DV 2016 Selectee Medicals
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SusieQQQ
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You book it after you get your 2NL.
KKariuki
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SusieQQQ
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The main problem for medicals is communicable diseases (TB especially but also others - see http://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/exams/medical-examination-faqs.html#5 )
Disability or even terminal disease is not disqualifying but as you rightly mention it might raise public charge concerns depending on what it is.
Disability or even terminal disease is not disqualifying but as you rightly mention it might raise public charge concerns depending on what it is.
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
It depends on what form of disability one has. 9 FAM 40:11 Medical Grounds of Ineligibility says:
Any one who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Attorney General)-
- To have a physical or mental disorder and behavior associated with the disorder that may pose, or has posed, a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others, or
- To have had a physical or mental disorder and a history of behavior associated with the disorder, which behavior has posed a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others and which behavior is likely to recur or to lead to other harmful behavior
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86935.pdf
Sm1smom
Super Moderator
9 FAM 40.11 N8 BASIS OF MEDICAL REPORT IN DETERMINING INADMISSIBILITY UNDER INA 212(A)(4)
"In addition to the examination for specific inadmissible conditions, the examining physician must also look for other physical and mental abnormalities that suggest the alien is likely to become a public charge. When identifying a “Class “B”” medical condition that may render the alien inadmissible under INA 212(a)(4) , the examining physician is required to reveal not only the full extent of the condition, but the extent of the approximate treatment needed to care for such condition. Based on the results of the examination, you must determine whether the disease or disability would be likely to render the alien unable to care for him or herself or attend school or work, or require extensive medical care or institutionalization. Thus, certain conditions (e.g., developmental disability) are no longer explicitly listed as inadmissible conditions. Instead, the examining physician’s diagnosis and opinion regarding treatment and disability would be factors for you to consider in your “totality of the circumstances” analysis of admissibility under INA 212(a)(4) . (See 9 FAM 40.41 N5.)"
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86936.pdf (p.7)
"In addition to the examination for specific inadmissible conditions, the examining physician must also look for other physical and mental abnormalities that suggest the alien is likely to become a public charge. When identifying a “Class “B”” medical condition that may render the alien inadmissible under INA 212(a)(4) , the examining physician is required to reveal not only the full extent of the condition, but the extent of the approximate treatment needed to care for such condition. Based on the results of the examination, you must determine whether the disease or disability would be likely to render the alien unable to care for him or herself or attend school or work, or require extensive medical care or institutionalization. Thus, certain conditions (e.g., developmental disability) are no longer explicitly listed as inadmissible conditions. Instead, the examining physician’s diagnosis and opinion regarding treatment and disability would be factors for you to consider in your “totality of the circumstances” analysis of admissibility under INA 212(a)(4) . (See 9 FAM 40.41 N5.)"
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86936.pdf (p.7)