Husband admits during medical he smoked weed 4 years ago

[JensJrny2Ray 367]

They do test for HIV.

It depends on the country. In Canada they don't test for HIV for the K1. They also do not administer drug tests.

[rjm_cmyk 75]

Impressed as I am with outraged sense of honesty displayed in this thread I am somewhat confused about the original logic. If the act of simply *admitting* having taken a bit of weed in the past results in a one year ban then as such an admission would be true 12 months later too so then that's effectively a permanent ban. A blood test which confirms the fact you may be a current consumer is of course a different matter but did the OP confirm that a blood test was being done ?

At the very least I'd like to thank the OP's SO as it tells me that should one have partaken then one might well be careful how the question was answered.

[LucidSofia 59]

Impressed as I am with outraged sense of honesty displayed in this thread I am somewhat confused about the original logic. If the act of simply *admitting* having taken a bit of weed in the past results in a one year ban then as such an admission would be true 12 months later too so then that's effectively a permanent ban. A blood test which confirms the fact you may be a current consumer is of course a different matter but did the OP confirm that a blood test was being done ?

At the very least I'd like to thank the OP's SO as it tells me that should one have partaken then one might well be careful how the question was answered.

You bring up a VERY good point. I would think they would have to test for drugs to actually ban you.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

They do test for HIV.

No, they don't... or they shouldn't per the CDC instructions for panel physicians: http://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/exams/ti/hiv-guidance-panel-civil.html

On November 2, 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services published a final rule regarding HIV infection. In this final rule, HIV infection was removed from the list of inadmissible conditions for immigration purposes and from the scope of the immigrant medical examination. The rule is effective on January 4, 2010. Thus, beginning January 4, 2010, HIV testing will no longer be required as part of the U.S. immigration medical screening process and persons with HIV infection will no longer require waiver processing by the Department of Homeland Security to be admitted into the United States. These changes for HIV do not affect technical instructions for other inadmissible conditions, such as tuberculosis.

Pursuant to this final rule, beginning January 4, 2010, panel physicians and civil surgeons should

- No longer test for HIV infection.

- Put a line through the spaces for HIV test results on the DS 2053/2054 and I-693 forms, respectively, until those forms are amended.

- Record HIV infection disclosed by an applicant as a Class B Other condition on the DS 2053/2054 and I-693, respectively.

[laurabeth 4]

It's hard to believe that all those who have entered the U.S. on the K-1 have never tried marijuana in their lives. Which suggests that MANY people have lied in order to avoid the one year ban consequence. With this policy the United States is encouraging people to lie about their past experiences with marijuana, and punishing those who are being honest.

If the reasoning behind the drug testing is to keep out drug abusers.. a simple drug test should prove that the person is able to stay clean, or at least get clean. But the automatic one year ban only encourages lying and continues to allow those people, who they are trying to weed out (excuse the pun), to enter anyway by doing what they have no problem doing: lying.

[Peter_Pan 661]

I know my case is different but I know how it feels to be worry about telling the truth. My now husband and I are related (we are 3rd cousins). When we decided to get married and applied for a k1 visa, we first went to an immigration lawyer (we didn't know anything about visajourney then) and when she was checking our case, she dumped our I129 f saying that we CAN'T say we are cousins. She destroyed ALL our forms and basically she started filling a new ones, full of a bunch of lies. Even when she created a whole perfect story, in our heart we felt, we were doing so wrong! I knew it was very very wrong. Even when already paid her like $300 just to begin (she wanted to charged us $1500 for take our case), we decided to destroy what she did and start from the scratch. That's when we found visajourney. Against all odds and against her adviced (and many people advices) we decided to do the right thing and tell the truth no matter what. When she found out she almost made fun of us, saying that we're not gonna make it. I was like "will see". We could stick to our lie cause he is a white blond and blue eyes 5'11 and I'm dark hair, dark skin 5'5 girl. Against all odds our process took only 7 month to be done, we had a great interview (the CO didn't care about us being related) and I've almost a year since I came here. We've no issues. My point is that sometimes doing the right thing is not always the easiest thing, sometimes, the right thing to do us against our common sense. Maybe he could had lie and nobody will noticed it, but, I truly think that God is watching us all the time. Pray, pray hard... I do believe in miracles

What if you hadn't gotten the visa because you were related? What then? Or if the whole thing would have taken an extra year? Easy to tell the truth when nothing bad comes out of it.

