Has anyone refused a vaccine?

[Aloe 10]

I was wondering if anyone has received a waiver for a vaccine or several. I know that I have ALL of the required vaccines except the HPV vaccine and personally I don't want to receive the vaccine.

I do not want to start a debate on whether vaccinating is right or wrong, personally, I just don't believe there has been enough research into the HPV vaccine as there should have been before they started to administer it in mass numbers. I don't feel safe receiving this vaccine however, I am unsure of how much this will affect my application for AOS.

Has anybody received a waiver or had an experience with this?

[Ginger cat 3]

i dont know, but i am surprised that they ask for that vaccine, given that in france, the public healht minister decided that not to give it to women when they have been sexually active something like more than 2 nyears, bc once you have it, the vaccine wil be inefficient. And it appears, statisticaly, that we are int ouch with that virus very ealry when we begin to have sexual relationship.

so for instance, for a woman thart is in her late 30's and have known about many males, or even a few but those ones were transmitter...so needless to say, it's a vaccine for NOTHING.

i really don't see the point of usa in wanting to give it massively to any female immigrant.

Edited April 21, 2009 by Ginger cat

[Bobby+Umit 161]

I was wondering if anyone has received a waiver for a vaccine or several. I know that I have ALL of the required vaccines except the HPV vaccine and personally I don't want to receive the vaccine.

I do not want to start a debate on whether vaccinating is right or wrong, personally, I just don't believe there has been enough research into the HPV vaccine as there should have been before they started to administer it in mass numbers. I don't feel safe receiving this vaccine however, I am unsure of how much this will affect my application for AOS.

Has anybody received a waiver or had an experience with this?

Vac Wavier

Looks like it will cost you $545.00 to file that - and wait for it to be approved before you they decide you case.

Edited April 21, 2009 by Bobby_Umit

[Jon&Lindsey 0]

Any chance you'll age out of requiring the vaccine soon (the age limit is 26)? I'd be wary of applying for a waiver, since the instructions for the medical exam form state that if the waiver is denied, you may be ineligible for the immigration benefits you are applying for - not sure I'd want to take that chance! I do sympathise though, I wouldn't want to have it either, I was just lucky that I was just too old to have to.

[Aloe 10]

Nope. No chance of me aging out of it any time soon. Not for a few years yet.

I'm really upset that they could make such a controversial and useless vaccine mandatory. I really am not sure of what I should do. *sigh*

If I do choose to get it I will only need the first dose to pass the medical as far as I know. If that's the case can I do that and then just NOT get the 2nd and 3rd or would they follow up and an interview later down the line to make sure I received the rest?

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Nope. No chance of me aging out of it any time soon. Not for a few years yet.

I'm really upset that they could make such a controversial and useless vaccine mandatory. I really am not sure of what I should do. *sigh*

If I do choose to get it I will only need the first dose to pass the medical as far as I know. If that's the case can I do that and then just NOT get the 2nd and 3rd or would they follow up and an interview later down the line to make sure I received the rest?

You can always talk to the doctor about it?

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Nope. No chance of me aging out of it any time soon. Not for a few years yet.

I'm really upset that they could make such a controversial and useless vaccine mandatory. I really am not sure of what I should do. *sigh*

If I do choose to get it I will only need the first dose to pass the medical as far as I know. If that's the case can I do that and then just NOT get the 2nd and 3rd or would they follow up and an interview later down the line to make sure I received the rest?

I believe several women on VJ have done just that.

[Septembergold 0]

I did get an HPV vaccine. But only the first shot for AOS. My doctor told me it`s all i needed... so i`m not planning on getting the other 2 shots.

Edited April 25, 2009 by Septembergold

[Ryoka 0]

I dunno it helps you or not but I sent I-693 without getting some shots and chest X-ray due to pregnancy with I-485, but at interview, I was just asked to re-send I-693 with chest X-ray. Not mentioned about those shots I was supposed to get.

[blue123 0]

I dunno it helps you or not but I sent I-693 without getting some shots and chest X-ray due to pregnancy with I-485, but at interview, I was just asked to re-send I-693 with chest X-ray. Not mentioned about those shots I was supposed to get.

Can't remember exactly where I read this but I remember something about if you have an allergy to yeast you can be exempt from the vaccination. Maybe worth looking into.

[La Souris 19]

You may want to read this post: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;#entry2724611

Good luck

[AkikoA 0]

hi,

I just come back home from CS and he told me i need to have that because of i am under 26 yo

and he told me i can get HPV vaccine at public hospital for free.

I guess i have to do..

what did you do??

did you get vaccine??

[B&M 0]

I was in the same case and I really didn't want to have ( in france like someone already told you you do not get it if you already have more than 2years of sexual activities)

so I spoke to a normal doctor in my city she said that my country was stupid and I should do it ( I really hate how she reacted ) and was upset that nobody was agree on the good or bad effect of it !

So I went to the civil surgeon and she told me that you cannot write on the paper that the patient refuse a vaccin because the immigration won't accept that and send you back the paper until you do it , so we discuss and she said since you are married you are not suppose to have other partner and anyways if I already had we already would have transmit to each other so she tacks on the paper :Contra- indication !!!

and we didn't have any problems coming from the immigration about the vaccins !

spoke on the phone to the surgeon !

hope it works for you too

mel

[RebeccaAndPhil 5]

I was in the same case and I really didn't want to have ( in france like someone already told you you do not get it if you already have more than 2years of sexual activities)

so I spoke to a normal doctor in my city she said that my country was stupid and I should do it ( I really hate how she reacted ) and was upset that nobody was agree on the good or bad effect of it !

So I went to the civil surgeon and she told me that you cannot write on the paper that the patient refuse a vaccin because the immigration won't accept that and send you back the paper until you do it , so we discuss and she said since you are married you are not suppose to have other partner and anyways if I already had we already would have transmit to each other so she tacks on the paper :Contra- indication !!!

and we didn't have any problems coming from the immigration about the vaccins !

spoke on the phone to the surgeon !

hope it works for you too

mel

After reading this, I have a question..I am a USC petitioning an I-130 for my fiance (will be husband in 2 months) for AOS. Do I need to get biometrics done and this HPV vaccine? Or are vaccines/biometrics only for the alien relative to have done? If I need to get this vaccine I will most definitely also have problems with getting it..

[AkikoA 0]

medical is for foreign spouse~