Raised blood pressure a problem?

[dharder]

I've never immigrated to the US, so I am not terribly familiar with most entrance requirements...however: I have worked in hospitals with large immigrant populations, and I can tell you that without out a doubt NZ's health restrictions are far stricter than anything the US has come up with.

When I last looked (granted, a few years ago) the health checks required to immigrate to both Canada or the US were pretty much the same as for NZ.

Daniela

[72andsunny]

When I last looked (granted, a few years ago) the health checks required to immigrate to both Canada or the US were pretty much the same as for NZ.

Daniela

The requirements for a medical exam may be about the same, but I've just never heard of any one being denied for the things people on this forum post about. [And I can assure you that if someone were denied residence in the US because their spouse or child had some fatal illness, this would be all over CNN!] Here's an excerpt from an immigration attorney's website--this matches my understanding that [from a health perspective] US immigration is interested only in protecting those already in the country from communicable diseases:

http://www.us-immigration-attorney.com/medical-exam.htm

What are “medical grounds of inadmissibility”?

“Medical grounds of inadmissibility” is a term used when an applicant has a health condition which is a public health concern to the United States. Under the U.S. immigration laws, the medical grounds of inadmissibility are divided into four categories:

communicable disease of public health significance;



lack of required vaccinations (for immigrant visa applicants only);



physical or mental disorders with harmful behavior; and



drug abuse/drug addiction.