What is “Public Charge”? Posted on October 10, 2014 by Mrs. Presson Being considered as “Public Charge” means that you are seen as someone who will primarily depend on Government subsistence which therefore makes you ineligible to receive a U.S. Immigrant Visa under the Under Section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Inadmissibility is determined through “totality of circumstances”, all the positive and negative factors that…
What are the Health-related Grounds of Inadmissibility to the U.S. ? Posted on August 24, 2014 by Mrs. Presson The USCIS website classifies these Health-related Grounds of Inadmissibility as Class A condition. Class A A communicable disease of public health significance Associated/harmful behavior that will most likely recur due to past or present, mental disorders Drug abuse and/or addiction Class B Though this does not render the applicant inadmissible, it represents a departure from…
What are these Class A / Communicable Diseases that render an applicant inadmissible? Posted on August 24, 2014 by Mrs. Presson The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists the following as communicable diseases that are of public health significance: Tuberculosis Syphilis Chancroid Gonorrhea Granuloma Inguinale Lymphogranuloma Venerum Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) This also includes these two disease categories: Quarantinable diseases designated by any Presidential Executive Order and this currently includes: Cholera Diphteria Infectious Tuberculosis Plague…