Last time we had looked at tuberculosis as one of the medical conditions that should be taken care of by applicants during the course of taking on the Immigration Medical Examination. Here is one more physical condition that could affect the exam and is discussed below:
Syphilis:
Physicians diagnose syphilis by prescribing a blood test, and sometimes may carry out a combination of lesions. The disease is easy to detect with an inexpensive blood test as the body produces infection-fighting antibodies soon after the body is infected with the disease. These antibodies stay on in the blood for years after the infection. It is also relatively difficult to tell from the blood test as to how long the patient may have had the infection. Every pregnant woman should carry out this blood test, so that the risk of transmitting the disease to her developing baby is reduced.
WHAT DO YOU DO DURING THE IMMIGRATION MEDICAL EXAM
If the applicant has had syphilis in the past then a written certificate, signed by a doctor or a public health official should be presented to the USCIS surgeon during the course of the Immigration Medical Examination, to prove that the applicant has been medically treated and sufficiently cured.
If the applicant has ever had a positive VDRL or has been tested positively in another blood test for syphilis and was not being treated a written explanation signed by the doctor should be produced and shown to the USCIS-approved Civil Surgeon
For immigration applicants who are applying for a green card or permanent residency in the United States they should know that children under 15 years of age are not required to undergo chest x-rays or blood tests. But they are required to undergo immunizations and also go through a general physical examination.
To help the USCIS-approved surgeon make as accurate a report as possible, the applicant should discuss their medical history and current conditions, if any, such as diabetes, hypertension, or any other conditions, as well as medication being taken.
MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND HISTORY: 1) TUBERCULOSIS:
If the immigrant applicant has tested positively for tuberculosis a certificate will have to be brought from the doctor that gives details of the circumstances surrounding the positive test results, the treatment taken, what kind of medication was prescribed and the tenure of the treatment.
A written certificate, signed by the doctor should be taken from the doctor that proves that the applicant was adequately treated. The written certificate should include dates and the type of medication taken.
If there has ever been an abnormal chest x-ray arrange to get the last x-rays taken and bring them to the examination.
The actual may be required (not the typed reports) so that the same can be compared with the x-rays that will be taken at the immigration medical examination.
We shall look at other medical conditions that could impact the examination. Keep watching this space for more details!
There is still a lot of uncertainty about exactly how the recently announced immigration order from Obama is going to benefits millions of immigrant applicants in the USA. Here are 3 things that you need to know about the immigration order:
1. HOPE FOR PARENTS
Many parents of American citizens, who are themselves undocumented citizens will be allowed to stay and work in the United States legally. Estimates from reliable sources put the number of these undocumented immigrants at 3.3 million.
2. WHAT WILL CHANGE?
This is one thing that the Obama government is not ready to answer yet. But the administration has laid out a broad outline of what it intends to do: Many parents of American citizens, who are undocumented immigrants themselves, will be allowed to stay and work in the United States on a legal basis, so the immigration waiting game is proposed to end soon. Other areas of reform include extending the deferment of deportation date for immigrants who were brought to the United States as children. Although the President enacted a rule in the year 2012, permitting some of these children to avoid deportation, there were still age restrictions. Changing and enhancing this rule could mean that hundreds and thousands of more children could be brought into the fold.
3. NEW RESOURCES FOR THE BORDER
The executive order proposes to allocate more resources to equip the borders of the country, through which a lot of illegal infiltration has been taking place. By allocating more resources and manpower to secure the borders a lot of illegal entry can be curbed.
WILL ALL THIS BE ENOUGH?
Even under the broadest possible interpretation around 5 million undocumented immigrants are expected to gain access to relief under the order. That is far below, in fact, fewer than half of the 11.7 million currently believed to be in the United States. So the President’s action could be far less sweeping than a comprehensive bill passed with the help of the Congress.
Moreover, the entire measure could be temporary. The next President could just undo the orders and re-initiate deportations. But as the Congress is highly unlikely to pass a comprehensive bill Obama’s action may be just the best that activists can hope for.
President Obama, in a recent speech in one of the states of USA challenged the Congress and defended his executive action of last month, with an effort to enlist support for the order. He defended his plan, much to the chagrin of the congressional Republicans, who stated that he lacked the authority to put such large-scale immigration policy without the required legislative action. 20 states have so far joined a lawsuit, however, challenging the President’s actions.
President Obama recapitulated his challenge to the Congress, which has till now failed to enact a comprehensive immigration reform. He stated that when members of the Congress questioned him on his authority to do that he had only one answer – yes, and that was to pass a bill. He reiterated that nobody was going to have a path to actual citizenship until a law was passed.
All these remarks were delivered at a two-year old immigrant community center in the nation’s country music capital – Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville is fast emerging as one of the speediest growing migrant populations in USA, and that is why President Obama chose to make his speech there. 12 per cent of the city’s population is made up of immigrants; this is a diverse group that includes Hispanic immigrants as well as a large number of others – Kurdish, Somali and Burmese refugees. It is estimated that around 50,000 immigrants living in the city do not have legal status.
