Covid Vaccine and Immigrants

[Zin-Zin 20]

As of now, is there a REQUIREMENT for spousal applicants to get the Covid vaccine before being approved for a visa? 

If yes, are there any exemptions?

If no, do you know of any plans to make it mandatory for immigrants?

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

12 minutes ago, Zin-Zin said:

As of now, is there a REQUIREMENT for spousal applicants to get the Covid vaccine before being approved for a visa? 

If yes, are there any exemptions?

If no, do you know of any plans to make it mandatory for immigrants?

There’s no requirement for anyone to get a covid vaccine, unfortunately. (Unless it’s job specific) I strongly urge you to get vaccinated so this thing can stop mutating and we can go back to living “normal”. Oh and to protect our kids who can’t get vaccinated.

[Murph4865 597]

9 hours ago, Luckycuds said:

There’s no requirement for anyone to get a covid vaccine, unfortunately. (Unless it’s job specific) I strongly urge you to get vaccinated so this thing can stop mutating and we can go back to living “normal”. Oh and to protect our kids who can’t get vaccinated.

We all have our own opinions on this jab they call a vaccine and i myself have requested of my wife and family in the Philippines not to get it until it has gone through its full testing and is totally FDA approved and not under the EUA

[Adventine 3,187]

There is no requirement to get the Covid vaccine. You can ask the embassy's panel physicians about the vaccines they check for.

 

There are certain exemptions that are allowed for religious reasons, or if the physician determines that the vaccines are not medically appropriate. You'd probably get better answers if you specified which country the spouse is from.

[Zin-Zin 20]

1 hour ago, Adventine said:

There is no requirement to get the Covid vaccine. You can ask the embassy's panel physicians about the vaccines they check for.

 

There are certain exemptions that are allowed for religious reasons, or if the physician determines that the vaccines are not medically appropriate. You'd probably get better answers if you specified which country the spouse is from.

I'm mainly concerned about the COVID vaccine. 

Wife is French. We are currently in Taiwan. 

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

1 hour ago, Murph4865 said:

We all have our own opinions on this jab they call a vaccine and i myself have requested of my wife and family in the Philippines not to get it until it has gone through its full testing and is totally FDA approved and not under the EUA

And “opinions” are what is killing us. 

[Adventine 3,187]

1 hour ago, Zin-Zin said:

I'm mainly concerned about the COVID vaccine. 

Wife is French. We are currently in Taiwan. 

OK, if she will interview at the American Institute in Taiwan, here are the medical examination instructions:

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/TAI-Taipei.html#medical_exam_instructions

 

During the medical exam

The medical examination will include a medical history review, physical examination, and chest X-ray, gonorrhea test, and blood tests (for applicants 15 years of age or older). The United States also requires tuberculosis (TB) testing for all applicants two years of age and older. Please be prepared to discuss your medical history, medications you are taking, and current treatments you are undergoing. More information on general medical requirements for U.S. immigrants is available here. U.S. immigration law requires immigrant visa applicants to obtain certain vaccinations prior to the issuance of a visa. Current immigrant visa vaccination requirements are available here. You can also read Frequently Asked Questions about our medical examination requirements online.

 

And that link points to this CDC list of required vaccines for immigrants. The COVID vaccine isn't listed.

https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/panel-physicians/vaccinations.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fimmigrantrefugeehealth%2Fexams%2Fti%2Fpanel%2Fvaccination-panel-technical-instructions.html.

 

I can see a future when it could possibly become a requirement to immigrate to the US, but only after it becomes widely available worldwide.

[Murph4865 597]

1 hour ago, Luckycuds said:

And “opinions” are what is killing us. 

How does opinions kill us compared to a experimental drug that has killed thousands and hundreds of thousands side effects

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

Just now, Murph4865 said:

How does opinions kill us compared to a experimental drug that has killed thousands and hundreds of thousands side effects

This will be my last comment to not further derail this post as OP received their answer- but I think it’s important that misinformation does not continue to spread and allow unnecessary deaths (or strain on the health care system)- I have yet to see a covid vaccine be the cause of death to thousands of people and ALL vaccines and drugs have side effects-  it’s sad to see someone prefer to choose death from covid over a day with body aches and chills, if they even experience side effects at all (from vaccine). All these deaths from those not vaccinated- I guess it’s Gods way of having Darwin’s theory play out. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I have no time for those who can’t appreciate advances in modern day medicine (that’s why we have a higher life expectancy-thanks to modern medicine) or those who flood their “brains” with conspiracy theories. 

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

Amazing how people come on to an immigration thread to derail it with wild claims that have no basis in either fact or science. 
 

To the OP: no, the Covid vaccine is not required at the medical.

But please be aware that literally 97% of current hospitalizations and 99% of deaths in the US due to Covid are among the unvaccinated. https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1017002907/u-s-covid-deaths-are-rising-again-experts-call-it-a-pandemic-of-the-unvaccinated 

 

 

Edited July 19, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[Verrou 1,899]

no requirement to get covid vaccine 

[mushroomspore 3,043]

3 hours ago, Murph4865 said:

How does opinions kill us compared to a experimental drug that has killed thousands and hundreds of thousands side effects

Lmao so you're more scared of the vaccine than the virus (which has actually killed millions worldwide) that the vaccine is supposed to protect against? Your stats are not real or true. Provide sources at least if you're gonna say stuff like that. "Scrolling through Facebook while sitting on the toilet" is not a real source or proper research, btw.

Edited July 19, 2021 by mushroomspore

[top_secret 2,066]

My wife hasn't been able to get COVID vaccine in the Philippines although she has tried.  It is simply unavailable in her area.  While it has no impact at all on US immigration plans, the most immediate problem with that is it has derailed our plans to meet in Europe so we can spend time together while we wait for this visa.  It looks as if non-vaccinated Filipinos are not getting into Schengen countries even if they can get the tourist visa.   As an alternate vacation spot we are looking at Montenegro where we could possibly have a nice vacation together and she could get some vax.   We are both pretty comfortable with her getting ronavax seeing as how it has been tested on like 3.6 Billion people at this point, including myself.

[carmel34 3,531]

A negative COVID test result, with the test taken no more than 72 hours before boarding a flight to the US, is currently all that is required to enter (assuming documents, visa, etc. are in order and CBP allows entry).  I just returned from a quick weekend trip to Canada, and to enter Canada I needed proof of being fully vaccinated plus a negative PCR test result, and had to get another test right after landing in Canada.  But to return, all I needed was a negative test result, and a rapid antigen test (available at most major airports, results within 2 hours) was fine.

[Okboy 43]

16 hours ago, Zin-Zin said:

As of now, is there a REQUIREMENT for spousal applicants to get the Covid vaccine before being approved for a visa? 

If yes, are there any exemptions?

If no, do you know of any plans to make it mandatory for immigrants?

Go get vaccinated and let’s get the world back to normal.