Volume 8 – Admissibility
Part A – Admissibility Policies and Procedures
Part B – Health-Related Grounds of Inadmissibility
Chapter 1 – Purpose and Background
Chapter 2 – Medical Examination and Vaccination Record
Chapter 3 – Applicability of Medical Examination and Vaccination Requirement
Chapter 4 – Review of Medical Examination Documentation
Chapter 5 – Review of Overall Findings
Chapter 6 – Communicable Diseases of Public Health Significance
Chapter 7 – Physical or Mental Disorder with Associated Harmful Behavior
Chapter 8 – Drug Abuse or Drug Addiction
Chapter 9 – Vaccination Requirement
Chapter 10 – Other Medical Conditions
Chapter 11 – Inadmissibility Determination
Chapter 12 – Waiver Authority
Part C – Civil Surgeon Designation and Revocation
Chapter 1 – Purpose and Background
Chapter 2 – Application for Civil Surgeon Designation
Chapter 3 – Blanket Civil Surgeon Designation
Chapter 4 – Termination and Revocation
Chapter 5 – Civil Surgeon List
Part D – Criminal and Related Grounds of Inadmissibility
Part E – Terrorism
Part F – National Security
Part G – Public Charge
Part H – Labor Certification and Select Immigrant Qualifications
Part I – Illegal Entrants and Other Immigration Violators
Part J – Fraud and Willful Misrepresentation
Chapter 1 – Purpose and Background
Chapter 2 – Overview of Fraud and Willful Misrepresentation
Chapter 3 – Adjudicating Inadmissibility
Part K – False Claim to U.S. Citizenship
Chapter 1 – Purpose and Background
Chapter 2 – Determining False Claim to U.S. Citizenship
Chapter 3 – Adjudication
Chapter 4 – Exceptions and Waivers
Part L – Documentation Requirements
Part M – Citizenship Ineligibility
Part N – Aliens Previously Removed
Part O – Aliens Unlawfully Present
Part P – Alien Present After Previous Immigration Violation
Part Q – Practicing Polygamists, International Child Abductors, Unlawful Voters, and Tax Evaders
POLICY ALERT – Validity of Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record (Form I-693)
October 16, 2018
Technical Update – Fraud and Willful Misrepresentation and Department of State’s 90-Day Rule
March 28, 2018
This technical update incorporates changes that the Department of State (DOS) made to its Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) regarding its interpretation of the term “misrepresentation.”
POLICY ALERT – False Claim to U.S. Citizenship Ground of Inadmissibility
December 14, 2016
POLICY ALERT – Definition of Certain Classes of Medical Conditions and Other Updates Relating to Health-Related Grounds of Inadmissibility
November 02, 2016
POLICY ALERT – Validity Period of the Medical Certification on the Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record (Form I-693)
May 30, 2014
Technical Update – Civil Surgeon Applications and Evidentiary Requirements
April 08, 2014
This technical update clarifies that an applicant for civil surgeon designation must, at a minimum, submit a copy of the medical degree to show he or she is a Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy.
POLICY ALERT – Fraud and Willful Misrepresentation Grounds of Inadmissibility
March 25, 2014
Technical Update – Vaccination Requirements for Pregnant or Immuno-Compromised Applicants
March 11, 2014
This technical update replaces the list of vaccines contraindicated for pregnant or immuno-compromised applicants with a reference to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Vaccination Technical Instructions. This ensures the Policy Manual guidance includes the most up-to-date information.
POLICY ALERT – Health-Related Grounds of Inadmissibility and Waivers
January 28, 2014
POLICY ALERT – Civil Surgeon Designation and Centralization of the Designation Process at the National Benefits Center
January 28, 2014
Legal Authorities
10- 42 CFR 34 - Medical examination of aliens
- 42 U.S.C. 252 - Medical examination of aliens
- INA 212(a)(1) - Health-related grounds
INA 212(a)(6)(C)(i) - Illegal entrants and immigration violators - misrepresentation
INA 212(a)(6)(C)(ii) - Illegal entrants and immigration violators - falsely claiming citizenship
- INA 212(g) - Bond and conditions for admission of alien excludable on health-related grounds
- INA 212(i) - Admission of immigrant excludable for fraud or willful misrepresentation of material fact
- INA 221(d) - Physical examination
Forms
9- G-28, Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney or Accredited Representative
- I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion
- I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
- I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility
- I-602, Application by Refugee for Waiver of Grounds of Excludability
- I-690, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility Under Sections 245A or 210 of the Act
- I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record
- I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification
- I-910, Application for Civil Surgeon Designation