examination?

When you plan to take the examination you are required to carry along your passport, and any other government-issued photo identity proof with you. You are also required to carry along reports of your vaccination history, if you have any. In the case of applying for your immigration visa from outside of the USA you are required to bring along 3 current visa sized photographs.

 2. Can I take advantage of a ‘medical waiver’ if any?

Yes you can! What a medical waiver does is to enable the immigration applicant to stay and reside in the USA even if he or she is inadmissible on the grounds of medical health. A medical waiver is generally granted on a case-to-case basis.

One is eligible for a waiver if:

• One is the spouse or unmarried son or daughter or the minor, unmarried adopted child of a person who is a U S citizen or legal permanent resident, or
• One has a son or daughter or is a lawfully adopted child who is a US citizen or a legal permanent resident, or
• One is a self-petitioning spouse or child due to existing abuse.

 3. What is meant by medical grounds of inadmissibility?

This is a term used when an applicant has a health problem and poses a risk to public health in the USA.

We shall talk more about this term in our next post!