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HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES THAT MAY AFFECT YOUR US VISA APPLICATION on #ImmigrationLawOnYourSide · PHLV Radio

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Reef's Immigration Law Group now brings you immigration law on your side, and welcome
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to another immigration law on your side right here on p h l V Radio.
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Where you're coming to here from Las Vegas, Nevada. Attorney Lisa is
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coming from San Francisco, California via zoom. But tonight is a very very
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good episode ntos a PHLV radio and health related grounds of Inadmissibility and I'm health
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conditions imdo made de reil ang immigration process now because everyone applying to visit or
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reside in the United States, whether on a temporary visa or a permanent green
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card, must prove that they do not present a health risk to the general
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public. These requirements are known as health related grounds of inadmissibility to the United
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States of America. From San Francisco, California, Attorney Flow me Haveavier Disa
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and Reefs Immigration Law Group to discuss how your health conditions can make you inadmissible
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to the United States. Attorney is at that's April. As you mentioned regarding
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health as an ground of inadmissibility to the United States, some of prior discussions
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not in grounds no annual criminal conviction of feminal records or immigation history and fraud.
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But now this is an interesting discussion topic. Tahilkuhama consultation at mar causas
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regarding health issues as a ground of invisibility, sail with your hand, you
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simply and common cold want to stop you from being admitted to the US on
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a tourist or even immigrant visa perima, or even communicable diseases. You know,
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indeed, philand para uh stopped Kao for you know, for coming to
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the US perum. Lack of vaccinations or disorders like in Maha, if you're
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endangered to yourself or to someone else, maybe a ground for a refusal this
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green card application. So very very educational and Mala Maha grounds now are considered
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as inadmissible because of health reasons, attorney, especially now that we're coming out
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from a long pandemic period Maramay and regarding inadmissibility to the United States because of
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health reasons. And I'm sure I'm an immigration and they have categorized these diseases
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or my health conditions, Attorney, health conditions right away might be able to
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deny your costs for the denial of your application for immigration here to the United
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States. Yes, this can be classified. Uh, you know the immigration
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and the class A right which UH, you'll not be allowed to come or
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enter the United States if you have this class A condition right or UH you
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have a communicable disease of public health significance right or your lack required vaccinations or
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immunity, or you have had a physical or mental disorder that caused you to
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engage in behavior that might be harmful to yourself or to others, or have
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a history of drug abuse or addiction. So saying nothing to conditions your communicable
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diseases now, UH interviews are rather rather health medical medical appartment with the said
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looks about k interview to make sure no grounds of health conditioned for you to
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be inadmissible. You know your communicable disease and UH merely require Corona vaccination the
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vaccination Mahalistan complete right at the same looks uh and then especially before them at
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commeric communicable disease, this might be a ground for admissibility basically kayoh and very
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common janza colozies uh pero maga let's say big cs right or any major medical
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condition. Indian ground of admissibility based on health Manila afflive support in public churche
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kaba or you know American big c Are you going to have a treatment in
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the US medical insurance kaba? Right at affedive support now again public churche,
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cabin and government which can also be a ground of advisibility. But for the
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purpose of communic about this is markababayan. That's why you examinations, Jansa said.
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Looks they require you to undergo young X ray, your permina is selling
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something or even the next step is they're going to require you to undergo dispute
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the tests, the sputum tests, and if they found out the ameron Kan
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condition, then they asked you to undergo treatment Muna, Paramix material Langs,
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Americago, Selam and Visa just to make sure in the contagious once you come
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to the US. Now, nothing under X ray or sputum tests. In
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smoke or never. You know, none of my family smoked back a maroon
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and in fact I'm only like thirty or forty years old. Now, the
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other problem expos Bayan Hindi, Lang Samana smokers environment also every day right at
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hindied condition smoke every day. That might cause you to be positive on new
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examination, but that's not a problem. Makaba. You just need to wait
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a little more time. Parrom it cure carrio at maclear and and problemato maaaba
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and principal applicant no or you on principal beneficiary on my medical condition. The
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mail had a new maga derivative at magula asat maham minor children kalimbaa and the
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canal problema right in the affect hanging principal and other dependent right predimc following to
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join. Now your luck required vaccinations for a time problem ghanda help Latin decument.
