{"id":1524,"date":"2015-05-11T10:04:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T10:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2025-08-14T16:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T10:54:17","slug":"medical-inadmissability-green-card-applicant-needs-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/medical-inadmissability-green-card-applicant-needs-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Inadmissibility for Green Card: What Applicants Must Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11-Feb-e1431338451364.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1525\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11-Feb-e1431338451364.jpg\" alt=\"11-Feb\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a> <strong>What is medical inadmissibility? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Medical inadmissibility occurs when an individual who, in the process of applying for the Green Card for subsequent permanent residence in the United States has a health condition that becomes a case of public concern in the country. This procedure will be determined during the applicant\u2019s application for taking on the <strong>Immigration Medial Examination<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the US immigration laws the medical grounds of inadmissibility include 4 categories:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Communicable diseases which are dangerous to public health<\/li>\n<li>Physical or mental disorders with harmful behavior<\/li>\n<li>Physical or mental disorders without any display of adverse behavior<\/li>\n<li>Lack of necessary vaccinations (as per immigration laws).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Are all physical and mental conditions considered to be \u2018medically-related grounds of ineligibility\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No, not all conditions are considered to be medically-related grounds of ineligibility \u2013 the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyime.com\/\">USCIS Civil Surgeon<\/a><\/strong> or the Panel Physician will be in a position to determine whether the behavior of the applicant could pose problems to public health. Only if the applicant has a history of physical or mental disorders coupled with abnormal, dangerous behavior will the applicant become ineligible for admission into the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is medical inadmissibility? Medical inadmissibility occurs when an individual who, in the process of applying for the Green Card for subsequent permanent residence in the United States has a health condition that becomes a case of public concern in the country. 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