Effective March 11, 2025, The United States Center for Disease Control (“CDC”) has removed from the technical instructions to panel physicians the requirement that immigrant visa applicants receive the COVID-19 vaccination

Based on CDC’s updated guidance to panel physicians, which is inline with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services policy on COVID-19 vaccinations Embassies and Consulates will no longer refuse an immigrant visa application for failure to present documentation that they received the COVID-19 vaccination.  Immigrant visa applicants whose medical exams are unexpired and otherwise still valid for travel to the United States, and whom a consular officer previously found ineligible based solely on the applicant’s failure to establish vaccination against COVID-19, may have a new medical exam issued by the panel physician without a fee.  To request this, impacted applicants should reach out to the Embassy or Consulate at which they executed their application to reapply for an immigrant visa.

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