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No saint looks now medical records we are coming in the completo and vaccination
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in unity more right Naomi Baxilla you covid COVID vaccine requirement. So before you
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go to the interview medical records initials it looks or issue elixab maga can sell
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an in your interview. So if you refuse to do the the treatment or
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young requirement, sputum test or i vaccine right, Hindi cam to an interview,
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so in don't you have to comply, although there are certain exceptions to
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Johan, you's a vaccination coviday nothing and Hindi laka vaccine simply because of the
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religious belief Kung religion and the heilan pa then and yan paid then exception,
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but you have to file a waiver parallel, you know, except to issue
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it look or now the doctor to you as your medical because you lack vaccination
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records and they made that issue the visa or the green card. Yeah,
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attorney, no, I'm sorry to cut you off treatment. You know,
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so say, for example, they found something and then you're being treated for
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that condition to class saying looks, you know, will you be able to
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continue with the process, I said, and process? And then adding immigration,
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can you continue on with some parts of the immigration process while you're in
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treatment and then magalinkana then you can advance to the next step. Is that
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possible or negative? Yeah? The problem where you hand is that the next
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step would be the last step nine so after your medical example would be your
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interview your name last step. More so they can you can move forward to
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the interview without c runs from said looks, without getting the medical examination report
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on records from said looking clients one one year effect does drugs and you know
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the inla in major reaction soila until such time as you do not recommend now
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either dogs or other probably different medical medication parallel in the Carona adversary actions are
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applicant and on some almost one year because every time in so and probably a
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man katment medication and lower dosage or bank medicine mania not the treat or so
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you know there was that time has really to wait and be patient. And
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as I said, Canda and problem principal in your manor akali and the problem,
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then the rest of the family, the principal applicant and the other derivative
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beneficiaries are able to continue interview and immigrate to the US AT and Corona health
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issues to join. Mm hmm okay, but I mean the common uh health
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related issues adding Magaipilipino. A few of our audience attorney the they told us
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their story Calan immigration process, most especially Canilian health and it's amapabolic balk and
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tuberculos is and t B an attorney, Uh, I think for for a
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time, I mean, I don't know if until now it's required to have
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the b c G vaccine and again the the t B. So now say
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for example humanan nurses and then they get to these uh uh teststo before they
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can start their work now means and a skin test in the administered TV history
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A the capacitive because of the exposure to the vaccine. How does that configure
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with the with the immigration process. Most of the kids you know from school,
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from public schools, they've been given the b c G or the UH
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the tuberculosis vaccine capacitive. So as a skin test problem adding at the application,
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it's not really a big concerns. Then the doctor would recommend another way
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to find out tuberculos is. So either you'll go they go. You want
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to say, you usually the Caroblemanian, so they require you to do an
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xtray a man right more scrutiny makikit condition a TV. So if you undergo
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that uh what they call is extra examination right in the caron kina problems is
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skin then this should clear you, uh and of course they should issue that
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medical report. So it's not a major problem Kanian bayan. Right. It
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might just cause a little bit of delay, But as long as you're able
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to get that medical examination signed by the doctor, you're good, uh to
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go. You've got to submit all those and be able to apply and get
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your drink card it's not only a physical condition that might be a problem when
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you apply for the immigration benefits now, especially when you're in the Philippines,
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you mental disorder as well. Uh, how how is this? How?
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How how does the immigration find it out? Is that part of the saint
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looks is that part of the menu of the things not in eating Danila.