[Peter_Pan 661]

Be thankful to your husband....someone dare suggest you divorce him ??? this individual has displayed he has a conscience

and not a penchant to lie even after being tutored....U have a good man respect his decision, yes it may be a yr later and a few

more bucks but his action shows he wont be one to come here, lie and cheat causing you heartache, and he may or may not

be penalized for the truth .stay bless

Honestly, I think he is just stupid. As simple as that.

[Andrea&Henry 311]

What if you hadn't gotten the visa because you were related? What then? Or if the whole thing would have taken an extra year? Easy to tell the truth when nothing bad comes out of it.

When we decided to be honest with our process, we knew the risk we were willing to take...be denied! We are not stupids. Having a denied k1 visa will not stop us in order to ve together. We had a plan B (get married in my homecountry and then apply for a CR1). But the thing is, that we were scared because not only 2 immigrations lawyer told us not to say the truth but to many people around us! Besides I met several people here who were engage with relative and they were deny also. So it was not easy cause we had so many things to lose but we wanted to be honest since the very beginning. Thanked God He was by our side and we made it

[Peter_Pan 661]

Marriage visas are also denied all the time. My point was, you dont know what sort of advice you would have given if things had turned out differently. You told the truth and it worked out for you; for others it meant a lifetime ban.

[Robinhood 13]

It's hard to believe that all those who have entered the U.S. on the K-1 have never tried marijuana in their lives. Which suggests that MANY people have lied in order to avoid the one year ban consequence. With this policy the United States is encouraging people to lie about their past experiences with marijuana, and punishing those who are being honest.

If the reasoning behind the drug testing is to keep out drug abusers.. a simple drug test should prove that the person is able to stay clean, or at least get clean. But the automatic one year ban only encourages lying and continues to allow those people, who they are trying to weed out (excuse the pun), to enter anyway by doing what they have no problem doing: lying.

Agree with you, also there are thousands of F1(students), B1/B2, H1b/H4(work) issued every year, none of these people go through 1 year ban, infect they don't even ask them to take blood test not even after they migrate to State and file for their green card.

[Andrea&Henry 311]

It's hard to believe that all those who have entered the U.S. on the K-1 have never tried marijuana in their lives. Which suggests that MANY people have lied in order to avoid the one year ban consequence. With this policy the United States is encouraging people to lie about their past experiences with marijuana, and punishing those who are being honest.

If the reasoning behind the drug testing is to keep out drug abusers.. a simple drug test should prove that the person is able to stay clean, or at least get clean. But the automatic one year ban only encourages lying and continues to allow those people, who they are trying to weed out (excuse the pun), to enter anyway by doing what they have no problem doing: lying.

Im 10000% agree with you! They shouldn't be so hard on something that SO many people had tried. I'd never try it before (only alcohol and cigarrets) but my USC husband tried it when he was a teenager (like most of the world) but he has never try it again. You cannot judge somebody for tried so many years ago is just ridiculous

[Andrea&Henry 311]

Marriage visas are also denied all the time. My point was, you dont know what sort of advice you would have given if things had turned out differently. You told the truth and it worked out for you; for others it meant a lifetime ban.

Yeah indeed workout but I took the risk even knowing that I can be ban or denied too. Having people all around us that we're not gonna make it (even members of our family and friends) it's very very tough, but I did believe we were meant to each other, and somewhere some how we are gonna be together. We even thought about him moving to my homecountry in case that everything else failed. In Venezuela we have a saying that says "lo que del cura va para la iglesia" basically says that when something is meant for you, eventually you will get it. When people wants to do something, they'll find the way...if they don't they'll find an excuse

[Andrea&Henry 311]

I would never advice anybody to lie...an advice is something that you choose to do or not to do. It's up to the people who's seeking for advice, to make the best decision for their case

[Jawaree 719]

Marriage visas are also denied all the time. My point was, you dont know what sort of advice you would have given if things had turned out differently. You told the truth and it worked out for you; for others it meant a lifetime ban.

Jamaican men are liars & cheaters (U insinuated B4) now one tells the truth and he's stupid?

come on now clearly these are ppl U hate ...have a wonderful life

[Jawaree 719]

Honestly, I think he is just stupid. As simple as that.

DUH