{"id":2319,"date":"2016-06-08T14:20:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T08:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2025-07-25T13:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:35:04","slug":"mental-conditions-history-medical-conditions-can-exist-immigration-medical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/mental-conditions-history-medical-conditions-can-exist-immigration-medical\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health and the Immigration Medical Exam: What You Must Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyime.com\/\"><strong>immigration medical examination<\/strong><\/a> is used mainly to rule out any possibilities of health and safety issues that could crop up due to the presence of certain diseases or health conditions in the applicant who is on the immigration visa journey to the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>When preparing for your green card journey, it&#8217;s important to understand how your mental health may impact your immigration exam. USCIS requires an honest review during the mental health immigration exam section of your I-693 form.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MENTAL CONDITIONS AND MENTAL HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the visa applicant has any mental conditions or history a report of these should be outlined, which gives all the relevant details to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyime.com\/General\/BrowseByState\"><strong>USCIS approved Civil Surgeon<\/strong><\/a>. Any harmful behavior, however small in nature should be reported. Any cases of attempted suicide or abuse to self or physical harm should be reported. Harmful behavior, however minute or seemingly trivial, should not be ignored.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the applicant was being treated for any mental condition through psychiatry or has been hospitalized for any existing mental disease then this too should be reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Any case of drug abuse or alcohol abuse too needs to be reported \u2013 there should be a medical certification that involves the kind of diagnosis, the medical treatment prescribed and the prognosis rendered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The immigration medical examination is used mainly to rule out any possibilities of health and safety issues that could crop up due to the presence of certain diseases or health conditions in the applicant who is on the immigration visa journey to the United States of America. 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