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Yes, One of the class a not in Canina is if the applicants have
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or had, you know, a physical or mental disorder that will cause them
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to engage in behavior that might be harmful to themselves or others. So doctor
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yam right, whether it set looks or need to say us. So Number
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one, of course is the examination right, So either you know they asked
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you about your history, right or specially menis and a bit more, but
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mostly specially I don't think it's going to produce Nah, you mentioned very specific
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aminity manilian, contain jeous, contagious, developed victim t The usually examination on
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hurting yourself mental or physical disorder unless you have a you know, record mental
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hospital or anything like that, or I doctor during your interview be big and
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mostly when I had this consultation, Uh sometimes most of the time leg so
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recently mem client the major right like as when UH the the examination examining physician
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asked the applicant in derivative UH teen ager or Ikoba, Metro school or metro
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and did you try to hurt yourself? IATA is yes, suicide that attemp
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suicide? UH usually kohan is a physical exact physical diba so risk service.
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Who may last last? So it is who may last last? Was appoint
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in time? No suicide seldom and n't fortunate mar, but definitely hasn't been.
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Is you tried to hurt yourself or even any of these cars glass last
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and Buhai could be any any place in your body that you're trying to hurt
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yourself, So don't cultular officer. In fact, this is a client kohlang
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lang is car proved glass last lang or in the mug on the attempt Plantli
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then Dinah and visa so you know own So to our say your question,
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how do this physician find out the American mental physical disorder right that you are
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endangered to yourself or to someone else? Of course number one would be undergoing
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physical examination upon your body and pala is your admission mode or statement more during
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the medical examination or during the visa interview. Yes, of course we're going
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to leave that to the professionals, no calo because we've had several discussions here
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at the radio station about mental health, especially with regards to the Filipino American
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community or the Filipinos in general now in the so we'll probably leave that for
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another another episode of Immigration Law on your Side, dail Medjo Mohammang Us Attorney
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Young history of drug abuse. Recently j Pilipinas Sempre American in the whole world
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that there had been a lot of UH activities and detO mitigation by the government
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and regarding drug addiction. The k UH special Let me just say this partent
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okay, apply like a Filippine or my red flag history of drug addiction or
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tallegant general history of drug addiction. I don't think it's just for Philippine as
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it's one of the basis for in that divisibility would be drug addiction or drug
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abuse or abuse. You know well, of course during the President the thirteen
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where you know, your drugs compare against drugs very very strong. UH.
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Now with the President Marcos where saving a more more compassionate. So instead of
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you know, dealing with them, uh right right away. I think President
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bom Bomb is now saying, uh, marking compassionate and rehabilitation. So to
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answer your question on your history no drug abuse or addiction. In order for
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you to be in admissible and problems a drug addiction, markababaya and ethic,
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we also allow another time to accept from the mental and physical disorder to drug
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use and abuse and you know, selling the clubs indigation c hand because number
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one drug conviction right an admission that would be a basis for denial honey waiver,
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so totally outright a banker right valutenure, baral waiver can drug conviction.
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The only exception markababaya is if you are convicted of the use of marijuana less
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than thirty grams son marijuana pad. The typical problema pilipino are yu maana meta
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right. The main use of that in the main admission pedic bad right.
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So man number one would be if you have a criminal records criminal records saying
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the convict caran use of metal vetam banana, but the convict can and use
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of marijuana less than thirty guns perdicama way, whereas imgation officma gama or added
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rehability CA. That's also another basis for in admissibility bank. So you're your
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Hanka said and drug used within the KAPA drink card holder would be a basis
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for you to be in admissible America. You know can California Nevada right,
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are now uh legalizing marijuana legal to use medicinal use or recreational usebam maha stor
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tjana that that maa marijuana. So even if you are working validly working a
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company, company and citizen, you know you are in the company that that
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that supplies through prohibited drug under federal law and federal cojohan which is immigration as
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a state. So even if Nevada state and California allows and recognizes and and
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uh decriminalize you drug use now marijuana in the parents of federal so in so
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going back to some conviction comer pending case after the factmer conviction totally so case
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and as you are being accused of drug USETA right, make sure PNA either
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you get a dismissial of your case or acquittal right NAWAN records arrest and arrest
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kanaman okay immigration. So that's number one Bayan during the interviews, I said,
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looks uh, Indians, I said, it looks for this immigration officer
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theme historical marijuana or use now marijuana now a few years back to your Johan.
