Medical Issue

[jnny 0]

My fiance and I have been together for three years, and his plan was for me to come to the US the following year, but I am a hepatitis B carrier. Is it possible for us to be together, or will my visa application be denied?Please enlighten me. I used a dummy account because my case was confidential, hoping for understanding.Thank you all and stay safe.

[Mike E 11,741]

3 hours ago, jnny said:

 I am a hepatitis B carrier. Is it possible for us to be together, or will my visa application be denied?

Everything I’ve read says explicitly that you will not be denied for being a hepatitis B carrier.  
 

 

[Maki&Kiki 123]

Your visa won’t be denied because you are carrier of hepatitis B 🙂. There is a list of medical conditions that can make your visa temporary denied, until cured, but i don’t see hepatitis B on it ! Even HIV was removed years ago. 

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

What diseases can now prevent immigrants and refugees from coming to the United States?

Communicable diseases of public health significance that can prevent entry to the United States fall into three categories. Effective March 28, 2016, immigrants and refugees will not be allowed to enter the United States if one of the diseases listed in the first category is detected during the medical exam.

• Any of the following diseases listed in 42 CFR part 34: active tuberculosis, infectious syphilis, gonorrhea, and infectious leprosy (Hansen’s disease).
• Quarantinable communicable diseases are designated by Presidential Executive Order.  The current list of diseases includes cholera, diphtheria, infectious tuberculosis, plague, smallpox, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers, severe acute respiratory syndromes, and influenza caused by novel or re-emergent influenza viruses (pandemic flu).
• Communicable diseases that may pose a public health emergency of international concern if the disease meets certain risk factors and either poses a threat of being imported into the U.S. or affects the health of the U.S. population.
• Communicable diseases for which a single cases requires notification to the World Health Organization (WHO) as an event that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern.  These communicable diseases currently include pandemic flue, polio, SARS, and smallpox.
• Any other communicable disease the occurrence of which requires notification to the WHO as an event that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern under the International Health Regulations (2005).

.https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/laws-regs/revisions-medical-screening/faq.html