US Immigration laws stipulate a medical physical exam is necessary for several immigration visas and also for a few non immigration visas. Refugees and applicants who have filed for adjustment status should also go set for the immigration health check, which is also known as the Green Card Physical Examination. The main reason behind administering the Green Card Physical is to explore likelihood of any health conditions that could avoid the applicant from immigrating.
WHAT COULD MAKE AN APPLICANT INELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSIBILITY
USCIS-approved Civil Surgeons are specially designated and may administer the examination in the country. Panel Physicians can run the exam outside the country.
All medical conditions, according to CDC norms are classified into Class A and Class B categories.
If medical ailments of the applicant are categorized as Class A then the applicant cannot gain admission into the country.
4 conditions that could make the applicant inadmissible on the basis of medical health are:
Those people who have any form of communicable disease which could cause concern to public health like: chancroid, gonorrhea, HIV/AIDS, leprosy (infectious), infectious syphilis, infectious TB (Class A TB) and any communicable disease of public significance.
Those applicants who have to apply for immigrant visas or file for adjustment of status but haven't received all the vaccinations as mandated by CDC.
Those people who display physical or mental anomalies, these disorders could also be associated with harmful behavior. There may be DOT physical fees or mental disorders which could have existed in the past though these disorders are not current in today's they are likely to recur in the future and might even result in harmful behavior. Such conditions could lead to the visa being refused.
Individuals who are found to be abusers of drugs. Drug addicts too could fall under the scanner.
All other medical conditions fall under Class B. Medical ailments falling under Class B also involve physical and mental conditions, certain diseases along with other disabilities of serious or permanent nature. Class B category diseases could entertain waivers that may be applied for by applicants.
RELAX PRIOR TO THE IMMIGRATION EXAMINATION