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The mere admission of marijuana, right, you ban you from coming to
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the US. In factilitated this and we went to district court which saw the
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immigration and the partner of State and the embassy saying, look, president or
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admitted marijuana. Prince say, Charles, you are now khar and green carts
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and nang marijuana. So what our arguments were if there was an admission of
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drug use when you were younger, right at curious should not be a basis
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for your admissibility and inactilla yes, and I was sixteen years old and now
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thirty five, right is a bestas for the best, for the sake for
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the heck of curiosity or peer pressure. You know that can be allowed the
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bad approvenang visa by that admission. Right, but be careful of what you
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say because it will I'm back backfiring you on consequence. So union history and
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us an addiction makababayad make sure that be aware, I said, make sure
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the console immigration attorney a permanent bar if you have that conviction. All right,
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but began if you just joined us today, you are watching and listening
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to Immigration Law on your side right here on p h l V Radio.
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We come to you Wednesdays at seven pm Pacific right here at the pH l
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V in Las Vegas, and we are premiering this episode merely uh two days
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after the total solar eclipse of the heart. Uh we could American and speaking
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of America and immigration maram topics. And it's something a a light moments during
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the time the attorney that we were watching the U the UH, the eclipse
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America a visible to eclipse. This was one of the light moments when we
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talk about immigration. But like what we always say, immigration is always a
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dynamic and interesting topic. So anyway, BLIAI Attorneys and health related grounds for
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inadmissibility As United States attorney, one of the biggest questions that we receive here
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even on our other episodes, I need nothing but goes happen and health related
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issues? Is you somebody who is pregnant? What kind of happened you?
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Not cities and America you know and and and and we know that there are
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there are new nationalities. Attorney, how does this figure in the immigration process
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regarding a pregnancy, but saying looks they found out that you are pregnant,
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Yes, and an application for the immigrant visa right Immigrant, this application,
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it will not affect your Indian issues man visa right, whether America or that.
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It will not impact your your visa application. But memorquirements, vaccination or
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anything like that. But immigrant, so okay, okay, immigrant. In
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fact, you know a problem is let's say in the Kannapayaga and travel because
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airlines airlines to travel, that's the only problem in But it should not be
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because of problems, not problem praise SARI and green card as following to join
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that would be another time to process and everything. So to answer your question,
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it should not be a basis for denial. But but if you're applying
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for a tourist visa, uh, you're a problem uncle baby tourism so U
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as automatic Queohan wants you. Uh you give birth to the US as a
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group during the solar eclipsey solar or Luna or so eclipse eclipse very unique to
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eclipse and Pangala total eclipse visa right, So anyway, so yes, not
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traveling with if you're granted a tourist visa already you know at k I visible
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airport, h you are and you didn't put you on BA Airport airport right,
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Mai right pregnant at the UH human smell and so I'm probably Ala that
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wants the child. Whether you are a green card, whether you are a
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citizen, a green card holder, a tourist visa or undocumented or other status.
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Once you give birth to the US and automatic U S S SA,
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i'm since you do nothing but as I black by by my place of birth,
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you know, and the Philippinas not by blood because they are America,
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regardless of the parish nationality, whether they are stubs or not. Right,
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and and what you're born in the US, right you are automatically US Citzen
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exception, but that would be another discussion. So you long you wasn't putt
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And and of course you main public charge cayo right what you give birth to
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the US and problema right, make sure not you know, don't don't afford
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you start to put in your A U S A U C CAO or green
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card holder cadia. And if you don't have a medical insurance, you'll be
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paying thousands of dollars just for you know giving birth to a hospitality to say
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you ask so my issues nothing, but generally it should not. Pregnancy itself
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should not be a problem in applying for your immediate Lisa, but it might
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some give you some series problem once you're visiting the United States. Uh as
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the one time no no no no TV you okay, well no matter may
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attorney mad even in that condition Indinia alarm Bunis Pasha And then all of a
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sudden while here on a tourist visa in the United States, Big Indi,
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Alam, it's okay you hand to get give birthdo I mean technicols said you
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know or not talenttention In fact, to Ma, you know, tourists in
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right they have the option to give birth ditoandamanna you knowo right US citizen automatic
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anak and once you become twenty one, right they're able to petition lang.
