| A new criterion was issued by the Center for | | | | immigration. Vaccinations for applicants in the United |
| Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding | | | | States are typically administered by a civil surgeon. If |
| vaccination requirements for applicants who wish to | | | | the applicant is outside the United States, then the |
| immigrate to the USA. These new vaccination | | | | vaccination is done by a panel physician. |
| requirements come into effect on December 14, | | | | Applicants who wish to immigrate to the United |
| 2009. So, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration | | | | States are required to take certain vaccinations. |
| Services (USCIS) has been holding some immigration | | | | Vaccines that have to be taken by applicants who |
| applications temporarily from November 13, 2009. | | | | wish to immigrate to the United States are: measles, |
| The United States Department of Health and Human | | | | rubella, pertusis, polio, mumps, tetanus diphtheria, |
| Services (HHS) and the Center for Disease Control | | | | hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rotavirus, zoster, |
| and Prevention (CDC) regulations require all immigrant | | | | meningococcal disease, pneumococcal disease, human |
| visa applicants to attend a medical exam. Applicants | | | | papilloma virus (HPV), Haemophilus influenzae type B, |
| should have taken the required vaccinations before | | | | varicella, and seasonal influenza. The new criteria |
| attending the medical exam. All applicants should have | | | | state that vaccination for herpes zoster and human |
| their vaccination records with them when they come | | | | papilloma virus (HPV) are no longer mandatory for |
| for physician’s review at the time of medical | | | | USA immigration. |
| examination. This will surely speed up the process of | | | | |