Question on "Class A or B (TB) Req. ATTN of USPHS at POE" annotation

[rolytee]

My wife and I are planning to enter the US next week after finally getting our visas in the DV2014 lottery.

My wife has the "Class A or B (TB) Req. ATTN of USPHS at POE" annotation on her visa and I was trying to figure out what that implies on entry to the US… does anyone have any experience to share?

 

[Sm1smom]

"USPHS" stands for US Public Health Service. The IO at the point of entry may inform your wife she needs to contact the nearest Public Health Service department within a certain number of days (I'm not quite sure how many) for follow up check up and treatment if required.


9 FAM 42.66 N12 REFERRAL OF DOUBTFUL CASES BY PANEL PHYSICIANS TO LOCAL SPECIALISTS AND U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (USPHS/CDC)

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  • 9 FAM 42.66 N12.1 Cases to be Referred Locally if Possible

Since USPHS/CDC does not currently have physicians stationed abroad to whom panel physicians may refer doubtful cases, consular officers should inform local panel physicians that whenever further medical consultation is deemed advisable, the applicant should be referred to an appropriate local specialist at the applicant’s expense. Under generally accepted medical procedures, the specialist should report the findings and opinion to the panel physician who remains responsible for the completion of Form DS-2053, Medical Examination for Immigrant or Refugee Applicant (for use with TB Technical Instructions 1991 and Form DS-3024) or

Form DS-2054, Medical Examination for Immigrant or Refugee Applicant (for use with TB Technical Instructions 2007 and Form DS-3030), Form DS-3026, Medical History and Physical Examination Worksheet, Form DS-3024, Chest X-ray and Classification Worksheet or Form DS-3030, Chest X-Ray and Classification Worksheet, and Form DS-3025, Vaccination Documentation Worksheet, and final results of the medical examination.​

• 9 FAM 42.66 N12.2 Referral to U.S. Public Health Service/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USPHS/CDC) in Rare Instances: In those comparatively rare instances where no local specialist is available for consultation, local panel physicians shall refer specific problems to USPHS/CDC

Source:http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/87891.pdf (pg. 12)

 

[rolytee]

Thanks!

 

[Simon]

Thanks!

They really don't neither at poe or after.my wife too had the same annotation and mentioned it in thus forum way back in Nov 2014,@SusieQQQ suggest ed they might be delayed at the airport but neither the immigration/us pas mentioned it at the poe until now.