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So you and Kamian my clients did not in you know, in the PA
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America, I put my business and raised my kids Pilipinos. Then once the
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time comes now with America with an ampetition means so it's a lot better to
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have that petition, you know, employment basical or my business to the US,
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so it's okay to give birth dito. And and in fact, as
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we mentioned, karina over stay right. Uh. And let's say a couple,
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a very young couple came to the US and they decided to overstay the
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empty right they give birth raised uitizen kids. Once the kid the eldest child.
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That's twenty one right, ka overstay twenty one years exactly in detail,
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always stay on twenty one years. They are able to uh get the big
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card through the US citizen a child or children over twenty one right. But
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of course make sure to consult with the lawyer. Aiman is just punino because
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during the twenty one years and dam nyari and you work with a work permit,
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you know you apply for a benefit, make sure to consult to the
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lawyer to make sure in the cayo amaba banqu waiver m all right. We
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will always say among cases, the thought a unique you know to each and
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every one of us, Kay Helen and mun adding attorneys immigration experts attend from
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REVS Immigration and then you know you have the number there on your screen,
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that's an attorney DESA's number in San Francisco four one, five, five six
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A three seven seven seven if you have a question, Attorney bag during some
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updates more regarding immigration and regarding the health related grounds of inadmissibility, Yes,
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Johan, and refusal visa because of health related grounds. It's not the end
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of for all for you. Right, there's a waiver for admissibility based on
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health right, criminal conviction or misrepresentation right and health reasons merting UH ground.
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Let's say Canina where the cultural officer found out from the said luks. Now
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this applicant is a danger to herself and to others right in reficientavisa waivery young
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six one waiver where you can prove that, look, you know my mental
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problem right as just undergoing medical treatment. Now that she is seeing a psychiatrist
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every two weeks every month, right at the time finding as chiatrist and also
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it is willing to undergo treatment and and promising making sure no ind So yes,
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my room, grand except for drug use and drug selling. And if
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you are already have a criminal if you have already a criminal records the criminal
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case pending with regard to drug use or selling. Consult and immigration attorney what
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UH people defense lawyer KNA marijuana UH in depo likable Immigration at all appen way,
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So it's better the consult and immigation attorney. Having said that, yes,
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consult with us if you encounter if you refused a immigrant Lisa because of
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health listens M all right, and I'm sure Manacaby and and they still have
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questions about this topic that we're talking about. So all you have to do
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is write your questions send it to Attorney Disa. You can even comment on
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regarding as a topic. Io And like what we said, the attorney immigration
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is always moving dynamic part to let an eclipse listen arrow, I don't poop,
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attorney. I'm ann updates not regarding immigration. Yes, I know,
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April, your hand an extended your c I s NOW your extension and work
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permit if you have. If you have a pending grink card application at the
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expiring on your current work authorization, you apply on time expire and in your
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work authorization right automatic extend another five hundred forty days right meaning guide parent delay
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and U s c I S to approve your work permit extension to your employer.
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Right as a school pino that that your work authorization is automatically extended for
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another five hundred forty days. So in the actual work approval or your actual
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work authorization card, right to work five hundred forty days the ban am and
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hopefully before favorite forty days my approvedment new work permit and in fact work permit
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and have the applications valid for five years five years now work pm on some
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on lamp bulsa every time new coma by filing fee go back you know and
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work authorization is valid for five years. Wow, I think good news.
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Para and Parana Majol last episode Attorney and oppression and then application and adding immigration
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and then this this will help our Kababayans who are in e A d in
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Canilana work permit. So Attorney Madami Marami Slamad for giving us a lot of
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information today, especially on this episode health related grounds of inadmissibility to the United
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States being at on episode Para Mala and Attorney before I let you go announcement
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